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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1922-03-16

Soap Is first mentioned by Piiny. who
states that II was prepared from goats
|allow and beech tree ashes, and was
employed for giving brilliance to the
|lalr.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1922-03-16

ils,,aaists refund money n PAZo OINTMENT fails
10 cure Itching Blind. Bleeding or Protrudins Piles
Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can Ger
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1922-03-16
SILLYADS
Copyright 1920. II. V. C. smith,

Man will never be satisfied until he
gets wet goods. but a woman is always
satisfied with the dry goods she gets at
Smith Il Amberg's.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1922-03-16

The Egyptians almost live on the
products of the date palm, which sup
plies oil, wine, sugar. mating, palings,
roofs, baskets, bags, fans and a variety
of other articles.
If you are looking for bargains Dob
sons is the place.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1922-03-16

Why does a man avoid ghost haunt
ed house and still h(a)unt any place
with spirits In it, To be i'm good spirits
hunt drink stand and call for Cherry
blossoms.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1922-03-16

man called the operator over the
phone and asked for 2-2-S Absent
nIindedly she gave him our restaurant.
because she knew il was double To ate
here for your money. BUSY Bee Cafe
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1922-03-16

Some people expect money by spend
ing all they have and praying for il.
but the wise ones save what they can
by taking the II" out of praying. and
pay for'it. Start savings account in
the Hickman Bank X Trust Co.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1922-03-16

When ladies wear their skirts above
their knees. the police should send them
to the plumber. It's our business TO
cover joints properly Hickman Timing
4 Plumbing Co. phone 13.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1922-03-16

Observation-Disclosures.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-23
HAIL WARRANTS
01NEG0IlABLE'
Supreme Court Holds That
They Are Assignable,
However.
May Not Be Pro-rated Be-
cause Of Insufficiency
! of Fund.

Bismarck. N. D., Jan. 23.-(By the
Associated Press.)-Hail insurance
warrants are assignable .but not ne
gotiable. the North Dakota supreme
court has decided in a case certified
from the Burleigh county district
court. They are payable in full when
called by the state treasurer and may
not be pfo-rated because of the insult
ficlency of the fund: The decision
gives to the hail warrants about the
sarae standing as other warrants Of
the State of North Dakota except that
n source of.the moneys for the pay
ment must come from the special Hail
Insurance Fund. instead of moneys
appropriated. ~
The decision Of the supreme court
follows:
First National bank Of Halstead
VS.. Olsness. commissioner Of insur-
ance. Poindexter. state auditor.
I'm a mandamus proceeding entitled
as above and pending in the district
court of Burleigh county. the petit
toner seeks to lave issued. to cover
certain hail losses. a hail warrant.
negotiable or .assignable in form, pay
able out of the hail insurance fund,
without being subject to pro-ratins
upon the contingency of the fund be-
Ing insufficient. 1t was stipulated in
the court below that the plaintiffs
right depended upon the answers to
two questions. First. are the hail
warrants heretofore issued in the fol-
lowing form negotiable or non-nego-
tiable?.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-23

to the amount stated on its face
with statutory interest? The trial
judge ruled that the warrants. in the
form set above set forth. are nom
and that they are binding
of thevstate; payable in full
and not ratably. The above questions
are certified to this court for answer.
: It being clear that such warrants
are payable only out of hail insur-
nee fund. they are non-neEotiable.
They are nevertheless as siEnable as
money and aretso recognized by the
express provisions Of section %, of
the Hail Insurance Act. Chapter II,
Laws, Of 1921.
We are Of the opinion that the war
rants are payable in full. as they are
called for payment by the state treas
urer and are not subject to any sub
sequent condition of repayment in
ase the fund should prove insufficient
to meet all claims. Section 6. of the
act. provides for the levy of a fiat
tax of three cents Der acre each year
for five years for the purpose Of car
rying out the act and creating a sur
plus in the hail insurance fund for
the prompt payment Of losses. and
section 81. requires the state treasurer
to call the warrants for payment to
the amount of collections RENTED to
him by the various county treasurers
during the preceding month. and the
warrants are made due and payable
on the calr of the treasurer. This
clearly G that they are payable
in full when called and not subject to
being pro-rated. The liability for
payment is limited to the Hail Ihsur-
AnCe Fund. however. and Is not a gen.
seral liability of the state"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-23
NEW NAMES FOR
MONEY MAY BE
NEEDED AT GENOA
Rubles of Such Little Value That Only
Soviets Can Figure Them Cor
'rcctly, Diplomats Agree.

Moscow. Jan. 23.-(By the Associ-
ated Press.)-Bolshevik delegates to
the Genoa conference will present rep
arations claims there against various
European powers and the United
States If these claims are made in
terms of Bolshevik rubles, new names
fer large amounts may be necessary,
forsthe familiar terms of the decimal
system will not the staggering
sums claimed by this country, which
issues single bills for 100, 0 1000
rubles n discusses deficits Of tril-
lions of rubles as merely bagetelles.
Leonid Krassin, Maxim Litvinoh. M.
Rakowsky and scores of other Com
munist leaders who probably will go
to Genoa, juggle figures with the
same indifference which does a
professional strong man while tossing
weights about a stage.
Training for Attack.
The Versailles conference mustered
no such brigades of experts as the
Moscow government called into serv-
ice months ago and has been train
capitalistic %fortresses at Genoa.
Foreign debts. owed by Russia, and
the claims Of other governments
against the soviet regime will be as
nothing when compared with the
amounts that Moscow has chalked up
against England, France and Amer
lea. The Alabama claims upon
which the United States was success
full after the Civil war, form the chief
precedent upon which the Bolshevik
government will present its claims.
Reams Of documents will be presented
to show the responsibility Of the great
powers for the damage suffered by
Russia as a result of the Czecho-
Slav advance in Siberia, Admiral Kol-
chak's i'll fated movement, h Arch
angel expedition, General Denekin's
sweep northward from the Caucasus,
General Baron Wrangel's Crimean ex-
pcdition, General Yudenitch's fiasco in
the Baltic states. Simon Petlura's &C.
tivities in Ukrainian and hundreds Of
smaller expeditions not reported to
the western world.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-23
Hiusboro Man Make.
Good Record In Radio

Hillsboro, N. D., jar. 23s-The serv-
ice record of Casper Arneson. Of Hills
boro. recently honorably discharged
with the rank of chief radio. from the
United States radio naval operating
base at Coco Solo. Canal Zone. is COM
mended in an article in plain Talk,
a magazine published by the radio
crew at Coco Solo.
The article says:
1.-THE service lost n Of its popular
petty officers. Having spent % months
on the lsthmus. he was liked by all
Of the officers and men who came in
contact with him. ' He had a very
pleasing personality and his sporting
attributes were of the best. Upon his
arriva, at this station. ne was assigned
to the radio department under Lieut..
Chourre. and later under Ensign Will
liams. He was considered one Of the
best radio operators on the 1sthmus
and was detailed On all of the import
ant fights-such as CartaEena. Co.
lumbia: Port Limon. Costa Rica;
Kingston. jamaica: Rabo de Puerco.
Panama. and numerous other trips.
He never failed in his work Of keep
ing both planes and the station in
communication with one another. He
was also a crack aerial gunner. having
served with the United States naval
aviation in France. Italy and Belgium
during the war"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-23
Much TYPHUS
AM0NCPOLES
Polish People Sent From
Russia to Home Land De-
clared Diseased.

Warsaw, Jan. 23.-Government in
spectors say there is much typhus
among the thousands Of Polish men,
women and children who are being
repatriated from Russia through the
camp at Baranowicze, near the. Pol
ISL Russian border. The disease, they
assert. iss becoming more widespread
as It does each winter as the cold
weather sets in.
Repatriation Of the Polish popula-
ton which was Withdrawn by the
Russian armies in 1915 in their re-
treat is scarcely half finished. It be-
gan last July. Estimates of the num-
Der to the repatriated vary from 6oo,-
0o1 by the Polish commission to L.
100000 by the Russian evacuation
commission. 1t is estimated that more
than 100000 already have passed
through the Baranowicze camp alone
and that the total number returned
to late Is approximately $50, 600. The
care OF these people Is in the hands
Of the Polish government aided by
several welfare organiz1Eions.
These refugees have .fpeen dying in
such numbers at the Baranowicze
camp that the authorities have found
1t necessary to bury the victims in
great trenches. OF $4,000 who passed
through the station in November, it Is
estimated by Polish health officials
that 1900 died after reaching the
camp. Doctors attribute the majority
Of deaths to disease, contracted en-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-23
DESIGNS ON
RUSSIA, DECLARE.
JAPDPLOMATS
Prohibition of Arms to Chi
ma Sought in Conference
Resolution.
sTwenty-one Demands to
Come When Shantung !:
Agreement is Reached. !,

~ ..# #
Washington. Jan. 23.-(By the AS
ISOLATED Press.)-A statement declar-
ing that Japan had no territorial de-
signs on Russia and giving assurance
that Japanese troops would be with
drawn as soon as a stable government
should be established there, was made
today by the Japanese delegation at
1.-THE meeting Of the Far Eastern COM
mittee.
The Japanese statement was pre-
scented by Baron Shidehara, after
hearing his statement on Siberia, the
committee proceeded with the ques-
.tion Of the status "of existing COM
mitments under points six and even
of the Chinese ten points submitted
at the beginning Of the conference.
Full discussion was deferred. how
ever, pending presentation by China of
a full list which she was asked by the
committee to make.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-23
Hanna Offered To
Buy Hail Warrants

Fargo, N. D., Jan. 23.-Reports
from Bismarck Saturday said hat the
''well-known f1nancier in the state"
referred to in the announcement OF
the hail warrant agreement as TAX
ing 5000, 900 Of warrants Immediate
ly at a discount Of 3 per cent on their
face value Is former Governor L. b.
Hanna of Fargo.
Mr.. Hanna did not desire to have
his name mentioned in connection
with the deal, being afraid that peo-
pie might think 1t was done for po-
litical. purposes. but it later leaked
out that he was the first one to come
to the aid of the hail-strick IN farm-
ers.
It is also known that Mr. Hanna
has bought hail warrants at IA to
help some OF the farmers in the
western part ct tho state.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-23

tions upon which bets car be made
have become 20 common. they claim,
that the public has neither the money
nor the desire % buy tickets for
amusenlents where the wagering thrill
il absent.
Commercial bodies also are support.
ing a campaign to limit betting to
those enterprises licensed under the
flourish encouragement Law.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-23

Havana, Cuba. Jan 23.-Theater
and moving picture managements are
threatening to close their houses as a
protest against what they declare is
an enormous increase in illegal
gambling. Athletic and other exhibit
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-23
The Japanese disclaimer Of any
Russian territorial ambitions were
said to include Saghalien, as we'll as
other portions of Siberia.
II Demands <

II Demands Next.
washington, Jan. 23.-(By the AS
ISOLATED Press. )-Secretary Hughes
was understood to have informed the
Far Eastern committee Of the WASH
tngton conference at it's sessions today
that the question of the twenty-one
demands, abrogation Of which has
been asked by China, would be taken
up as soon as an agreement is reached
in the Shantung controversy.
Would Stop Arms Trade.
Washington, JAM. 23.-(By the AS
ISOLATED Press.)-As one means of
giving effect to it's declaration Of last
week for reduction Of the Chinese
army, the conference is considering
another; resolution looking to .prohibi-
ton Of importation of arms into
China.
The proposition emanated from the
American delegation which went into
today's meeting Of the Far Eastern
conference prepared to present 1t
fully. The subcommittee on the
report ready for consideration today
and it was indicated both Of these
proposals would >be disposed Of before
the committee turned its attention to
Siberia, the next subject on the Far
Eastern agenda.
The Chinese eastern resolution was
understood to recommend continuance
OF the present inter-Allied control Of
the road until more stable conditions
are restored in Russia. into whose
territory the road crosses from Man
chur;a.
The arms prohibition plan was be-
lieved acceptable to most of the pow
ers and it was indicated also the
Chinese who heartily supported the
pre- ceding resolution regarding reduc-
lions OF China's army would not inter-
pose any objection.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-23

Second. when the warrant Is issued
in the above form is it. in case of
the insufficiency of the fund %designat-
ed. payable ratab!y out of the funds
collected into the hail insurance fund
for that year or is it payable when
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-23
WOULD CLOSE THEATERs.

route and brought about by exposure
and lack Of proper n~ourishment.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-08-24
PERSONAL and LOCAL

Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Strout and little
daughter of Memphis are in the city.
Mr.. Strout has accepted position
with the Davis and Mize Wholesale
House and they expect to reside in
Oxford.
Mrs. D. M. ,Ragland has as her
guests Misses Edna Jones, Laura and
Hattie Crowell of Oxford.
Hon. Walter Boyett made business
trip to Alderman this week.
Mrs. M. L. Duncan and daughter
Miss Georgia, after spending the sum-
mer in West Point have returned to
their home in Oxford.
Mrs. George Morgan of Lula is the
guest Of her sister Mrs. E. E. Temple.
Misses Katie and Eleanor Heard
have returned from Fayette Ala.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Smith motored
thru and spent the week end in Taylor.
Hon. Fultin Bell of Leland Missis-
sippi spent a few days last week in
Oxford on business. While in the city
he was the guest Of Elder and Mrs. D.
w. Smith.
Mrs. H. T. Smith had as her week
end guests her brother Mr.. Sam Carter
and son of Como Mississippi.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey Metts and
baby have returned from Flora.
Mr.. Steve Smith Of Harmontown
is the guest Of his daughter, Mrs. Tom
Metts
Or. and Mrs.W. B. Mcmahon and
little SON Of Greenwood are the guests
Of their parents DR.. and Mrs. w. B.
Mcmahon ST.
Mrs. Orr and daughter, Miss Bee
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-08-24
DIVORCE PLANS
ARE ABANDONED
MRS. GAMBLER SAYS SHE CAN
NOT MAKE STATEMENT ON d.
voRCE PROCEEDINGS AT PRE-
SENT.

Honolulu, Aug. 24.-(Copyright)- -
"My plans for getting divorce are
entirely unsettled, and conditions are
such that l cannot at this time make
any further statement now regarding
my future domestic relations with
nv husband" said Mrs. Walter Cand-
Ter, whose husband, an Atlanta MIL
lionaire, is being sued for hundred
thousand dollars for an alleged at
tack on the wife of Clyd Byfield, an
automobile dealer.
1t will be remembered that Mrs.
Gambler first sent her sympathy to her
husband and then stated that she
would return and help him in his
suit.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-08-24

are visiting there daughter and sister
Mrs. Eddins in Byhalia.
Mr.. Quay Elliot has returned from
Byhalia. He was accompanied by Mr..
Watt Eddins of Memphis.
Messrs. Baxter Elliot and David
Hughes are spending this week in
Parkham, Arkansas with friends on a
hunting and fishing trip.
Little Miss Esther Gray Boyette is
spending a few weeks in Durant witt,
relatives.
Rev. Watson and children of Water
Valley and Rev. Lord of Abbeville
spent Teusday with Rev. L. M. Lips
comb.
Mrs. C. C. Longest has returned
from Corinth.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Bell and Miss
Euginia Campbell motored thru to
Corinth and spent the week end.
Mrs. Pete Ramey and son John
Kimbrough have returned from Menu
phis where they visited Mrs. Tom
Stone.
Messrs. Jeff, Jim and Roy Barkley
and Bob Ingle of Cotton Plant spent
Monday in Oxford. Mr.. Ingle expects
to move here soon.
Miss Louise Mitchell, after spend
ing several weeks, with her aunt Mrs.
w. B. Mcmahon, has returned home.
Mrs. Hunter and daughter Mary and
Louise left Thursday for Tishimingo
where Mrs. Hunter has accepted the
posotion as matron and house keeper
of the Agricultural School.
After delightful months visit on a
house party at Lake Side Mississippi,
Misses Marguerite and Josephene and
Mr.. Joe Pegues have returned home.
Mr.. S. D. Roane spent Sunday in
Oxford.
Miss Vera nellie Boone of Pontotoc
is visiting Miss Myra Patton and Mary
Hartsfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Boone and chill
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-08-24
R0il.Snike Conference Ends;
Cannot ADJUST Differences

New York, Aug. 24.-Despite predictions
earlier i'm the week that the outlook was very fav-
orable to an adjustment of the differences of the
striking railway shopmen and the executives.
Today witnessed the withdrawal from the
conference of hundred and forty-eight execu-
tives, who rejected the proposal of the railway
brotherhoods for the restoration of strikers SEN
the conference, but have returned to their
homes, indicating that their action in the matter
is final
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-08-24
OHIO GOVERNOR
STAYS HANGING
INSTRUCTS SHERIFF NOT TO
PROCEED WITH EXECUTION OF
CONDEMNED MAN.

Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 24.-Governor
Hardee's Interpretation of the law,
and his subsequent instructions to the
sheriff has served 20 stay the execu-
tion of Lee Nichols, which had been
4sN y <--a-s--s.-s--A{s ~
set for tomorrow. The Governor
ruled that application for writ of er-
ror filed yesterday acts as writ OF
supersedas. Nickels was convicted OF
criminal assault.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-08-24
POISON LETTER
WRITER FOUND

New Orleans, Aug. 24.-Sensational
developments, which will it is alleged,
involve a New Orleans woman and a
man socially prominent as the authors
Of the "Poison Pen" letters mailed to
Atlanta in an effort to prevent the
marriage Of Onezama DeBouchelle
and Asa CandIer is promised in few
days by the friends Of Mrs. DeBou-
chelle. Detectives are said to have To-
Gated the guilty parties who revealed
their names to her attorneys.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-08-24
TO INVESTIGATE
COAL INDUSTRY
RECOMMENDED BY
PRESIDENT HARDING WILL
BEGIN TO FUNCTION WITHIN
A MONTH.

Washington, Afg. 24.-The propos-
ed government investigation of the
coal industry which was recently rec
commended by President Harding will
be under way within a month, aminis-
traton leaders predicted following the
passage of the Winslow Bill creating
a Federal Commission was passed by
the House today and was sent to the
Senate.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-08-24
TO PREVENT
ADJOURNMENT
LEADERS WILL EN-
DEAvOR TO FORCE CONSIDER
ALTON OF SHOALS BILL.


Washington, Aug. PA filibuster
to prevent the adjournment of the
House until the various offers dispos-
ing of Muscle Shoals have been taken
up and disposed of, was begun today
by Representative Garrett, Democrat
of Tennessee, when Representative
Mondell, Republican floor leader, NOV
ed to adjourn until Monday. 1t is ex-
pected that other Democrats will join
filibuster to block adjournment while
any of the bids are hanging fire.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-08-24
ship SUBSIDY
BILL SHELVED
NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON
THE MEASURE TILL AFTER
NOVEMBER ELECTION.

Washington, Aug. 24.-The Hard
ing-Lasker ship subsidy bill has been
laid high and dry on the legislative
shelf of congress, with the President
Withdrawing his demand for its con-
sideration at the present session of
Congress. Senate leaders have agreed
to postpone action until after the No
vember elections.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-08-24
PROHl OFFICER
IS not DEAD
HAS GOOD CHANCE FOR RECOv-
ERY FROM WOUNDS, ACCORD
ING TO BROTHER.

In a dispatch from Oxford to the
News -Scimitar, from Oxford dated
yesterday, it was stated that Joe Ow-
ems, who was shot while raiding a
still in Attala county near Kos
ciusko, died while on his way to a
hospital in Jackson.
This is erroneous, according to a
statement made to a representative of
The Oxford Daily Eagle this morn
ing, by his brother, Harry Owens, who
had just returned from Jackson. 1t
will be source of qualification to Mr..
Owens many friends in Oxford and
surrounding country to learn that his
wounds are not so serious as at first
reported and that he has a fighting
chance for his life.
Armed deputies are on the ground
in Attala county, prepared to quell
any disturbance that may occur be-
tween the moonshiners and the gov
ernment. In the raid in which Mr..
Owens was killed a large distilling
fully equipped for making
whiskey, was captured. The Eagle
has made arrangements to secure any
news that may happen in the vicinity
of the shooting, and any new develop
ments will be given its readers on the
day it occurs.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-08-24
COAL BILL TO
BE INTRODUCED
FEDERAL BILL TO REGULATE
PRICE OF COAL TO GO TO
HOUSE MONDAY.

Washington, Aug. 24.-The admin
istration's bill creating Federal Coal
Selling Agency to control the price of
coal this winter will probably be laid
before the House on Monday, Repre-
sentative Mondell, Republican majori-
ty leader today announced. A SINH
lar bill wa sintroduced in the Senate
toay.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-08-24
REBELS ARE
SURROUNDED
FREE STATERS SURROUND LEAD
ERS OF IRISH IRREGULARS
AND FOLLOWERS.

Dublin, Aug. 24.-DeValera, Frs
kline Childers and Mary McSwiney,
Ieadres of the Irish Republicans have
bee nsurrounded near Cork, accord
ing to a message received here today.
With the leaders are only handful
Of their followers.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-08-24
TO
CURB PROFITEER
POWER OF FEDERAL GOVERN
MENT TO PREVENT AN UNDUE
RISE IN PRICE OF COAL.

Washington, Aug. 24.-All power Of
the Federl Gveroanment will be used
in an effort to stamp out the profiteer-
ing in coal which has been rampant
since the reopening Of the mines un-
der the Cleveland agreement, accord
ng to q statement made today BY Fed
eral Government.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-08-24
BRITIAN'S DEBT
TO AMERICA
HAS NO CONNECTION WITH ANY
OTHER DEBT OWED BY HER
SAYS MELLON.

Washington, Aug. 24.-Great Brl-
tain's four billion, hundred and thirty
five million dollar Indebtedness to the
Unite States is an entirely British
American transaction and has no con-
uection with any of Britain's other
debts or money owed Great Britain
by other nations or with German rep
arations, Secretary Mellon today de-
clared in an official statement.