Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain tonight and probably tomorrow morning, lowest temperature tonight * about 40 degrees; colder tomorrow. ‘Temperature—Highest, 57, at 4:15 p.; yesterday; lowest, 40, at 2 a.m. toda; “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Mark ets, Pages 14 and 15 Che WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Slar, a; s fast as the papers are printed. __—'_..—_—_—__‘—_—' Yesterday’s Circulation, 108,582 No. 30,898 post office, Entered as second class matte; Washington, D WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1928 —FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. () Means Associated Press, TWO CENTS. COOLIDGE OPTIMISTIC, BUT WARNS U. S. OF NEED FOR CONTINUED EFFORT Message to Congress| Stresses Need for More Cruisers. RAIL MERGER BILL ENACTMENT URGED Passage of Measure Creat- ing Federal Farm Board Also Recommended. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. President Coolidge, in his an- nual message submitted to Con- gress today, gave a report of his stewardship and his recommenda- tions for the future. No more remarkable picture of American development and no more virile and optimistic view of the future have been drawn by a President of the United States. At the same time, President Coolidge warns the country that effort is needed to retain the fortunate position in which the United States now finds itself. The President outlined his recommendations for legislation at the present short session of Congress. Chief among them ‘were: Enactment of a bill creating a Federal farm board to aid the farmers in solving the problem of handling crop surpluses. Passage of the naval construc- = tion bill to give the country needed cruisers. Ratification of the Kellogg multilateral = treaty renouncing war. Additional laws to promote the consolidation of railroads. Must Retain Position. While the Chief Executive declared in unequivocal terms that never in ‘history has a nation been in better con- dition from every point of view, he is- sued a warning that it “is easy for a nation to become selfish and degen- erate” with continued peace and pros- His _concluding paragraphs he country 15 n the.midet-ofxam era of prosperity more extensive &nfl h:: ‘peace more permanents ever before experienced. But, having reached this position, we should not fail to comprehend that it can easily be lost, - It needs more effort for its support than the less exalted places of the world. We shall not be permitted 1o take our ease, but shall continue to be required to spend our days in un- remitting toil. The actions of the Gov- ernment must command the confidence of the country. Without this our pros- perity would be lost. We must extend to other countries the largest measure of generosity, moderation and patience. In addition to dealing justly, we can ‘well afford to walk humbly. “The end of government is to keep open the opportunity for a more abun- dant life. Peace and prosperity are not finalities; they are only methods. It is too easy under their influence for a nation to become selfish and degen- erate. This test has come to the United Btates. Our country has been pro- vided with the resources with which it can enlarge its intellectual, moral and spiritual life. The issue is in the hands of the people. Our faith in man and God is the justification for the belief in our continuing success.” Credits People for Advances. The President gave credit to “the integrity and character” of the Amer- ican people for the great advances which have been made. He declared that in the domestic field there is “tranquillity and content”; in the for- eign fleld, “peace, the good-will which comes from mutual understanding.” “The requirements of existence,” said the President, “have passed be- yond the standard of necessity into the Tegion of luxury.” “We have substituted for the various circle of increasing expenditures,” con- tinued the President, “increasing tax rates, and diminishing profits, the charmed circle of diminishing expendi- tures and increasing profits. “Four times we have made a drastic revision of our internal revenue sys- tem, abolishing many taxes and sub- stantially reducing almost all others. “One-third of the national debt- has been paid.” ‘The President called attention to the fact that much of the other two-thirds of the national debt has been refunded at lower rates of interest, saving many mullions of dollars to the people. The tax rates have been lowered, he said, ' with scarcely any diminution of the Government revenue. Economy Is Stressed. “That,” said the President, “is con- structive _economy in the highest degree. It is the corner stone of pros- perity. It should not fail to be con- tinued.” It was at this point in his message that the President warned the Con- gress that there must be no new ap-' propriations made for new projects at this time unless the Congress was will- ing to find means of raising the revenue to cover the costs. He said emphati- cally he would veto bills which were calculated to unbalance the budget. Urging continued economy in govern- mental expenditures, he said: “This action began by the application of economy to public expenditure. If it is to be permanent, it must be made so by the repeated application of economy. ‘There is no surplus on which to base further tax revision at this time. Last June the estimates showed a threatened deficit for the current fiscal year of $94,000,000. Under my direction the departments began saving all they could out of their present appropriations. ‘The last tax reduction brought an en- couraging improvement in business, be- ginning early in October, which will also increase our revenue. The com- bination of economy and good times now indicates a surplus of about $37,- 000,000. Must Provide Revenue. “This is 2 margin of less than 1 Eer cent on our expenditures and makes it obvious that the Treasury is in no condition to undertake increases in ex- “(Centinued on Page 7, Column 1, | organizations of suitable programs of Highlights financial disgrace” the President by the United States and 14 other on generous terms. with crop surpluses. A continued helpful attitude toward American business. control. control and improvement The passage of a bil{) waters. President Coolidge recommended to the Congress: Continued economy in governmental expenditure. e a surplus of $37,000,000. Increases by this Congress would result in an unbalanced ledger. Legislation “which would involve us in that The ratification of the Kellogg treaty renouncing war negotiated dent said, “It promises more for the peace of the world than any other agreement ever negotiated among the nations.” The passage of the Navy building bill providing for new cruisers. The settlement of the Greek and Austrian debts to this country The consolidation of various public agencies dealing with vet- erahs’ relief in one Government department. The enactment of a law creating a Federal farm board to deal The enactment of laws to promote railroad consolidation. The promotion of an American Merchant Marine under private No further river and harbor legislation until the present flood rojects have been taken care of. for control of the Colorado River flood The passage of a bill authorizing the Secretary of War to lease the Muscles Shoals plant for production of power and nitrates. ‘The maintenance of the policy of restricted immigration. Rigid enforcement of the prohibition law. (Full text of the President’s message on page 6.) of Message He indicated would veto. nations. Of this treaty the Presi- on the part of the Government FARM BILL OMITS EQUALIZATION FEE Measure to Control Crop Surplus Is Introduced in Senate. ‘The farm relief legislation, drafted on the Coolidge design and apparently with administration approval, was started on its way today in the Senate with the introduction of a surplus con- trol measure by Senator McNary. It establishes a Federa] farm board with a fund of $300,000,000 to assist proposed stabilization corporations in the orderly marketing of crops through the withholding of surpluses from the market. Senator McNary, the chairman of the Senate agriculture committee and co- author of the twice-vetoed McNary- Haugen bill, left out of the mensure the controversial equalization fee provision which drew so much fire from the 2d- ministration. “The bill” he explained in a state- ment, “includes the principal features of the McNary-Haugen bill without the equalization fee. But the new measure is more than the old bill with the con- troversial fee section stricken out. It includes not only those basic provisions of farm relief that have won the sup- port of farm leaders in general, hut also the recommendation of Secretary Jardine and other administration lead- ers, together with the surplus control legislation premised in the Republican platform.” Board to Have Six Members. The farm board would be composed of the Secretary of Agriculture and six members, three Republicans and three Democrats, to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate. The board is empowered to organize advisory councils for any commodity, selecting the seven members of tI council from persons nominated by the co-operative marketing associations and producers handling the commodity. 1t will be the duty of the council to ad- vise with the board on crop situations and to advise producers through their planting or breeding. " After the organization of an advisory council for a commodity the Federal Board would be empowered to certify a stabilization corporation for that com- modity, to be organized under the law of any State. All voting stock or mem- bership interests in the corporation must be held by co-operative marketing associations or producers handling the commodity involved. These corporations would have au- thority to act as a marketing agent for its members and to purchase, sell or market any quantity of the agricultural commodity or its products either from members or in the open market at pre- vailing prices. 1 $225,000,000 Loan Limit. Under the plan crop surpluses would | be handled by the corporations through loans from the Federal board, but no loss would be paid from the Treasury {of the United States. Whenever the board determines that a surplus is iliable in any crop it may make loans { to the corporations up to $225,000,000 for the buying and storing of the s surplus. | Loans to the corporations, to the | co-operative marketing associations and | through them to individual producers , would be at a rate of 4 per cent. | Upon request of the co-operative marketing associations and producers {handling any perishable agricultural commodity, the board would be author- % ANTI-WAR TREATY REAPPOINTS BRAND ON'UTILITIES BODY Coolidge Names Commis- sioner Serving Recess Appointment. Reappointment of Col. Harrison Brand, jr., member of the Public Utili- ties Commission, for another term, was sent to the Senate today by President Coolidge, along with a list of nomina- tions for various other offices requiring confirmation by the Senate. The term of Commissioner Brand expired during the Summer, and he has been serving under a recess appointment. His nomi- nation will be referred to the Senate District committee for report before the Senate takes action. Included in the list of nominations made to the Senate today were a pum- ber of appointments in the and fore] of s G T ‘To be envoy e ry and minis- ter plenipotentiary to Bulgaria, H. F. Arthur Schoenfeld; Felix Cole, to be a consul general; Clarence J. Spiker, to be a secretary in the diplomatic service. Under the heading of foreign service officers, unclassified, and vice consuls of career, the following from the Dis~ erict of Columbia were nominated: Norris B. Chipman and Maunix Walker. Robert O'D. Hinckley cf the District of Columbia was nominated to be a vice consul of career. Other names on the list included those of J. Reuben Clarke, jr., of Utah, to be Undersecretary of State. H. Theodore Tate of Tennessee to be ‘Treasurer of the United States. John W. Pole of Ohio to be control- ler of the currency. William S. Culbertson of Kansas to be Ambassador to Chile. Sherman J. Lowell of New York to be a member of the United States Tariff Commission for a term of 12 years. IS SENT TO SENATE President Submits Pact for Rati-| fication at Request of Borah. By the Associated Press. The Kellogg anti-war treaty was sub- mitted to the Senate for ratification today by President Coolidge. ‘The treaty was submitted immediate- ly after the President’s message had been read at the behest of Chairman Borah of the foreign relations commit. tee, to which the treaty was promptly referred. Accompanying the treaty was a brief message, in which Mr. Coolidge asked ratification and said he “had no reason to believe” that any of the signatories to the treaty would not adhere to it. Senator Borah already has announc- ed that his committee will take up the treaty tomorrow. . BETROTHAL IS HINTED. PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, December 4 (#).—The newspaper Pravnitschnivesti today printed a letter signed by Pre- mier Liaptcheff of Bulgaria, saying that his government would soon be able to announce the engagement of King Boris to a foreign princess. The name of the princess was not given, but it was assumed here that Princess Giovanni of Italy was re- | “(Continued on Page 10, Column 4.) ferred to. 'To Commit Suicide, D. C. Man Dies by Gas “They say that a man who takes his own life is a coward. I say he is a brave one. If you don't believe it, try it.” After scrawling these words on a scrap of paper, Willlam A, Ferguson last night pulled down all the windows, locked his door, turned on the gas and weni to bed on the Army cot which was the only piece of furniture in his room, at 1519 V street southeast, the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. Kraus. 2 Mr. Kraus found Ferguson dead in his room this morning. Ferguson had a disagreement with his wife last Thursday. She had him arrested. When the trouble had cleared up he decided to enlist in the Army. He went over to see Mr. and Mrs. Kraus and said he planned to visit Bolling Field. Then he changed his plans, they said, and decided to go to Pittsburgh 'Leaving Note Saying It Takes Courage today. He asked them to let him stay with them until he left. Mrs. Ferguson, who had been living | with her husband at the Kraus home, moved away when the disagreement occurred. Ferguson, according to Mr. and Mrs. Kraus, retired early last night. That he carefully planned to end his own life was obvious from the note he left. It began: “Now I lay me down to sleep. ~1 pray the Lord my soul to keep. “If I should die before I wake, “I pray the Lord my soul to take. “Please notify my wife. I hope I go to where my mother and father is.” Ferguson gave his wife's address as 215 E street northeast. Radio Programs—Page 36 WORK ON TRAFFIC LIGHTS INBUSINESS AREA STARTS SOON Installation of Downtown Network to Begin by End of Week. THIRTEENTH ST. PUT FIRST ON PROGRAM Entire Project to Cost $197,418, With Saving of $33,000 Cited by Harland. Plans for the long-proposed network of automatic traffic signals in the con- gested business area were completed to- day by Traffic Director William H. Har- land. The laying of eleetric cable and other installation preliminaries will be started before the end of the week by the Potomac Electric Power Co. The program provides for chains of synchronized lights on Thirteenth street between E street and Massachu- setts avenue, E street betwen Thir- teenth and North Capitol streets, G street between Sixth and Fourteenth streets, Tenth street between E street and Massachusetts avenue, Seventh street between D street and Massachu- setts avenue, and Sixth street between D street and Rhode Island avenue. Lights also will be installed through the congested section of upper Fourteenth street, between Harvard and Monroe streets. Thirteenth Street First, The first downtown installation will be on Thirteenth street, and Mr. Har- land hopes to have these signals in operation before the close of the year. The other installations will be com- pleted as rapidly as possible. It is the intention of the Traffic De- | partment to have the entire network in operation by Spring. Weather, however, may delay the schedule. The downtown and upper Fourteenth street installations will nearly complete the second edition of the traffic light program for which the Commissioner some months ago purchased 820 signals. The entire project was estimated to cost $197,418. Other major installations to be car- ried out in the S}armg include Massa- chusetts avenue from Fifth street to New Jersey avenue, Maryland avenue northeast from Second to Fifteenth streets, Eighteenth street from H street to Massachusetts avenue and Fifteenth it‘.,r:;‘t‘ from Vermont avenue to Florida e. its with' Director Harland poin apparent pride to the economies effect- by his department in carrying out the new frotnm in comparison with the cost of the original Sixteenth street installation. He estimates that changes made in the signals saved the District Aapproximately $33,000. The average cost of the signals pur- chased during 1925 and 1926 was $61.42 each, and $205.50 for each installation, The average cost of the signals pur- chased for the second installation was $4.35 each, and the average cost of in- stallation was $180.77 each. The re- duction in cost of the signals, Harland explained, 1s based on the design of his department of @ special aluminum body traffic light signal of approximately the same exterior appearance as those now in use and to close competition in bid- ding by the manufacturers. ‘The difference in the cost of installa- tion, he said, is due to some changes in the design of the controlling circuits and lamp connections, which reduced the amount of cable required, as well as to a reduction in the cost of cable. THREE DIE, TWO HURT IN NEW YORK FIRES Hundreds Endangered in Blazes Believed to Have Been Set by Pyromaniac. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 4.—Three persons were killed, two injured and the lives of hundreds of others endangered early today in three separate fires be- lieved to be the work of a pyromaniac. In the first blaze, in a tenement house in 212 East Fourteenth street, two women and a man were suffocated when the fire “mushroomed” through the five-story structure, trapping them on the fifth floor. The dead were Misses Mary Beseda and Betty Colinben, both 23 years old and both employed as waitresses, and William L. Andrew, 30, a salesman. Shortly afterward fires were dis- covered in baby carriages and among rubbish in hallways of tenements in 320 East Fiftenth street and 331 East Four- teenth street. These fires were extin- guished without difficulty, but hundreds of tenants were routed from their beds in their night clothes. Fire marshals believe the fires were set by one person. Voteless Washington On Movietone The Fox, Palace and Columbia Theaters will show as part of their Movietone programs for the remainder of this week pictures taken on election day in connec- tion with the demonstration staged by the Joint Committee on National Representation for the District. ‘The second part of the film is a brief talk by Theodore W. Noyes, chairman of the joint commit- tee, who urges people of America to assist Washington in its fight for national representation. The first portion of the film shows the parade of civic representa- tives, American Legionnaires and the ailegorical float passing the ‘White House. In this part of the film the music of Victory Post, No. 4, Drum Corps is heard. Showing of this film in Wash- ington and other cities during the week of the opening of Con- gress is calculated to focus na- tional attention on Washington's voteless plight at a most oppor- tune time. =N AN 1) v WITH A FINGER ON THE HOME PULSE. COMNERGAL A SFRICE PLAVNED $6,750,000 Curtiss Flying Group Will Open Airport Here Next Summer. A commercial flying service on a large scale will be established here next Summer by the new $6,750,000 Curtiss Flying Service, it was learned here to- day. Negotiations already are under way for the establishment of an airport with full facilities for the repair and main- tenance of airplanes and motors and a sales organization to handle the dis- tribution of Curtiss Robins, Fledglings and Sikorsky Amphibians, together with smaller planes for private use and train- ing purposes. ) ot R ey Ly the service. Whether the new flying organization will take over and enlarge one of the existing local airports or will estab- lish a new field of its vwn Las rot been decided. Whatever course is adopted, however, the field will be established as one of the finest of its kind, with com- plete equipment for all types of flying. Operations to be conducted from the airport will include crop dusting, aerial photography, local air taxi service and cross-country flying. A riying school will be established, from which gradu- ates will be sent to one of thres ad- vanced training schools to be estab- lished by the service for training pilots to pass the transport pilot's examina- tions of the Department of Commerce. ‘The new flying service is an expan- sion of a company which has been oper- ating at Mineola, N. Y., for several years, expansion of which was complet- ed about two months ago. The organi- zation now is operating fields at Port- land, Me.; Bridgeport, Conn.; Miami, Fla., and Palm Beach, Fla. The list of officers and directors of the new company includes some of the aeronautical and financial leaders of the Nation. Charles S. “Casey” Jones, famous pioneer airman, is president of the service, with C. M. Keys as chair- man of the board of directors. Among the board members are such men as Peter J. Brady, president of the Fed- eration Bank & Trust Co.; Howard E. Coffin, chairman of National Air Trans- port; C. R. Keys, vice president of the Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co.; Glenn H. Curtiss, director of the same com- pany; A. F. du Pont, Delaware capi- talist; W. A. Harriman of W. A. Harri- man & Co., John D. Hertz, president of the Chicago Yellow Cab Co.; Thomas Hitcheock, jr., capitalist; Willlam B. Robertson, president of the Robertson Airplane Manufacturing Co., and Wil- liam H. Vanderbilt, capitalist. This city is represented on the board of directors by Eugene E. Thompson of Crane, Parris & Co. WITTNER REMOVED FROM POLICE BRANCH Clerk in Traffic Bureau Dropped “For Good of the Service.” ‘The District Commissioners today removed Loren H. Wittner, clerk in the traffic bureau of the Police Department, from the force “for the good of the service.” . Wittner stepped into the limelight during the presidential campal%n by openly working for the election of Gov. Smith of New York in defiance of an order issued by the Civil Service Com- mission instructing civil service em- ployes against participating in partisan political activities. On November 1, Inspector E. W. Brown, in charge of the traffic bureau, took from Wittner's typewriter a speech the latter was preparing in behalf of Gov. Smith during office hours, and ordered him suspended. On November 15 Brown formulated three charges against Wittner, the first two accusing him of not keeping his work up to date by reason of the per- sonal business he repeatedly transacted during office hours, and the third that he had circulated among the woman employes of the office a pamphlet hav- | ing to do with companionate marriage and free love. L2 | Wittner then asked for a hearing be- fore the Board of Commisioners, but | never received it. | ‘The Commissioners’ order today was | made retroactive to November 1 and ‘Wittner will lose his pay during the in- terval while he was suspended. He stated recently that should he be removed, on charges as preferred, he would appeal to the Civil Service Com= mission for reinstatement. Rejected Man Kills Girl and Himself VWith Dynamite By the Associated Press. AMEROID, Saskatchewan, December 4—Rejected as a suitor after a court- ship of several years, Willlam Lagua, 30 years old, lit a stick of dynamite with a cigarette, while he held his former sweetheart in his arms, killing himself, the girl and her mother. Laqua, a well digger, quarreled re- cently with woman, Beatrice Bar- ager, 26, ovey the attentions of a rival and was forbidden entrance to the house. Yesterday he called at the home and again pleaded with her to marry him. When she refused he seized her. The young woman’s screams attracted the attention of a neighbor, who ar- rived in time to witness the tragedy. ‘The upper portion of the house was wrecked by the explosion. NORTHCOTT ADMITS KILLING FIVE BOYS Chicken Ranch Was Butcher Shop, Youth Tells Officers. By the Associated Press. RIVERSIDE, Calif., December 4.— Gordon Stewart - Northcott’s reported confession that nine boys were mis- treated and slain on the Northcott “murder farm” near here, and that he himself committed five of the murders, today sent prosecuting authorities on :n intensive hunt for corroborating evi- ence. ‘Taken from jail in Los Angeles yes- terday to the scene of the alleged crimes on his promise that he “might” lead of- ficers to the spot where evidence of the killings existed, investigators announced Northcott made a signed confession of the murder of Alvin Gothea, a Mexican youth, They said he then related a somewhat incoherent story of the murder of eight other small boys on or near the farm, in four of which he was the killer. His victims, he said, were Gothea, Walter | Paign: Collins, Louis Winslow, a poy named Richard and a youth whose name he did not know. Accuses His Nephew. The 22-year-old Canadian declared Sanford Clark, his 15-year-old nephew, killed Nelson Winslow, twin brother of Louis. He declined to name the other boys he claimed were killed on the chicken farm, and refused to say who was responsible. 5 “If you ever get certain members of my family to talk,” Northcott told the officers, “you will hear one of the most weird tales you ever listened to. Believe me, officers, that chicken ranch was 2 butcher shop.” Northcott'’s confessions were made verbally before a group of guards, sher- iffs and deputy district attorneys, whom he led into the Mojave Desert 20 miles northeast of San Bernardino in search of the charred body of Gothea. Northcott previously had admitted decapitating the youth, whom he iden- tified by name for the first time yes- terday. He said he burned the head and then took the body to Puente, Calif., where he burned and buried it. Relief to Tell AlL Addressing the officers Northcott said: “You fellows never have been through the mental torture that follows such deeds as I have committed. It is a re- lief to_tell everything.” He hinted that another member of his family other than his mother, Mrs. Sarah Louisa Northcott, who is held in Calgary, was involved in the crimes. .| Before making the written confession he threatened his father, Cyrus North- cott, with “telling everything.” Northeott told the officers that he had erected an improvised altar at the ranch and that he had forced each of his victims to say his prayers before kiliing them. CLEVELAND CHEST PLAN WORKS WELL All Classes and Creeds Sup- port Movement and Raise - $4,600,000 in Week. This is the third of a series of ar- ticles by a staff correspondent of The Star describing the successful opera- tion of the Community Chest in the larger cities of the East and Middle West. The chest will be inaugurated here this Winter. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. Staff Correspondent of The CLEVELAND, December 4.—Cleve- land, with all classes and creeds co- operating in a single intensified effort, has just raised in one week $4,600,000 for public charities. ‘This represents a per capita contri~ ‘There were 275,000 adult contributors. STATE. COUNCILORS APPOINTED BY KING 10 GOVERN NATION: RULER UNCHANGED Queen Mary, Prince of Wales, Duke of York Among Com- missioners Who Will Act for His Majesty. MONARCH RESTS QUIETLY, WITH TEMPERATURE 100.2 Sleeps Six Hours and Is Able to Participate in Conference Ar- ranging Affairs—Members of Household Go for Drive and Impart Confidence. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 4.—Premier Baldwin announced in the House of Commons today that a commis- sion has been appointed to trans- act business in behalf of King George. The premier stated that the King in council this morning nominated Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the lord chancellor and the pre- mier to be councilors of state for the sommoning and holding of privy councils and the transaction of other business on behalf of his majesty. King Signs Order. In introducing his remarks, Mr. Baldwin said: “I am glad to be able to inform the House that the King was well enough this morn- ing to enable a meeting of the privy council to be held.” The premier said that his majesty had signed an order in council regarding the councilors of state. Premier Baldwin added that letters F:ct:né’ u&d:r the great seal to give ef- “’;fi: s lefl;‘h's commands will be _King George's physiclans at 3:30 o'clock this Aafternoon issued :ne fol- 2 ‘ passed a q;‘xm morning, The total was swelled *by the gifts of | dition about 200,000 school children. More than 8,000 workers aided in the cam- paign, many on a full-time basis. 110 Organizations in Chest. The entire amount constitutes Cleve- land’s Community Chest for the coming year. This is the tenth campaign for the benefit of all the charity and wel- fare organizations in the city, with a few inconsequential exceptions. A total of 110 organizations will draw upon the chest for their deficits during the year and will make no further request for public support. They include all those groups operating for the welfare of the public not supported by taxation. ‘The Community Chest idea in Cleve- land antedates the war. More than 25 years ago the various Jewish charitable and welfare organizations pooled their efforts in a single campaign once a year. This plan was so successful that in 1913 a majority of the Protestant, Catholic and non-sectarian organiza- tions formed a welfare federation with the same object. ‘Thus there were two major cam- s each year. Groups outside of either federation held independent cam- paigns, but they were frowned upon. During the war, Cleveland, with many other cities, concentrated its efforts in a “war chest” campaign which secured $11,000,000. By agreement with the two local groups, $1,000,000 was allotted them on condition that they would hold no campaigns of their own. The war chest movement proved so effect- ive that in 1919 some of the city's leading citizens. proposed that the same policy be applied to local charities in the future by getting the Welfare Fed- eration and the Jewish Federation into a single representative organization. Leaders in this movement were James R. Garfield, former Secretary of the Interior; Myron T. Herrick, Ambassa- dor to France, and Samuel Mather, one of the city’s wealthiest citizens. 41 Members in Council. Funds are raised and' administered under the direction of the Community Fund Council, composed of 41 members. ‘Twelve of these are elected by the Wel- (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) —_—— STUDENT ENDS LIFE. Inhales Gas at Boarding House in Providence, R. I. PROVIDENCE, R. I, December 4 (#).—George Raymond, 24, of Olivet, Mich,, a graduate student at Brown University, committed suicide this morn- ing by inhaling illuminating gas in a rooming house. No reason was ad- venced. His body was found by a fel- low student. Physicians worked over the body an hour in an effort to re- vive him. He graduated from a uni- versity in Michigan last June and en- tered Brown for post-graduate work this Fall. ‘An Intelligent Audience The Star has the greatest and most intelligent audience of any newspaper in any city of the United States comparable in size to Washington. For the protection of readers and advertisers, The Star uses the greatest care in the acceptance of all ad- vertisements. For years untrue and misleading state- ments have been barred. Any complaint will be Immediately investigated, oted etin was the first to signed by all five 'ggysichns who m?: thus far attended King. They were Sir Stanley Hewett, Dr. L. E. H. Whit- :Iyu'mps‘r Em-nhrquhn Buzzard, Sir ol'xl;eennhrq. leston and Lord Dawson bulletin was issu | ed after the { five doctors were i 1 fBuckLngha;n Pnhcc.m consultation at Queen Takes Ride. Queen Mary, who did not tak usual daily outing yesterday, lae‘li 111}3; Buckingham Palace grounds in the Toyal motor car shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon for a brief constitutional. The Queen was acco; dBAllhfl:; Pflnm cess Mary. e throng around the pal which was disappointed yesterdasl',a w;c:;; lemqgu;:el: sgel:nlned u‘:g:ors instead of 0on i to Watch her departure. Agwissere as remarked by observers t] the Queen looked more cheerfull tl}z,:xf in the last few days, this being gen- erally interpreted as an indication that she had been somewhat relieved re- garding King George's condition. Just before her departure from Buckingham Palace, there was quite a family gather- ing for luncheon. Viscount Lascelles, husband of Princess Mary, walked to the palace and lunched with the Queen Princess Mary and the Duke and Dusc;:eu of York. numerous have been callers at the palace during the past few days that a bulky visitors' book has been com- pletely filled with the signatures of persons representative of all grades of British and foreign society. Today a new book was requisitioned and already several pages have been filled. Princess Louise Imparts Hope. Princess Louise, sister of King George, told the Royal National Lifeboat Insti- tution today that latest indications pointed to “a ray of sunshine” in the King’s health. “The only point of anxiety,” she con- tinued, *is regarding the strength of the (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) ADVANCE IN STOCK PRICES CONTINUES Traders Apparently Disregard Brokers’ Loan Statement in Buying Movement. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 4-—Disre- garding the record-breaking increase of $511,932,202 in Stock Exchange member loans to a new high total of $6,391,644,- 264, the stock market today resumed the upward movement which had been interrupted by two days of heavy profit- taking. Early gains of $1 to nearly $11 a share were distributed over a wide assortment Qf issues, with several blocks of 5,000 to 20,000 shares changing hands in the early trading. Operators for the rise, evidently pre- pared for some liquidation by frightened investors and traders, threw in large buying orders at the opening, giving ini- tial quotations a firm tone. This helped to revive bullish confidence and check short selling, with the result that the “bull” movement was again in full swing before the end of the first hour. Radio Corporation common quickly ran up $10.75 a share. Wright Aero- nautical climbed $6.50 and Mathieson Alkali, International Telephone, Allis Chalmers, Midland Steel Products pre- ferred, Archer Daniels Midland, Greene Cananea Copper and National Biscuit recorded early gains of $4 to §6 a share, )