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News of the World By Associated Press s ESTABLGSHED 18 Kl i * SLIGHT GAIN #Temperature of Royal Patient is 100.2 Ac- cording to Bulletin Is- sued By Five Attend- ing Physicians After Consultation. 2 Doctors, However, Reiter- " ate Statement That the Anxiety Concerning Ability of Monarch’s Heart to Withstand Dis- ease Must Continue. London, Dec. 4 M—King George's physicians at 3:30 o'clock this aft- :rnoon issued the following bulle- in: “His majesty passed morning though the temperature is now 100.2. The slight improvement in general condition noted in the last bulletin is maintained.” Five Doctors The bulletin was the first to be signed by all five physiclans who have thus far attended the king. They were Sir Stanley Hewett, Dr. I.. E. H, Whitbey, Sir E. Farquhar BBuzzard, Sir Humphrey Rolleston «nd Lord Dawson of Ienn. The bulletin was issued after the five doctors were in consultation at Buckingham palace. 30 Minutes v 4 at the palace about § p. m. They took less than 30 minutes to agree upon the condition of the king and the word- ing of the bullet A public statement was given to the press at the palace just after the visit of the five dectors saying that there was né necd for alarm based on the unexpected appearance of the physicians. A Procarious Condition & Tondon, Dec. 4 P—King George today continued in that precarious condition which for many days has beld his subjects in a state of grave suspense. The official medical bulletin issued at Buckingham palace, this fore- noon, indicated that the monarch had passed a quieter night. It said: “The improvement noted last eve. ning is so far satisfactorily main- tained.” Again, however, the king’s doctors reiterated the disquieting phrase that anxiety concerning the king's heart must continue. The bulletin, signed by Sir Stunley Hew- ett and Lord Dawson of Penn, read: Quicter Night “The king has passed a quieter night. Though anxiety concerning his heart must continue, the im- provement noted last evening is so far satisfactorily maintained.” Everything would appear {0 cen- ter now in the question as to whether the king’s heavily taxed heart would stand the strain im- posed by a fortnight's grevious ill- ness. It is understood that the pres- ent condition might continue for (Continued on Page 16) +COMMISSION NAMED 10 AID KING GEORGE Will Transact Business & While British Monarch Recovers Health LY TLondon, Dec. 4 (P—Premier Bald- win announced in the House of Commons today that & commission has been appointed to transact busi- ness 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 Premier to be councillors of state for the summoning and hold- ing of privy councils and the trans- action of other business on behalf of his majesty. In introducing his remarks, Mr. Paldwin said: “I am glad to be able to inform the house that the king was well enough this morning to enable a mecting of the privy coun- cil to he held.” The premier said that his majesty had signed an order in council re- garding the councillors of state. Premier Baldwin added that let- patent under the great seal to give cfiect to the king's commands will be issued forthwith. Premier Baldwin, Sir Willlam Joynson-Hicks, Lord Davidson, the Duke of York and Sir Maurice Hankey, who came to the palace for the session, were shown up to the sick room and were joined there by Queen Mary. The king took part in the proceedings which were extremely brief, the members re- maining with his majesty only a few iminutes, a quiet| hG GEORGE PASSES QUIET MORNING; CONDITION SHOWS IS MAINTAINED IR, COSHOS LANG NEW ARGHBISHO Entbroned at Canterbury as 97th Head of Charch CEREMONY IS BEAUTIFUL Due to Niness of King George En- thronement Shows a Deckded Re- St. Augustine’s Chalr. Canterbury, Eng., Dec. 4 (—Dr. {Cosmo Gordon Lang, 97th arch: | bishop of Canterbury and primate of the established Church of Eng- {land today was enthroned in the marble chair of St. Augustine. The enthronement of the former Archbishop of York was carried out with beautiful medieval, ecclesiasti- cal ceremony and pageantry in the venerable cathedral here. Restrained Pomp Because of the illness of King George, there was a possibility until the very last that the enthronement might be postponed, but it was car- | ried out with restrained pomp. | Canterbury was awakened by a deep pealing of the city’s bells her- alding the ccremony. Irom ancient |inns, which once were hostels for { Pilgrims, and through narrow streets, Pilgrims nsscmbled at every entrance of the famous old building, | whose g walls vere slightly shrouded in a mist. Bishop Brent There The great assembly in the cathe- !d: 1 included Bishop Charles H. Brent of western New Yorlk, repre- senting the American church, and was eminently catholic in scope. As for the first time in the long history of Canterbury, representatives of the Free churches vere invited to join in the prayers for the new head of the English church. Representatives of non conformist bodies in varlous Furo can countr s were aiso pres- ent. In o grave and dignifiel manner Dr. lang was placed first on the (Continued on Page 17) THREE INJURED WHEN AUTO JUMPS UP CURB Machine Driven by Cantor Marwit Goes Onto Sidewalk Three pedestrians were injured on Lafayette street shortly before o'clock this afternoon by an auto- mobile owned wnd driven by Can- tor Solomon Marwit of 168 Wash- ington street of the Congregation Brethren Sons of Isracl. They are: Harry Meade, aged of 242 Main street; Mrs. Nellie Just, aged 35, of 70 Clark street and Mary Costello of 41 Allen strect, believed to be about 20 years of age. Meade and Mrs. Just were taken to New Britain Gen- eral hospital and Miss Costello was driven to her home by Deputy Sherift Matth. v Pap:iak, who wit- nessed the accident. Cantor Marwit was driving west on Lafayette street when Mrs. Just stepped into the street from the north curbstone, & short distance west of Beaver strect. A parked car shut her off from view and she was caught up on the bumper of the a basket as tl.c car swerved to the left, going over the curbstone on the south side of the street, striking Meade and Miss Costello and coming 10 a stop with the left front part of the machine hanging over a concrete coping near the steps leading to a basement store at 108 Lafayette street. An iron railing along the coping was moved by the impact. Sergeant M. J. Flynn and Officer Joseph Kennedy were ° detailed to investigate the accident after Cap- tain Kelly was notified by telephone. Cantor Marwit said he was going 10 or 15 miles an hour, but Sherift Papciak, who was driving in the op- posite direction, said the former's speed was at least 20 miles an hour. on the bumper and shouted to the driver to stop but he could not see her and as he went to the left he was hoping, he said, that he had avolded her. He was surprised to see her on the front of the car. He estimated that he was not going faster than®10 miles an hour. At the hospital it was found thai (Continued on Page 17) Big Radio Set Stolen From Maple Hill Home E. E. Austin of 64 Goit street, Maple Hill, reported to Detective Sergeant W. P. McCue this morn- ing that his home was entered after 11 o'clock last night and an eight tube radio set taken. S0 far as was learned, nothing else was disturbed and Austin be- lieves a truck must have been used to carry away the set, be- cause it was too large to fit into a touring car. strained Pomp—Takes Place in | Marwit car and carried as though in | The sheriff saw the woman riding NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1928.-“.“.3‘:&" | WOMAN, 113 YEARS OLD, REGISTRARS FAVOR VOTING PRECINCTS Smith and Ziegler Would Im- prove Election Day Facilities SUGGEST |Recommend Divisions In First, Third, Fifth and Sixth Wards— Cannot Handle “Peak” Crowds With System Now In' Use. Establishment of 11 voting pre- cincts is recommended by Registrars ‘Thomas J. Smith and Willlam J. Ziegler in a statement furnished Mayor Paonessa today. The registrars propose that all but the second and fourth wards be split up, the first, third and fifth ward: each having two polling places, and the sixth three voting booths. This Ithey proposed to bring about through a charter amendment. In the opinion of the registrars’ office, as expressed in the letter, it is no longer practical to attempt handling the *‘peak” crowds in the manner now in vogue. Their recommendation is along the line proposed by Stanley Uchalik, a member of the mayor's committee on charter revision. Registrars’ Letter The letter to Mayor Paonessa fol- lows “At several recent elections it has been forcibly brought to our atten- tion that there is an urgent need for a further extension of our vot- ling facilities. Since the establish- ment of the ‘six ward system’ in New Britain in the 90's, our wards have increased in size until today we have several of them which are larger than our total voting list at that time. The modern trend in elections is to make voting as easy as possible and experience has shown us that as we are situated today, it is impossible for the offi- cials to handle the ‘peak’ crowds on election day without causing the voters considerable inconvenience, “We have endeavored to facilitate matters by hiring extra officlals in the wards, but have been forced to the conclusion that this is not the ideal arrangement. It is true that in the recent presidential electi a record vote was handled in th manner, but anyone who vigited the larger ward voting places during election day will agree with us that it is not proper to have the long line of voters waiting their tura, which we had on that day. “In order to overcome the diffi. culties which we are laboring under, we believe that it will be necessary to put into effect the precinct form of voting, and would therefore sug- gest that the six wards be divided as follows: “First ward, 4203 voters, two pre- cincts: second ward, 2738 voters, one precinet; third ward, 3953 vot- crs, two precincts; fourth ward, 2348 voters, one precinct; fifth ward, 2392 voters, two precincts; sixth ward, 4556 voters, three precincts. f you feel, with us, that the time has arrived for making these im- provements, we would ask that you make the necessary representations to have the city charter changed.” RIS HARBOR GIVES UP BODIES 9F DEAD 13 Passengers Plane Ride Found in Water Rio Janeiro, Dec. 4 (#—The har- bor of Rio Janeiro today had yielded the bodies of 13 persons who, fiying. to greet the Brazillan aviator, Al- bert Santos-Dumont, plunged fo | their death, when their plane went into a tailspin. One of the me- chanics on the planc was flung out and died in a hospital after he had been picked up by a launch. A diver !who was attempting to recover i bodies, died when his airlines fouled while he was under the water. Santos-Dumont, who was return- ing to his native land from France, where he spent most of his life, re- quested that all festivities be can- celled because of the accident. When the airplane was raised and all the bodies recovered, it was found that each had suffered broken bones and many contusions before death by drowning. Five leaders of the democratic party were killed in the accident, which dealt the party a serious blow. One prominent democrat, Dr. Fran- cisco Souza, gave up his seat in the plane just before it took off to Senora Abel Bearaujo, wife of & member of the staff of the Jornal Do Brazil. She, the only woman in the party, was killed. The democrats are an opposition party and because of reteption to Santes-Dumont has been organized by them, the government refused to take any official part in the wel- come. Several newspapers sald the administration also deemed it im- politic because of the approaching visit of Herbert Hoover to call offi- clal attention to the world that the Brazilians considered Santos-Dumont to have been the first successful filer of a heavier-than-air machine, antedating even the Wright broth- ers, Armstrong Elected as Dartmouth’s Captain Hanover, N. H,, Dec. 4 UP—Elis- worth Armstrong of New Haven, Conn., today was elected captain of the Dartmouth college football team for 1929. Armstrong was right tackle on the varsity eleven last season. He also is a member of the hockey team. ELEYEN DISTRICTS in Fatal. DIES IN YORK STATE Mrs. Delina Filkins, Born May 4, 1815, Believed Oldest in State, Ritchfleld Springs, N. Y., Dec. ¢ (M—Mrs. Delina Filkins, 113 years old, ‘died at the home of her son here today. 8he was born in the town of Stark, Herkimer county, May 4, 1815. Mrs. Filkins, believed to have been the oldest woman in New York state, was born on a farm wrested from the wilderness dur- ing the days of the French and In- dian war by her grandparents, who came from Holland and settled 'n the Hudson river valley under a patent granted by the Patroons. With the collapse of the power of the Dutch in New York, her grand- parents migrated to what is now Jordanville. Here the home in which she born was built in the woods. COURT TURNS DOWN KILBOURNE APPEAL Injunction Forbidding Erection of Gas Station Stands CONSTRUCTION NOT BEGUN Judge Marvin In Superior Court Rules for New Britain In Action for $17,000 Damages Over Pro- perty In Belvidere, An injunction restraining Edward O. Kilbourne from crecting a gaso- line filling station on Stanley street opposite the entrance to Stanley Quarter park must stand, Judge L. P. Waldo Marvin ruled in superlor court after hearing the motion of Kilbourne to dissolve and to grant him damages of $17,000. By reason of the decision, Kilbourne falls to collect damages. was Kilbourne received a permit and | began the work of constructing a culvert and tilling a ravine May 21, b Before he reached the build- ing proper, zoning was adopted and his piot was placed in a residential district, He attempted to proceed, clalming that construction began be- fore the restrictive law was passed, but the city court enjoined him rn the ‘ground fhat construction within the meaning of the law had not commenced, The property owner re- tained Judge F. B. Hungerford to vresent his casc in superior court and thc arguments were heard two weeks ago, Corporation Counsel John H. Kirkham defending the city's stand. Judge Marvin's memorandum, handed down today, state: “This is an appeal from a judg- ;ment of the city court of New Britain permanently enjoining the defendant from erecting or main- itaining on his premises described in the complaint structures to be used as a filling station. Kilbourne se- cured from the city of New Britain, a permit for the erection of a gas station, May 21, 1925. This permit contained these conditions: “‘That the said building shall be erected in accordance with the laws of the state of Connecticut, and the ordinances of the city of New Brit- ain. And if any of the statements ot said applicant be not true, or if any change is made in sald plans or specifications, without the consent ot the building inspector, this permit shall be null and void. Good for three months from date. This per- mit may be sooner revoked for any violation of any ordinance, statute or order of constituted authority. This permit is subject to the condition that should there be any change in the ordinances or statutes or any order establishing any building line or other improvement, before sald building is completed, then no furth- jer work shall be done on said build- {ing thereafter conflicting with such new statute, order or ordinance (but (Continued on Page 16) WNARY DESIRES SURPLUS CONTROL Introduces Bill to Establish Federal Farm W WL DD STABATION| Measure Inciude Principal Features of McNary-Haugen Bill Without Equalization Feo—Board to With- hold Surplus from Market. ‘Washington, Dec. 4.—UP—Farm relief legislation drafted on the Cool- idge design and apparently with ad- ministration approval was started on its way today in the senate with the introduction of a surplus control | measure by Senator McNary, re- publican, of Oregon. Board Established Tt establishes a federal farm board with a fund of $300.000,000 to assist H proposed stabilization corporations in the orderly marketing of crops through the withholding of surpluses from the market, Senator McNary, the chairman of 1!he senate agriculture committee and co-author of the twice vetoed McNary-Haugen bill, left out of the |measure the controversial equaliza- tion fee provision which drew so ,much fire from the administration. Fee Is Out { "The bllL” 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 controversial fee sec- tion stricken out. It {ncludes not only those basic provisions of farm relief that have won the support of farm leaders in general, but also the | recommendation of 8ecretary Jar- dine and other administration lead- ers, together with the surplus con- trol legislation promised in the re- publican platform.” The farm board would be com- posed of the secretary of agricul- ture and six members, three repub- licans and three democrats, to be appointed by the president with ! (Continued on Page Four) 'THREE DEAD IN FIRE IN N. Y. TENENE Trapped When Blaze Mushrooms Through Building sons were killed, two were injured and the lives of hundreds of others endangered early today in three separate fires belleved to be the work of a pyromaniac. house at 212 East 14th street, two waitresses and the flance of one of them were suffocated when the fire “mushroomed” through the five story structure, trapping them in a room on the fifth floor. Shortly afterwards fires were dis- covered in baby carriages and among rubbish in hallways of tene- jments in 320 East Fifteenth street jand 331 East 14th street. These \flru were extingulshed without dif- fleulty, but hundreds of tenants {were routed from their beds in their Inight clothes. Fire marshals and detectives be- lieve the fatal blaze and the two subsequent fires were set by one person. The dead were the Misses Mary Beseda and Betty Colinben, both 23, and William L. Andre, 30, a sales- man. Andre. who was suffocated, was | engaged to marry Miss Colinben. Mr. and Mrs, Trifonia Nicassia. who occupied an apartment on an- other floor in the building where three met death, were severely burned. Quigley Charges Politics Rules In Fire and Police Departments; Outlook for Civil Service Dark Assemblymen-elect Express Opposition to Restoration of System—More Voting Precincts Probable by Charter Amendment—Mayor Resumes Criti- cism of School Board Methods. There is more politics in the po- |ter amendments when they come be- | Pari: lice and fire departments today than in any other groups in the City of New Britain, former Mayor George A. Quigley charged last night as he sought to impress on the charter re- vision committee the advisability of returning to civil service. His declaration that the abolish- ing of this system in appointments to &nd promotions in the police and fire departments was a “severe blow to good government,” and that none but politicians are anxious to con- tinue the present scheme, brought indignant answer from Senator-elect Ernest W. Christ, who denied being a peliticlan, and from Representa- tive-elect Willlam F. Lange, who termed statements of proponents of civil service as “gross exaggeration.” Representative-elect Thure Bengt- son, the third member of the local legislative delegation, expressed sen- timents of opposition. The fact that the trio which will exert the strong- est influence in the matter of char- ifore the generfl assembly are al- iready of one mind in opposition ‘sends the civil service movement on ; jits way with anything but an aus-! ipicions start, it was generally agreed. Fire Board Chairman Questioned James J. Butler, chairman of the ,fire board and the only member of {either commission present, w: \quizzed over a period of half an hour on the methods employed in selecting firemen and in making ad- ' vancements. He emphatically denied | (Continued on Page 13) HAS THREE KIDNEYS, New York, Dec. 4 UP—Three per- | In the first blaze, in a tencment; RAT. -uuo) ‘PIOJEH Syl PN 21 JAIIILULD 2 oo Dec. 1st ... Ending 15,223 PRICE THREE CENTS LARGER NAVY, FARM REL'EF, BETTER TRANSPORTATION, RESTRICTIONS ON IMMIGRATION URGED BY PRESIDENT High Spots in President's Message The following are the high spots in President Coolidge’s annual message: Passage of the bill for the construction of fifteen cruisers and one alircraft carrier, ‘The creation of a federal farm board with a revolving fund trom the Treasury to assist in the of crops due to weather and seasof orderly marketing of the surplus nal conditions. Enactment of a law to promote railroad consolidations with 1 view to making better transportation at less cost to the publ Development of rivers and harbor improvements as already authorized as well as waterways and flood control projects but no turther authorizations at present. Constructior: of an irrigatio n flood control and water supply project on the Colorado river leaving the electrical power field to private enterprise. Lease of Muscle Shoals to private interests for tHe production of nitrates and power. Conservation of oil and nat ural resources on public land. Continuation of the policy of restricted immigration. Federal enforcement of the tributory laws with cooperation from the states, NOMINATIONS SENT T0 SENATE TODAY Coolidge Makes Out Long“ List of Names for Im- | portant Positions ‘Washington, Dec. 4 (P)—Pres! dent Coolidge forwarded to the sen- .ate today a long list of nominations for officers appointed during the congressional recess, including that | of J. Reuben Clark, Jr., of Utah, to |b under secretary of state. Other nominations were: H. Theo- | dore Tate of Tennessee, to be treas- urer of the United States. John W. Pole of Obio, to be comptroller of the currency. Willicm 8. Culbertson of Kar as, to be ambassador to Chile. Sherman J. Lowel! of New York, to be a member of the tariff commisgion for a term of 12 years. Minister of ¢ omibia, Jefferson Caffery of Louisipna; minister to Bulgaria, F. T. Arthur Schoenfleld of Dist#fct of Columbia; minister to Salvader, Warren D. Robbins of New York; minister to Rumania, Charles 8. Wilson of Maine, M aber of the federal farm loan board, John H. Guill, of California. SURGEON TAKES TWO Business Man Undergoes Unusual Operation at Hartford Hospital Although Herbert Peterson, pro- prietor of the New Britain Type- writer Exchange, had two Kkidneys removed at the Hartford hospital this morning, he still has one left. | Mr. Peterson, who went to the hos- pital for an operation for an infect- ed kidney, was found to have a normal kidney on his right side and two kidneys, or a double kidney, on | the left. ‘While this condition is very un- common, it has been known to oc- cur before, although an operation to separate an infected kidney from its mate in the case of a double kid- ney, and save the good one is rarc- Iy successful. In Mr, Petersons case, both left kidneys were infect- ed and both were removed. The local businessman is suffer- ing considerably from the shock of the operation but no doubt is enter- tained concerning his ultimate re- covery. POLISH AVIATORS 10 MAKE SPRING FLIGHTS Will Attempt to Span Atlantic Ocean With Aid of American Money. Warsaw, Poland, Dec. 4 IP—Po- lish aviators have decided to at- tempt two transatlantic flights next spring with the help of Polish- American money . Capt. Casimir Kubala and Capt. Louis Idzikowski, who attempted a New York flight last August and were forced down at sea after| being 35 hours in the air, will t again. They will use an Amyot plane similar to the “Marshal Pil- sudski” which they flew last sum- mer. The other attempt will be made by Lieut. Kowalczyk and Private ! Pilot Klisz. They will use a new type Caproni machine, which is de- | signed especially for strength. Kelogg Anti-War Treaty Up to Senate ‘Washington, Dec. 4 (P—The Kel- logg anti-war treaty was submitted to the senate for ratification today by President Coolidge. The treaty calls for the outlawry of war as an instrument of national policy. The president told the sen- ate that he would be pleased to have it act upon the pact duri~g the pres- 1 ent session so that it could be rati- eighteenth amendment and con- COOLIDGE'S MESSAGE CAUSE OF COMMENT Consternation in Congress Follows Rhetorical Bomb- shell of President Washington, Dec. 4 (UP)—Presi- dent Coolidge’'s annual message raised as much consternation in con- gress today as if it rhetorical bombshell. The private comment was more significant than the ments of senators and congressmen cating the message would résult in definitely delaying farm relef le lation until Mr. Coolidge retire March 4, so the next farm bill could be handled by his sucgessor in the White House. It was considered significant, too, that the president uvafied any refer- ence to the historic rdpublican tariff policy or to the revision upward pro- posed for the relief of agriculture, Some attributed his avoldance of the subject to the presence of President- elect Hoover in South Americ where the proposed agricultural tar- iff has been bitterlv assailed as an effort to place an embargo on Sovth American goods. The president’s position in Boulder Dam and the naval cruiser bill had a bewildering effect upon sponsors of these two legislative proposals. Scnator Johnson of California, au- thor of the Boulder Dam bill, an- nounced he would call at the White i House immediately to find out what the president meant by the state- left the electrical power angle of ths project to private enterprises. Chair- man Hale of the senate naval com- mittee refused to comment on the president’s request for elimination of the three year time limit proposed It was indicated the senate would follow the house in refusing to ac- cede to the president’s desires on the time limit phase. Warning of the president against additional appropriations was taken a8 a warning against any new “spending spree.” rather than an ef- fort to curtall the present legislative program. The comments follow: Farm Relief Norris, republican, Nebraska—"He shows more plainly than he has ever shown hefore that he is opposed to any practical relief for the farmer. He is not willing to spend any fed- eral money in this direction. The only thing the government will do 1s give them advice.” . Repn., chalrman of sen- agricultural committee—*His reference to farm relief, T helieve s covered by the new rule T introduced (Continued on Page 1%) WESTPORT MAN DIES IN NEW YORK HOTEL Richard Raney Killed After Leap or Fall from Sixth Story ‘Window, New York, Dec. 4.—(P—A young man who registered at the Hotel | Paramount this morning as Richard Raney, of 48 State street, Westport, Conn., leaped or fell from the sixth story extenston in the rear and wa killed. » A man giving his name as J. B. with Raney said he did not know whether Raney fell or leaped from the window. He said Raney was 21 years old. The men registered at 3:30 a. m, Raney leaped or fell from the win- dow an hour later. Bridgeport, Dec. 4.—(P—Richard M. Raney, 21, who met death in a fall from the sixth floor of the Paramount hotel, New York early today, was treasurer of the Raney Motor Sales company of this city. He left home last night for New York where he had been taking a course in automobile salesmanship. fled before he left the White House. His father, Lee M. Rancy, lives in Westport, Coan. had been a | public state- | but there was plenty of botp indi- | ment he would only sign a bill which | for building 15 new naval cruisers. | floor window of the hotel to a three | Crouch, Hotel Roosevelt. registered | (Coolidge, in What Prob- | ablyis His Valedictory | to Congress, Also Ad- vocates Conservation | of Natural Resources. Wants States to Aid in Liquor Enorcement — Opposes Govt, Acticn in Electrical Power Field. Washington, Dec. 4 (®—In what probably will be his valedictory to Congress, President Coolidge today emphasized once more his desire for |an increas in America’s naval | Strength, urged a farm relief pro- gram which would meet approval of the administration, made sugges- tions for legislation covering the jinost important subjects, and ended by declaring the nation was in an cra of prosperity and peace such as ver before had been experienced. Farm Relief Proposals For farm relief, Mr. Coolidge re- |lterated his suggestion for the cre- ation of a federal farm board in or- der that the government might aid |in promoting orderly marketing and {in handling surpluses clearly due to “\\ cather and seasonal conditions. He suggested a revolving fund from | government money, until producers associations had erected stabilizing | organizations to finance themselves through regular credit institutions. Temporary expediences, he maid, | “though sometimes capable of ap- peasing demands of the moment, | cannot permanently solve' the sur- plus problem and might seriously aggravate it. Hence putting the gove crnment directly into business, sub- | sidies and price fixing, and the allur- |ing promises of political action as & {substitute for private initiative, should be aveided.” - Wants Larger. Navy Tollowing the lines of his Armis. tice Day speech, the president’s mes- sage repeated his desire for passage {of the 15-crulser Dbill now pending in the Senate. “The bill before the Senate with the elimination of the time clause should be passed,” he said, referring to the section which provided that (Continued on Page 4) | | FRANCE REFUSES T0 ' SURRENDER BLACKMER |Takes Official Action in Case of Income Tax Law Violator | Paris, | Dec. 4 (M—France today | officiall refused the request of the United S'ates for extradition of H. M. Blackmer, missing oil case wit- ness. The extradition had been asked on the strength of an indict- ment returned in Denver which ac- cused Mr. Bleckmer of making false |income tax returns. | The court's decision explains that the refusal of the request of the United States government for extra- dition was based on the following reasons: (1)—That a false declara- tion of income tax is not a crime in France, but is an offense punisha- |ble by a fine, (2)—That the Franco- American treaty covers only perjury in court and (3)—That a false dec- laration being only a misdemeanor |in France, is outlawed by a three years statute of limitation, The court's decision is final and {will be officially transmitted to the |American embassy through the |French ministry of forecign affairs {wit' a day or two., Mr. Blackmer will remain in nce indefinitely unlecs the United |States government should decide to reopen the case on some other charge. {WOMEN STORM CITY HALL 10 GET BETTER STREET 'And They're Coming Back Day Until They Win Their Point. ivery A group of protesting women (that filled the ante room of the |mayor's office today placed before Secretary Matthew J. Callahan their plea for improvements in highway conditions on Blake road, between Farmington avenue and McClintock read. | The street is in such a condition that travel over it is almost impos- sible, and they threatened to ignore the school attendance laws rather than subject their children to fur- (ther danger from exposure, they |said today. Mr. Callahan promised to take their case before the board of pub- lic works and seek to bring abgut rellef. When he suggested that they return later, one of their number answered: “You can just bet your life we will—every day until the read i fized.”