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ARBUCKLE I'M
SCREEN PLAY

Los ANGELES. Jan. io-Roscoe
c. Fatty) Arbuckle. recently "par5
doned" by viii H. Hays. head Of tho
motion picture industry, was expect
ed today to start on his Comeback.
With Molly Malone as his leading
woman and backed by a group OF San
Francisco flnanciers. headed by Gavin
McNab. tho San Francisco attorney
who defended him in his three trinls
for granddaughter growing out OF the
death in hat city OF Miss Virginia
Rape. actress. the fat comedian plan
ned to begin filming q two-reeler to
cost &76 1000 and to be Il finished in six
weeks.
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rel to the cost Of Wyoming oil.
Asked as to his knowledge OF the
Wyoming oil situation. Mr.. o'Donnen
replied he had drilled about 200 wells
in tho state.
There has boon an awful lot of
money spent in Wyoming" he con.
tinued. Probably $4,000, 900 has
been lost there n I lost a good lot
OF IT,
Mr.. O'Donneli described the proxim.
ity OF the Salt Creek field to the Tea.
pot Dome area and said his company
had acquired holdings near the neck
connecting the two areas. Even n
there was drainage, no said. the gov
eminent wouid not lose h= It got roy.
atty from oil in both areas.
After hearing Mr.. o'ponneli the
committee turned to the Midwest Re.
filming company with Henry NJ. Black.
mer Of Denver, chairman of the cor.
poration's board OF directors on tho
stand. He detailed the organization
Of his company in 1904. with n capital
stock issue OF s17. 900. 900. the increase
OF the stocis outstanding TO approx.
imateiy S5t, 600 900 and the acquisl.
ton OF controlling interest In the
Midwest IN 1920 by tho standard OIL
company Of Indiana. lie testified that
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winch was covered Dy insurance.
The fire is supposed to have been
started from an open gas heater.
orland ormsby. who was asleep in the
building at the time, woke to find tho
building a mass of flames. He sue
ceeded in saving one touring car and
one truck but could not return for the
others because of the. intense heat.
The Salt Creek FIRE department
arrived at the scene which is about
half way between the Dutch camp and
the Midwest home camp. in time to
nave the bungalow owned by the COM
pany AMI built on the same lot. The
cars lost included two hew three,and-
n-half ton White trucks. a studebaker
SPECIAL six touring car and a Ford
delivery car.
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hch away anu p0h Hrr aDOuIu a lrA1n
for Little Rock. Ark. the home Of her
sister.
She gave her age as II.
How do you know the Ku Klux
sent you to Little Rock?" Georga 8.
Guion, who BEGAN the Questioning,
asked.
"BecAuso Dr.. McKoin and Tink'
Kirkpatrick and about six uf
came to my mothers house about
1890 O'Clock at night and told me
they were going to send me away
do you positively know Il was
Or. McKoIn and Kirhpatrick?s
Yes. sir. I recognized DR.. MeKoii
who vas masked. but he was the on5s.
one doing any talking. They came
TO the house and pulled their guns
and told my mother that Addie NAV
will have to leave town tonight. Nj.
mother asked them what for, BE.
cause'' Or. McKoin said. AddIo has
been leading an immoral life. NV
mother said, why doa,t You s7i7d
Others away Dr.. Nokoin sald we
are going to-. Ny mother got down
on. her knees and pleaded, but they
made me leave. They told US II any.
body showed their heads out of the
door they would blow 'em on. They
made me leave without a hat DR..
McKoin struck my mother when she
made a final plea for me ID be allowed
TO remain. Ny mother attempted to
shove them out OF the room. She
begged them to let her 60 to the
depot. They refused. They put me
in ar automobile and Or. McKoin
gave me 81 for my fare to Little
Rock. He told me- II I did not catch
the train 1 would be tarred and
feathered the next day.
Il was put on the back seat Of the
automobile and Pink Kirkpatrick
threw hia legs across my lap"
What did he do that forgT
Il don't know
Where wa your father9p
About 10 miles away In the coun-
try"
you had no bagrage7g
NO.
How much was the fare to Little
Rock2"
six dollars and nfty.three cents
Did YOU AVE any other money!
Yes, sir"
Continued on Page -Four,
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difference in price on h products Of
these two districts should be IS cents
a barrel instead Of tho 55.cent spread
now maintained by the Midwest Re
filming company.
Mr.. Balm explains how this deci-
sion was arrived at and cites in
stances OF what the fun price would.
mean to the operators. the state and
nation II effective at tho present
time.
The lette- follows In full:
department Of the Interior.
Bureau Of Mines. Washington
January 4. 1928.
"Mr. b. B. Brooks. President.
Rocky Mountain OH and Gas Pro
ducers, Assn. p. o. Box 1858.
Casper, Wyoming.
My Dear Mr.. Brooks:
THE Secretary Of the Interior has
asked me 70 write you IN regard 10
the price d%ifferentlal between Sat.
Creek crude oil and Mid-Continent
crude oil reviewed in a report BY on.
gineers Of the bureau OF mines.
rIn November. 1921. the bureau Of
mines was directed by the secretary
to ecu Information necessary to
determine whether or not the gov
eminent was receiving a fair price
for Its royalty oil in the salt Creek
field. The bureau OF mines assigned
to this work Mr.. II. II. FIN, refin
cry engineer, and then su~perinterd-
ent OF the bureaus narileaville exper-
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FORCES
NEARING CANTON

SHANGHAI. Jan. 1o.-By The
Associated PressaSGoneral Chen
Chung Ming. whose forces cap
tured Canton last summer and
drove from power tho government
OF the southern republic, fled from
canton last night and in Hong
Kong today. according TO an un-
confirmed report from Hong Kong.
Sun Vat Sen. who was president
OF the southern Republic until chen
Chung Ming's coup d'etRt. Is here.
and he announced today that hs had
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FIGHTING
CUSTER ACTION

TOPEKA. Kans., Jan. 1o.-Hear.
ing of Kansas custer suit against
the Ku Kiux Khan was to begin in
the state supreme court today. with
c. b. Griffith, new attorney gen
erai, presenting the case for the
stpte. The suit was brought By
Richard j. Hopkins. former attot-
ncy Eeueral who is now a member
OF the supreme court. The defend
anis named IN the petition OF the
state as officers Of tho khan arc.
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Thomas r. DAILY and II. Bullard.
Fort Scott; W. D. Mccrabb, coTey-
vlle; Bruce Einkle and Richard
Martin. coneys Noble L. Mccall.
Arkansas City. and j. w. Robin
son. Winfield.
The suit to ous the khan from
the sfate followed reports OF alleged
activities OF the ku KluX Khan 10
southern Kansas and bitter verbal
attacks upon II by FORMER Cover
nor Henry j. Allen,
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received further word OF successes
OF troops supporting him. These
forces have been pressing toward
Canton from Wuehuow. along thu
sainshul-canton railway.
Or. sun said his dispatches from
the south reported that his army
had captured shiuhing. midway be.
tween Wuehuow and Canton and
then had advanced and occupied
samshui, which is only about 30
miles from Canton pesnerats
lighting preceded the advance.
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BOSTON. Jan. Disappearing
tho belief that Eamon De Valera is
in this country, local members OF
the American Association for the
Recognition of the Irish Republic
announced today that no would DO
invited to attend tho state conven-
ton on january q.
Francis J.. Iforgau. chairman OF
tbs publicity committee OF tho "a.
ISOLATION, who made the
nient. said this would 30 he re-
~ruhioan's oi.isf FIRST public appear,
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172 INDIANS TO
XECUTEDBY
BRITISH. CLAIM

LONDON. Jan. 1o.-Advices from
Lucknow state that the death SEN
tence has been imposed on 172 In.
dians accused OF murder and arson as
a result OF the Non-cooperationiss
rioting at chauri,c haura last Febru.
ary.
Two hundred twenty-eight persons
were originally held on the charges.
of this number a were acquitted and
two received two year prison terme.
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nnce on the present visit tn Amer
lea. He added that 1t WINS expect
ed that De Valera would take part
in several private conferences.
without revealing hls VIII 'reabouts
to tho public.
Word from New York last week
thRt a delegation OF republican
sympathizers was coming derc fer
o meeting with an unnamed leader
from ireland. aroused Interest In
The possibility OF De Naloras sb
lealanua.
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which for some time have been con
fined to the city of Coblenz and i'm
mediate vicinity. comprise 1o7 ofd
GERS n 1880 men, it was stated in
Coblenz dispatch 10 the Associates
Press on January Z. The forces an
made up Of Al officers and $50 mel
OF tho eighth infantry ana in add
ton. quartermasters. signal and hot
pitnl corps and engineers and moto
repair units.
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iment station. and F. B. Tough, pc
troleum engineer and supervisor o.
operations under the leasing act
These engineers were instructed to
CONTINUED on Page Four.l
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TURKS YIELD
If PATRIARCH
LOSES POWER

LAUSANNE. Jan. 1o.-By The AS
sociated Press.lEIsmet Pasha In
formed the Near East conference to.
day that Turkey would agree to the
Greek patriarch remaining in Con.
stantinople on condition hat he be
deprived Of all administrative and
civil functions.
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Workers Who Defed Warning of Gas at
Scene Of November's Wholesale
Tragedy Meet Instant Death

Ala Jan. 1o-Entering the pit after a
warning that it was dangerous, five miners met death in Dol
omite mine No. 1, of the Woodward Iron company. near
here, early today in a gas explosion. The men were killed
according to reports to newspapers here. -Four
were negroes and the fifth, w. E. Lewis, So. white.
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Fugitive Held
At Minneapolis

MINNEAPoLIs.- MINI, Jan. a.
Frank lack, who arrived in Mn
neapolis from Seattle with his wife
and three children was arrested to
at the railroad station on a
Of being a fugitive from jus
rice. lie was arraignod in police
tice court md hold under 5000 bait.
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DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF BIG
SALT CREEK GARAGE RESULTS
in $4,000 LOSS TO COMPANY

One of the most disastrous fires in the Salt Sreek field in
many months occurred Monday evening at 8 o'clock when
the Perkins Oil Well Cementing company's garage was total
~ destroyed. The entire equipment, two AUTOMOBILES and
two trucks went up in the blaze and the total loss is esti-
mated by officials of the company at 100000. twoLhirds of
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w IuVNu Day IHtHts HInco IVI4 had
totalled Ste,11s,000.
Mr.. Bltckmer also confirmed re.
ports recentlw irculated in financial
circles TO the effect that the Midwest
company was negotiating the sale Of
its holdings in the Merritt Petroleum
company to the Hamilton OIL com
pany on the basis OF a cash payment
OF IS a share.
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a woman in Belfast a given birth
70 triplets and twins at n birth.
The five babies died a few hours
afr birth. but tho mother recovered.
Me1ioal scientists suite thar 1t IL the
thirtieth occasion known. 10 medical
science in which q%ulntruple birth has
talkan plana.
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long way from market and tanlkase
costs r greater
The witness estimated hal the
costs OF tankage were one third more
In Wyoming than elsewhere. secre-
tary Fall has decalred that govern
ment oil produced by the Sinclair IN
forests from tho Teapot Dome leases
would be stored in nnks. Mr. o'Don-
nell estimated that tank storage
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TORTURE And MURDER PROBE All
|BASTROP ENL|VENED BY GIRLS
CHARGE AGAINST FORMER MAYOR
DR.. McKoin, as Member of Khan, One of
Two Men Who Threatened Her With
Tar and Feathers, She asserts

BASTROP, La, Jan. 1Oz(By The Associated Press -
Addie May Hamilton, known as daughter of the khan" de-
clared on the witness stand in the open hearing investigation
today into the Staying of Watt Daniel and Thomas Richards,
she. was forced to leave her home near Mer Rouge and was
deported from the state by "Ku Klux Klan."
She named DR.. B. NJ NcKotns party IT men who h tesuned came
former mayor Il Ner Rouge and to her mothers home me niEht, took
Pink Kirkpatrick a two of thel her away and nut lei aboard a train
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35-CENT DIFFERENTIAL TN
CRUDE PRICES HELD FAIR
Bureau of Mines Investigation Upholds
Wyoming Producers Claims in Price
Paid Here for Crude Oils

In reply to a letter by B. B. Brooks as president of the
Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Producers association relative
to the difference in price of crude oil from Salt Greek and the
Mid-Continent field, H. Foster Balm, director of the bureau of
mines, has written a comprehensive report based on the find
ings OF engineers from the bureau. in which he states that the
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LEASING POLICY
CRITICIZED BY HEAD or
OHIO IN SENATE PROBE

WASHINGTON. Jan 1O-J c. ODonnen, prident OF the OhioO III connanv raouod
as witness in the senateo oil inquiry echredt was derded advaxa on -
oil the ground in Wyoming where Secretary of Interior Fall had erantdI leases in he
Teapot Dome naval oil reserve onth ground thatt was beng drained away BY nearby pi
operations
The desrabIIty of leaving oil in the ground applies more in Wyoming than p other
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ORDER
is ISSUED BY
PRES. HARDING
Last of american Army of Occupation to
Entrain for Home as French Forces
More to Seize Nev Territory

PARIS, Jan. lO.-By The Asso-
ciated Press.)GFrance's assumption
Of the Ruhr coal control is an.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 1O-Withdrawa Of the America,
ing.
In announcing the decision the state department said tha
the President deemed the time expedient for the racalI of Ell
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ncunced for tomorrow In n note de
livered by the French governments
to Germany today.
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BERLIN, Jan. 10-(By The Associated Press)-Ge,
many today recalled her ambassador at Paris.
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Weather Forecast

Generally mir tonight and Thurs
ar; nomeWhat colder Thursday IN
~ snd north portions.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-28
WORK ASKS THAT POWER OF
APPOINTMENT Be CHANGED

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S:-Post-
master General Work recommended
to President Harding today that Sc
lection of postmasters should no
longer be considered a political pre-
requisite of senators and representa-
tives, but should be vested in the
postoffice department alone.
At the same time the postmaster
general, who retires from his present
position on March to become secre-
tary of the interior, recommended
that present regulations requiring
examination of candidates for post
master by the Civil Service Commis-
sion also be abandoned.
1.-THE postoffice department is a
strictly business organization" said
DR.. Work, land it ought to be aided
in putting the right man in re right
place, as any private business con-
Germ would endeavor to do for its
own advancement, and not handi-
capped either by political considera-
tions or by the restrictions entailed
in the present plan requiring exami-
nation by the Civil Service Commits
sion, which does not even give civil
service status"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-28
BABE RUTH GETTING Thin

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. Feb. as
Babe" Ruth is shrinking. At his
last account with the scales, Ruth
plus Turkish bath towel tipped the
beam at 206 pounds, the lowest he
has weighed since his pitching days
with the Boston Red Sox. Hard
work on the golf links and steaming
baths are the elements playing havoc
with the Ruthian girth. And it is
still gradually undergoing reduc-
tions. The slender lines Ruth is ac-
quiring have been the cause of joy
among the other Yankee players and
Colonel T. L. Huston, part owner OF
the club, who are with Ruth in Hot
Springs. Ruth is in splendid condi-
tion and is confident of getting an
early start in the harvesting of homie
runs.
Ruth, and his Yankee team mates
here for preliminary training, viii
move on to New Orleans next sun
day or Monday to enter the second
stage of their spring workout-field
work,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-28
CHARGES HIS WIFE RAN
AWAY 3 DIFFERENT TIMES

If at first you don't succeed, try.
try again" didn't work very well
when tried out by Michael Brendli
Of the Maurer section, who has just
filed through his attorney, Leo
Lowenkopf, a petition for absolute
divorce from his wife, Maria.
Three times his wiIe ran away with
another man, MT Brendh alleges
and twice he brought her home, only
10 have her leave again to Join her
soul mate.
According to the petition, it was
in February 1919, that Mrs. Brendn
first left her home and went with
another man to Jersey City and
lived. Mr.. Brendi, after q period OF
two weeks, went 20 Jersey City and
brought her back 20 his home here
Two weeks later, she again left her
husband. and it is alleged went with
the other man to Michigan. In
September, they returned to Jersey
City and again Mr.. BrendH brought
his Wife back home. In December
of the same YEAR. she again left WITH
the other man and her husband has
not seen her since.
Mrs. Brendli took their two
daughters, one five and the other
seven with her. but left the nine
year-old son with the father. Mr.
Brendli is suing for divorce on the
grounds OF desertion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-28
RARITAN ICE
ACTION ASKED
Fear for Safety of Bridge
Here-Governor SiIzer Acts
With Attorney General

TRENTON, Feb. Ex-Governor
Silzer, in a letter today to Attorney
General McCran, calling attention to
the danger caused by the accumu-
lation of ice in the Raritan river,
asks if there is any way that the
state may legally proceed to care for
the property along the rivers banks,
as the state is without a highway
commission.
MY attention mas been called to
the fact that owing to the accumu-
iation of ice in the Raritan river"
declares Governor Silzer, followed
by several days of melting and rain,
there is a possibility of an ice jam,
with consequent damage to the
properties along the river, as well
as imminent danger of the carrying
away of a part of the Amboy bridge.
These facts have been called to
my attention by DIR. Belloff, one of
the members of the Board of Chosen
Freeholders of MiddleseX county. In
the spring of 1919, there was a
somewhat similar condition, at
which time our State Highway Com
mission took steps to blast the ice
Jam and so relieve the situation.
'In view of the fact that there is
at the present time no highway
board that can function, l am en-
deavoring to find some way by
which the state property may be
protected. With this in mind, l
would ask you to advise Edward e.
Reed, assistant state highway en-
gineer, whether he has any power of
acting in this matter. or whether
there is any other way in which we
may protect state property in view
of existing conditions"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-28

After all the budgets are turned
in and a rate decided on, the tax
payers are given a chance to file
an appeal before the rate is adopte /.
Governing bodies are responsible
for the local budgets and in cities
the governing bodies are also re-
sponsible for the school budgets. IN
townships or boroughs the district
clerk is responsible for the return
of school budgets.
y The county board will renew its
efforts to have the budgets turned
in at an early date.
Workers in the tax department OF.
the municipalities which have had
their tax duplicates in for several
weeks are anxiously waiting for the
of the rate so that
they can commence their work of
making out the tax bills. The clerks
of the boards of taxation and assess
ments now can do practical noth-
ing until the rate is known and the
delay in their being acquainted with
the rate is the +opic of constant COM
plant on the part of these municipal
employees.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-28
oil Plan To Kill Ship BiLI-WOrId Court Delay Sure
lax RATE HELD UP BY SEVERAL PLACES
See NO CAUSE FOR COAL
EMBARGO TO CANADA

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S:-Condi-
tions governing the supply of an
thracite coal do not warrant the lay
ing of an embargo aSainst the export
of anthracite TO Canada, the Inter
state Commerce Commission de-
clared today in d report to the SEN
ate.
The commission further reported
that investigation into anthracite
supplies and methods of distributing
had impelled it to refrain from issu-
ing any priority orders governing
the movement of anthracite from
mines in Pennsylvania to New Eng
land or the northeast section of New
York state, where there have been
much agitation for priority and for
an embargo.
A statement of the reasons which
have governed the commission's s
course was transmitted to the senate
in response to a resolution of in
quiry.
A general plan for allotting an
thracite coal was adopted by pro-
ducers and national and state fuel
distributors last Fall, the commits
sion's report said, when the five
months strike in the producing re-
gions of Pennsylvania ended. That
plan his been followed in general
ever since, and the commission said
it saw no reason for a change, since
in six weeks the season of heavy coal
consumption will be over.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-28
AWARD FOR VETERAN

Another case of how the Amer
ican Legion is aiding it's ex-service
men is that of William Victorson,
34S First street, Dunellen, who was
shell-shocked while in service ana
has been committed TO the New Jer-
sci Hospital for the Insane,
Through Commander Dodwell, OF
the American Legion at Dunellen,
this case was brought to the atten-
tion of the district service officer,
Joseph f. Deegan, and an award
made in his favor dating back from
September, 1920.
Mr.. Victo7son is now in the Neuro-
Pysnhfatic ward at the hospital. and
a guardian will be appointed for
the ex-service man by the service
officer of this district at the Orphans
Court on Friday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-28
GLOOM CHANGES
DAY INTO NIGHT
Darkness in This Vicinity
Causes Traffic Congestion
in New York

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S-New
York awoke today to find the
heavens obscured by a pail of late
evening darkness. The city's mil
lions, hurrying tG their chores in the
caverrous cliff dwellers of the low
er city. went to office buildings aud
sky scrapers brilliantly illuminated
by electric lights.
At ten o'clock this morning it
was as dark as at seven last night,
and at 1880. the pail had lifted
only slightly. Lights in surface
cars elevated trains. motor cars
and electric signs heightened the I'M
preston that the great metropolis
had skipped a day
The gloom was augmented by a
wet mixture of snow and rain,
which made pavements glisten uu-
der the electric lights and added TO
delays in already impaired surface
car and ferry services.
The unusual phenomenon, the
weather man was kept busy inforri-
ing the nervous AMI superstitious,
was caused by combination nf fog.
snow rain and smoke banked above
the city by contrary winds.
Churches of the city had an un-
usally heavy attendance during the
morning. The police augmented
service in the underworld sec
tions, fearing that hold-up men
would take advantage OF the dark
ness.
Darkness likewise held sway in
Newark and other nearby New Jer-
SeY cities.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-02-28
BRITISH DEBT BILL is
SIGNED BY PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON. Feb. IS. - Presi-
dent Harding today signed the
British debt funding bill.
Immediately afterward treasury
officials began to wind up details OF
the negotiations with Great Britain
and TO put them into form for carry
ing into effect the refunding terms
agreed upon.
A. Rowe-Dutton, the British
treasury representative, was advised
of the White House action and made
an appointment TO see under secre-
tary NilbeTt Of the treasury, who is
drafting the formal indenture en-
bodying the agreement.
Later in the week the American
debt funding commission will final
ly ratify the indenture and Sir Auck-
land Geddes, the British Ambassa-
der, probably viii sign it for his gov
ernment.