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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23

ager, and Rep. d. j. Driscoll, d.,
Pa, when the committee resumed
it's investigation into lobby and
fake" kilograms attributed to AS
ISOLATED Gas and Electric company
officials.
He indicated the communica-
tons commission would be asked
to aid in a nationwide survey of
charges that congressman were
bombarded with unauthorized tele-
grams against the bill. He also an
nounced that investigators were
studying charges that utility Off
Gals were now seeking authorize
ton from persons whose names
had been signed to lobby tele-
grams already sent.
Dead for Two Years
Then he drew from Coleman
testimony that man whose name
was signed to one message sent
Rep. H. L. Haines, d., Pa, had
been dead about two years.
Would it surprise you to know
that a lot of messages that have
come on this bill were signed by
persons who are adead 2" Black
asked.
II don't know about that" Cole
man replied.
Black asked Coleman to examine
40 letters that had been returned
to Haines because York post office
officials had been unable to find
the persons to whom they were ad-
dressed. Haines sent the letters in
response to kilograms opposing the
bill.
IT know this man." Coleman
said, taking letter from the pack.
whats his name?" Black
asked.
Charles f. Small"
'What does he do?"
Coleman, tall, bald and nervous,
smiled.
"Why. he's been dead about two
years"
what did he do when he was
alive?"
rHe worked for an insurance
company"
Black revealed that investigators
made inquiries of Western Union
officials in New York to determine
il efforts were being made to OBJ
tain authorizations for the Driscoll
kilograms.
He said he received a reply stat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
PERMITS GIVEN
TOLOCAL PLACES

Hartford, Conn, July 23-CUP)
Minus service across the bar,
Connecticut folks bought liquor by
the glass in hotels. restaurants and
clubs yesterday afternoon and to-
day for the first time in 16 years.
The state liquor control commits
sion mailed 81 permits of various
sorts yesterday morning and so
more last night. More will follow
as various stages of the new 1885
liquor law are complied with.
Clifford d. Perkins, Inc, man
aging the Heublein hotel, Hart
ford, was the first to be given a
permit. The second went OF Harry
s. Bond for the Hotel Bond, Hart
ford. the third was in the name of
Edmund S. Giles, for the Bond
more. Hartford.
Other hotels receiving permits
sion to sell include: Broadbrook
hotel, Broadbrook; Griswold hotel,
Eastern Point; Burlington hotel.
Burlington; the Pickwick Land
company, Greenwich: a Waterbury
hotel permit issued to Clyde Jen-
nings.
Among the clubs receiving per-
mits are the Brooklawn Country
club, Bridgeport; Shippan Beach
club, Stamford; Waterbury Elks'
club; Fraternal Order of Eagles.
Torrington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
BRIDGEPORT MAN
ESCAPES DEATH

Wethersfield, Conn, July ga
(UP)-The board of pardons today
COMMITTED the death sentence of
William Dodez, Bridgeport, to life
Imprisonment.
Dodez, few minutes before. had
sat before the board as his at
torney pleaded that his life be
spared. The 66-year-old former
railroad engineer, convicted of
shooting to death Charles A.
Farley was scheduled to be hanged
August Is. He had received one
repreive from July Is by Governor
Cross while his appeal to the su-
prerne court was being taken.
The supreme court in handing
down its decision finding no error
in his trial, intimated that some
hope might be placed in an appeal
to the board of pardons, which it
Is said, could take into account GER
tain phases of the case which
could not be considered by the SUI
prerne court as bound strictly by
legal aspects.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
CLERGYMAN WAS
HERO in BATTLE

San Francisco, July 23.-CUP)
The Rev. A. J. French, small
mild hammered clergyman of
Sharpsburg, Penn, was acclaimed
a hero to-day for his battle with
an apparently demented man who
tried to wreck transcontinental
bus. The incident occurred at
Bonner lake in the Sierras. AS
the bus was passing the shores of
of the mountain lake Neil McCue,
Chicago, grabbed the wheel and
apparently tried to steer it into the
water.
There were 23 passengers. Rev.
Mr.. French grappled with McCue
and despite the latter's superior
size and weight succeeded in
holding him off until the driver,
Fred Mund of San Francisco,
stopped the bus four feet from the
edge of the lake. at was a ter
rifying experience and I guess i
acted involuntary" French said.
1T was awfully close, believe me.
He fought desperately" McCue
was taken to Truckee, Cal. for OBJ
servation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
Lobby Probe Brings
Out Further Secrets
Continued from Page ~

ing that J. C. Williver, first vice
president of the company, had au-
thorized agents to call on persons
whose names were signed to the
message, but denying that the COM
pany ives seeking to restore miss
ing records at Warren, Pa.
Driscoll Gets Letter
Driscoll testified he received a
letter today from Western Union
officials declaring that 400 of the
reputed signers already had been
interviewed, and $50 remained. OF
the 400, the letter said, 800 were
found to have been authorized and
$50 were faxed.
Coleman testified most of the
kilograms were signed with a type
writer.
Coleman could recognize only
six of ITO names on the kilograms.
OF these, one (Small) was dead,
one lived in Baltimore, and the re-
mainder lived in York.
He Paid Cash
@. c. Halter, representative of
the Metropolitan Edison company,
an Associated Gas and Electric
company subsidiary, was shown to
have paid cash for all messages
sent through York.
Coleman testified that Halter
paid $176.14 for almost 766 postal
messages. In addition, he said,
$21.79 was paid for kilograms from
Hanover, Pa.
j. E. Noble, youthful sun-tanned
Western Union manager. testified
Haller sent 1857 kilograms
through his Office at a cost of
$430.37. The Western National
Bank. he said, sent 157 messages
for which it paid $51.95.
"How many kilograms did you
receive which were paid for by
the people who signed them 2"
Black asked.
Nine" Coble replied. adding
that cost was 1895.
John Dillinger Signed
Black sifted through huge pile
of Western Union kilograms.
Coble was familiar with only a
few names.
One message was signed by a
Mrs. J. H. Hatton:
my savings are in jeopardy;
vote against the Wheeler Rayburn
BILL
who paid for that?" Black
asked.
"Mr. Halter" Coble replied.
One of the messages to Haines
was signed by John Dillinger."
1t said: Protect your constitu-
ents."
Committeeman did not request
an Identification of the sender.
If Black requests an investiga-
ton by the federal communica-
tions commission into the tele-
graph activities of power lobbyists,
it will do its "darndest to discover
the facts" DR.. Irving Stewart,
chairman of the telegraph division,
said.
He said that should the request
involve sending an investigator
into every telegraph office in the
United States or anything like
that we couldn't do it,
But we would do our BEST DR..
Stewart said. IF people have a
habit of sending forged kilograms
that is something in which this
commission ought to be interest
ed"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
LAWYER KILLERS
ARE BEING TRIED

Detroit, July 23-(UP)-Wil-
liam Schweitzer, confessed slayer
of Howard Carter Dickinson, New
York attorney. and his three girl
companions go on trial today. They
face charges of first degree MUIR
der. To be tried with Schweitzer on
the charges, which hold penalty
of life Imprisonment are Loretta
Jackson, her sister. Florence and
Jean Miller, alleged party girls
reputed to have lured Dickinson to
his death in an automobile parked
on lonely road.
Schweitzer confessed Staying
Dickinson June 81, a day after he
and the three girls had met the
New York lawyer in Detroit no.
tel. Directly after the murder and
robbery the victims body was toss
ed from the car in park. Discov-
cry of the body resulted in a ma
tion-wide search for Schweitzer,
who had been connected with the
crime through the testimony of a
taxi cab driver. The four were ar
rested in Fort Wayne, Ind. June
%, they were returned to Detroit
where Schweitzer, after hours of
grilling, broke down and confessed
thee rime.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
New Groups Took Leadership of Stock Market To-day
Rails We're Prominent,
Motors Slipped DotDr>
Increased Car Loadings Started Squirt in Railways;
u. S. Steel Made New Mark for the Year

Trading picked up considerably
with sales the highest in some
time. The first hour was especially
active with the tape falling two
minutes behind actual transactions
at 1915.
Considerable profit-taking came
into automobile issues. Chrysler
fell back more than q point. Gem
eral Motors lost only fractionally,
aided by expectations that direc-s
tors at Thursdays meeting will de-
clare a 50-cent extra.
Before profit-taking, new highs
were made by dozens of issues In
all sections, including Allied Chem
ical, Bethlehem Steel, General
Electric, Montgomery Ward, Penn
sylvania Railroad, U. S. Steel is
sues and Western Union.
Bonds were mixed. Commodi-
ties generally were lower. Several
favorable business reports were is
sued,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
BY ALLEN t. DIBBLE
United press stan Correspondent

~
Terre Haute, Ind, July 23-(UP)
Indiana National Guards rained
tear gas bombs on union pickets
today in a spectacular attempt to
break a general strike that has
paralyzed this city of $4,000 pop
ulation since a. m. yesterday.
When the gas fumes had rolled
away the strikers had retreated but
they jeered at the soldiers and re-
fused to surrender this cause.
The clash between troops and
pickets occurred at the Columbian
Enameling and Stamping COM
pany, focal point of the sympathy
strike which still was in full swing
today despite the declaration of
martial law.
Began Last March
A strike at the Columbian plant
began last March and since then
numerous cases of violence have
developed. When the company i'm
ported guards and threatened to
resume operations with imported
labor the sympathy walkout was
precipitated. The issue was the
ClOSeu SHOP WHICH, lIlc
company refused to sanction.
At dawn today approximately
1000 pickets were near the plant.
The National Guard, looking young
and inexperienced beside the be
whiskered factory workers, was or
dered to dispense the pickets under
the martial law ruling prohibiting
assemblages.
There were shouts of scorn from
the pickets and answering taunts
from the troops as the latter re-
leased their tear gas bombs. The
pickets retreated.
Didn't Want Bloodshed
'We withdrew because we didn't
want any bloodshed," said l.. G.
Brown, president of the Enameling
and Stamping union, but we aren't
going to give up until they take
those guards away from the plant.
The general strike has paralyzed
the normal functions of the city
which is without taXicabs, trolley
cars, ice, milk, gasoline and fresh
meat. Even the Morning Terre
Haute Star was thro.tled; unable
10 pupLSH III 'Ilio lave VI th' She9
from organized labor.
Brig. Gen. D. Wray de PREF said
he was not sent into the affected
area to break the strike but only
to preserve order, prevent unlaw-
full assemblages and permit opera
tons of such businesses and indus
tries as wish to reopen. To these
business he promised full protec-
ton.
Stores Are Doubtful
But despite this assurance it ap
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
Strikers Repulsed
By National Guards
Barrage of Tear Gas Bombs Hurled on Union Pickets
in Terre Haute Critical Demonstration

peared doubtful that many stores
would open to ease the increasing
need for food. 1t was pointed out
that the businessman could operate
effectively only with the help of
their employees and there seemed
small likelihood of any concerted
back to work" movement among
the unions until their cause is won
or a Cancellation has been effected.
The pickets permitted represent
atives of hospitals and families
with infants to call at diaries and
obtain milk but regular deliveries
were prevented.
Although promised National
Guard protection for trolley cars
officials of the surface line said
they were not interested in at
tempting to operate their cars or
BUSES with non-union labor and
would let the public get about as
best it could until the strike is
settled.
Estimates of the number on
strike ranged as high as $4,000 in
Guiding thousands of miners
throughout Vigo county.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
BOSTON WOMAN
SEEKS DIVORCE

Boston. July 23 - O.P) - A
granddaughter of the late Charles
w. Eliot, president of Harvard Uni
versity has started divorce proceed
ings according to word received
here from Reno.
Mrs. Frances Eliot Fremont
smith has charged cruelty in her
suit against DIR. Frank Fremont
smith. chief psychiatrist at Massa-
chusetts General hospital. Their
home has been In Cambridge. They
were married In 1920 and have
three children.
Afrs. Fremont-Smith is the
daughter of DIR. Samuel A. Eliot.
former president OF the American
Unitarian Association.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23

lieve." McGill said, that the mat
ter will be settled in conference.
The house conferees, backed up by
their overwhelming vote against
the Clark amendment, can not be
expected to recede."
May Be Liquidated
The house, on July II, voted 26S
to IS against the Clark amendment.
The senate adopted it June 10 by
81 to 35. Senate leaders have con-
cluded that on any forced test of
strength they would be able to
marshal enough switches to over
turn the original senate vote.
Representative Allen I. Tread
way, republican, Mass, ranking
minority member of the house
ways and means committee, said
failure to adopt the Clark amend
ment probably would mean private
pension systems must be liquidated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
FIVE CANCSTERS
ARE NOT GOING
TO SAME PRISON
Attorney General Cum
mings to Say Where
They Will 'SOjOurn'

Boston, July 3.-UP)-Carl
Rettich, master mind" of the
Rhode Island crime syndicate.
$4,000 Fall River mail truck
robbery will be sent to three diff
ferent penitentiaries it was indi-
Gated to-day.
Rettich and John (Sonny) Nc
Clone, New York machine gunner.
are expected to be sent to Atlanta.
Joseph Fisher, once known as
public enemy number one" of
Rhode Island, and Thomas (Tough
Tommy Dugan, New York gang
ster, probably will be taken to
Lewisburg, Penn, while Charles
Harrigan, also of New York ap-
Parole In . Years
All five were sentenced yester-
day to 25 years in a federal peni-
Tertiary to be designated by At
torney General Homer S. Cum
mings by Judge Hugh d. Mcclellan
after a jury had found them gull
ty of robbing the mails and plac-
ing the life of mail truck driver
in jeopardy. A two-year SEN
tence for conspiracy will run con-
currently. They will be eligible,
for parole in nine years.
Decision to split the gang, OBJ
servers believed was the result of
discovery of a plot to deliver the
defendants from East Cambridge
Jail, where they were confined dur
ing the trial. The plot was re-
turned its its we, verdict thoupb" i had
been known for week previous
ly.
Herbert H. Hornstein. of Provi-
dence, who turned states evidence.
will appear in court later. 1t is
believed he will be given only d
light sentence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23

Boulder City, New. July %. -
fUP)--Unless = wage dispute be-
tween Boulder Dam wcrkmen and
the six companies. Inc. builders TO
lhe project. is settled soon, al
work may stop on the dam, labor
indicated today.
About 900 men normally ere
i. ulnNed. xha company was fore
"a q cur,aiI work today - useiH'
Hefz Or the niHehInis'1 union
= 1ssa olf the iot 20 await re-
zE|5s 81 etar|I|sfIza eeA'<fsEzEz'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
sENATE WARNEn

Washington, July s5.--tuP)-
Sen. George w. Norris. Il. Neb,.
warnee the Senate today that the
contlnuation OF dllatory tactics
such ne have delayed action on
the AAA aspendnifnts, would lead
Inevitably 70 eIolufe rule 10 con-
eel debate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
as0 Rn b IN OLD GAN

Elko. New. tuP)-All that gilt
tors n not gold, but Forest kiiborn
believes $50 II $50, whether II be
gold or paper mones. while pros.
pecting kllboFn found an I'd Elm
can at an abandoned mlno. He dis
eoveree $50 IN bills IL ths can.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
NEW YORK CURB MARKET

Under strict secrecy, giant ex-
press passenger locomotive Is be-
Ing nlreamllned IN railway conf
peny's phop 4 Hwlndon. Enelane.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23
CONNECTICUT SECURITIES
The r. =. Griggs 90.
PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS

PUBLIC UTILITY STOCKS
Bid Asked
Bridgeport Gas 1t. Co IS SO
Bridgep't Hydraulic Co 80 SO
Conn. Elec. Service :. 52h 54M
Conn Gas & Coke com ~ az
Conn Gas & Coke pfd AZ SO
Conn 1t & Pow $40
pfd. ............. Ill
Conn 1t. & Pow. 6h96
pfd .............. ITO
Conn. Power Co.,. 4S SO
Conn Ry & Ltg Co com AZ as
Conn Ry & Ltg Co pfd 81 So
Hfd Elect 1t Co com IS 20
Hfd Gas 1t Co com. AZ
Illuminating Shares A. AN SIN
New Haven Water Co Sc
South N. e. Tel Co. 121 125
= INDUSTRIAL STOCKS
ANN. Hardware Co.. 81 20
Bridgeport Brass 80. ~ 12H
Bristol Brass Corp com AZ As
Colts Pat Fire Arms Co 32h 3415
Eagle Lock Co. ...... 10 20
Landers Frary & Clark 43 As
N. Brit. Mach. Co. com tx 81
North & Judd Mfg Co. 25h 271a
Peck, Stow & Wilcox ~ Az
Remington Arms .... 2h az
Seovill Mfg. Co. ...... 21 %
Stanley Works Co com 26h 2SK
Torrington Co. ...... 80 80
INSURANCE STOCKS
Aetna Fire ms. ...... 60 So
Aetna Life ms. ...... 32h San
Automobile linus. -. 44h 46x
Conn. General -. 43h ASS
Hartford Fire ms. -. IS so
Home ms. 80. 80 32A
National Fire Ins. -. rs n
Phoenix Fire ms. -. SO SO
Travellers ms. ...... $40 $50
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-23

New York, July 23.-(UP) -
New groups came Harvard to take
leadership of the stock market to-
day. Rails were prominent. Motors
slipped lower. Buying in rails was
based on outlook for increased car
loadings. The market opened firm
with United States Steel rising to
a new 1895 high. Motors met pro-
fit-taking and reacted. Then min
ing shares led rally and finally
the rails took the helm.
Evening star., 1935-07-28
Off
For Trip
In Europe
Former Secretary of
Treasury Is Accom-
panied by Son-in-law

Former Secretary of the Treasury
Mr. Andrew w. Mellon, sailed Friday
aboard the Berengaria for Europe. He
was accompanied by his son-in-law,
Mr.. David K. E. Bruce, son of former
Senator and Mrs. William Cabell Bruce
of Baltimore. .
Former Gov w. j. Holloway of Okla
homa is in Washington for few days,
accompanied by his wife and son; and
is staying at the Mayfiower.
Mrs. James Dudley Morgan will
leave Friday. for Bar Harbor, Me-,
where she will be the guest for the re-
mainder of the Summer Of her brother
and sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Abel.
Mrs. Maurice Fitzmaurice Day, wife
of the former military attache of the
British Embassy, Col Day, will sail
Friday for England for short visit.
Col Day will remain in Washington
now but is planning to take trip to
England in October.
Mrs Herbert Shipman has as her
guest at Newport, Mrs. Allen G. Well
man. Mrs. Shipman is the widow Of
Suffragan Bishop Of New York and
was frequent visitor in Washington
before the death of her parents, the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley,
whose home at Dupont Circle boasted
q private theater.
DR.. and Mrs. Edward B. Meigs are
spending the Summer at Comtuit, their
|~--Is-~,,-J -.. n~~n N1I,,,,,,, 0N .
Evening star., 1935-07-28

The Under Secretary of State, Mr..
William Phillips, Is spending q few
DAYS with his sister, Mrs. Reynal G.
Boiling, at Boiling House, her home
on Dublin road near Greenwich,
Conn.
The Secretary of the Treasury, Mr..
Henry Morgenthau. jr., will return
tomorrow from Hopewen jackson,
where he has been spending the week
end with his family at their farm.
The Secretary of Commerce, Mr..
Daniel C. Roper. who returned a few
days ago from his trip to New Eng
land, will be joined tomorrow by Mrs.
Roper, who remained few days
longer in New England.
Senator and Mrs. Warren r. Austin
of Vermont are taking possession OF
Mrs. Bowler Hulls home at 1856
Massachusetts, avenue for the remain
der of the congressional session.
The Assistant secretary OF state,
Mr.. Francis Bowes Sayre, will return
this evening from Hot Springs where
he went for few days stay.
The deputy chief of staff. U. S. A.,
Maj. Gen. George S.. Simonds, and
Mrs. Simonds are guests today OF
Lieut.. and Mrs. N. A. Costello at Fort
Washington.
Rear Admiral James A. Richardson,
who has been acting as chief budget
officer of the Navy, will leave today
for Seattle, Wash, where he will be
in command of the 9Th Division OF
heavy cruisers. Mrs. Richardson viii
Join him there in the Fall.
The commandant of the Army War
College, Maj Gen. Malin Craig, and
|. Mrs. Craig viii have as their guests
Evening star., 1935-07-28

Diplomats who are the center Of
Washington society in Winter are
lending interest and glamour to the
Midsummer season at important re-
sorts. White Sulphur Springs and
Hot Springs, tucked away in the Vir-
ginia Mountains are the most popular
places. 1t is at Hot Springs that the
flags Of many countries flaunt their
colors in the lobby of the Homestead
in unison with the Stars and Stripes
Where ever there is an Ambassador
or a Minister or even a lesser dip
lomat, there is a flag flying in his
honor. The French Ambassador and
Nine de Laboulaye, the Ambassador
of Argentina and Nine de Espil, the
Minister of Greece and Nine ST.
cilianos, the Minister of the Neither
lands, Jonkheer H. NJ. van Haersms
de With and others are lending inter
est to the drawing rooms and banquet
hall at the Homestead, which not sc
many years ago were lighted by
candles, but where today every modern
improvement blends with the still re-
manning touch of Colonial days.
Evening star., 1935-07-28

ana as eQCnuSldSLlC as SlTl dDOuL w
start on her first sea voyage.
Americas first woman diplomat with
the rank of Minister, Ruth Bryan
Owen, will tear herself away from her
much loved post in Copenhagen and
will sail for her annual leave August
%. She will land shortly after Dan
ish Prime Minister Thorvald Staining
arrives in New York on the Danish
gunboat Ingolf. Neither Minister
Owen or the Prime Minister promise
much excitement in Washington, as
both will perhaps visit the President
at his Hyde Park home. And in the
diplomat corps, as In politics, they
come and they go. and SO went the
delightful Francis Osborne, for some
time on our State Department list as
British Minister to Washington under
Sir Ronald Lindsay. Days ago there
came cables announcing his appoint
ment as Minister to the Vatican to
succeed Sir Charles Wingf1eld, who in
turn was sent as British Ambassador
to Portugal. Mr.. Osborne had a COM
Portable house on Twenty-fourth street
and was delightful alike as host and
guest.
Evening star., 1935-07-28
Bowley.Connor
Wedding Yesterday

Mrs. Elise Johnson Connor Of De-
catur, Ala, and Washington, and Maj.
Freeman w. Bowley, 7th Field Artil-
lery, u. S. A., of Fort Ethan Allen,
VT, were married last evening in the
home of Maj. Gen. Frederick w. Cole
man, U. S. A., and Mrs. Coleman in
Bethesda, Md. Only small company
witnessed the ceremony, which was
performed at 6 O'Clock by Chaplain
Deibert of Fort Myer, Va.
Mrs. Edward Davis of Chestnut
Hills, Pa, was matron of honor and
the brides only attendant and Mai.
Gen. Albert j. Bowley of Fort Hayes,
Ohio, was best man for his brother.
The bride wore gown of light blue
chiffon and her leghorn hat was
trimmed with blue velvet flowers.
Mai. and Mrs. Bowley will be at
home after August 4 at Fort Ethan
Allen, VT.
Evening star., 1935-07-28

hoboth Beach at the end of the week
for a short visit.
The counselor of the French En-
baSsy. NJ Jules Henry. who is spend
ing several days at Newport, R. l., will
return to the Capital Tuesday.
The first secretary Of the Embassy
of the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publics and Nine Neymann are spend
ing some time at High Point, N. c.
The first secretary of the Spanish
Embassy, Senor Don Louis de OlivareS,
is spending the week end at New
port, r. I.
The naval attache of the Embassy
of the Union of Soviet Socialist Re-
publicS and Nine Oras have left by
motor for the West Coast. They will
be gone for the remainder Of the
Summer.
The secretary of the Hungarian Le-
cation. Baron Paul Schell, has re-
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