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Medford Mail Tribune
The Weather
Maximum y.storday
Minimum today W,
Predictions
Cloudy and warmer.
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. MEDFORD, OREGON', THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1922
NO. 2G8
FORD S OFFER
BEFORE CONG.
Secretary of War Refuses to
Make Recommendation for
Or. Against Acceptance
Advantages and Disadvan
tages Pointed Out Appro
priation May Be Required.
WASHINGTON. Fob, IJlanry
Ford's. B-rot-osal fur the gavtrnmcnt
proj-ert. at Muscle tho-n, Ala., wa
Emitted today to congrena by Becre
tary WM for "awn action a con
gr. may demu appropriate..' The
i!y suggestion contained la the let
ter of trajumlsilon related to specific
clause In tho contract and tho deslr
ability or amendment which would, In
tho event th propoital be accepted by
congr., further enfeguard tho gov
ernment's Interests.
fHhrwU, the wic rotary or war
camfully avnlda reference to congres
sional action Involving tho ultimate
acceptor or rejection of tho otter a
submted.
Appropriation Required
"In th event Mr. Ford's proposal U
accepted," ho declared, "lha govern
ment mtiel nmkit new approprltttlnna
amounting to 140,000.000 to IM.OoO.ooo
oT which Mr. Ford will have the beno
flt for approximately loo year at four
per cunt."
In the event the offer be rejected,"
tho secretary gave It aa hie opinion
"that the number two (Wilson dam)
ahould be completed by tlm govern
ment and that th power requirement
for commercial purpose, the benoflu
to navigation aa well a the ponslblo
(. of tha government would war
runt thla expenditure."
"If thla worn douo," bo continue,
"tho government may Itself undertake
o sell tho priNlurt U tho best ad van
!. In auch rao tha amount (if tha
government's present propoaad Invest
nient would bo very mntorlally reduced
bxraua dam number three coating
from Il8,noo.o0 to 82S.OOO,000 would
i't bf built." and It would nut be noc-
Mkftkrv trt hiilm Ihn full In. I IIhI l.m -. I
power plant on, tha Wilson dam until
tbn markr-t reinilred auch lnittallnnvn.
Save IJ.OOO.COO
"Thla panUI lnntnllfttlon," ho
plain, "would i-ffnrt a aavinK of pra
l lnvcntmint In nt toat tha auui of
.l.0(Ki,0OO. leaving, accordlun to tho
chli-f iiKinix'r'a catlmatn, not to ft-
coed 123.000.000 to bo Invested y " '
government at thla time lnntead of
$10,000,000 to ISO.OOO.OOO."
Tho question of unemployment is
Hhools queatlon.
"At thla time," he points out, "when
there Is a largo amount of unemploy
ment It la not without luiportanc to
consider the advantage to the nation
of tho employment of the Inrgo amount
of labor required In undertaking this!
development."
The Hocrotnry explains his action In
sending tho offer to oongreaa by dc
. during he I without authority to ac
cept Mr. Ford's offor or "dispose of the
property as ft v.hol eithor by salo or
by Icaao."
Ha points otil tho necessity for de
termining "whether tho advantage to
tho governmont to hnve nitrate plant
number two maintained In readiness
for the manuractt.ro of explosives and
In actual production of fortlllcer to
Bcthor with the ln.provon.itut to navi
gation la of Hurriclont importance to
Jiistiry the propoHd departure from
tho prosont policy or tlus law in regard
to doiUlug with the wator power ro
itourcos and to warrant loosing to Mr.
Ford government property for ao long
a period.
Favors 60 Year Limit
"I believe It would be better policy,"
he wrote,, "to limit- tho contract to a
terra of fifty years (InHteod of 100
years) to conform with tho eatabllshed
policy of tho fudnrol government ns not
(Continued on Page six.)
WILLIAM TAYLOR, WELL KNOWN FILM
MAGNA
IE IS MURDERED AT
LOB ANOELE8, Fob, 2, William
D. Taylor, director In chief of ono of
tho largest film companies operating
hure unci nutlorially known in tho mo
tion pcturo Industry, vcn found dead
tit liU home hero today, under condi
tions' which tho police sold indicated
murder. Ho was shot through the
O't, .. . ,
Senator Jones Views !
With Regret Spain's
Snub of Dry Iceland
WA8JUNOTON. Fob. 2,-Seno,
tor Joutt, republican, Washington
today Introduced a resolution
umlor which tho sonata would
express lla "profuunl r'Krut" at
Uo repotted threat or retaliation
by flpalu ttnulnul Iceland because
of adoption or prohibition by the
Inland.
9 DEAD, FRICK
COAL EXPLOSION.
20 ENTOMBED
Fear Expressed That All Men ,h hou,w wy nd meanv
r commlttvv. j
Caught in the Pennsylvania turMouirb.rVcf,cribr;
M- . a., i d-end upon the furrlan debt for fl-
me Disaster Are Lost uncing the i.roPo.d -five way a
iii i r jUMted compenaatlon plan because tha
HeSCUCrS WOrKing rCVer- r.v..nuo from that source U problem-
ishly to Reach Shut-in Men. Th' .um.ti or revenue from
sprclul aourcva were made by the sec
1 1 retary:
L . . . .J One cnt Inrreaso In first class
OATC, Pa., Fab. 2. All hope for powUre 170.000.COO.
tho mlntrs Imprlsonsd by an ouploslon Incrad second class postage to
In tho Oatoa mine of tho H. C. Trick wine out deficit In that branch of the
Coke company hero today were abaiv potoffl department HO.000,000.
don.d at two O'clock p. m, when' Increased cmarett. tax. the In
raacuoeraw. earn, acroa. ..van bod... " 10 nfty "nU n'
i
n thworklno. .ff.et.d by th. blast.
Nino bodies previously
n.a men
I
brought up to th. surface.
'on, 140,000.000.
OATKS. To., Feb. 2. The bodies of A license tax of fifty cent a horse
Dine miners, killed In an explosion In power on automobile 1100.000.000.
Ibe Ual.-s mine of the II. C. Trick Coke The total estimated return from
... i.... ,.,i ....rht the taxea was. JQO.000,000.
to the surface at noon, from the miry
m and a half mll- from the foot or
the shaft, where the accident occurred.
Twi-nty uion. It was stated, were still
tn tho mine and eiperlunced miners
working fovcrlnbly to reach tbum ex-
preksod the opinion that all were dead,
(i.VTES. ra., Feu. I. Hnven men are
.
known Ut have lu kiiiix ana a
others arc entoml.d In a nwtn lv,
Utile twm tno DIOUID or tno l.aies
mine of the II. C. Frtrk Cuko comjany
here, as the result or on explosion
early todoy. Trained rearuo crewa
from all parte of the ConnvUvllle flnld
aro working In relays trying to reach
the shut-in men.
The bodies were located In an entry
and tnken to the foot of tho shaft.
It..lrts which came to the surface
from 8otu Urown, superintendent lu.
rhargo of the mlno, said that such pro-1
ere waa belim mndo bv the rescuers I
through the f,Ulnn earth and rock that
ho expected to reach the' entombed
minora by noon. There was nothing,
,h, rlwir,. .,r , i,u,.. wh.-thnr
tho men were dead or alive
Hundreds of persons assembled
from nearby mlnee and a dotall of ten
state policemen waa aout to tho shaft
to hold tiium back. In tho crowd were
snld to ha ninny members of tho turn-llli-M
or the dead and missing miners.
Tha mlno Is ouo of tha largest in
this vicinity and normally
cmploys
tion, t 1000 men. It lias been working
day and night shifts and a largo num
ber of men were In the entries and
rooms when the explosion occurred.
Tho mlno shaft la 080 feet deep aud
tho explosion occurred In a section so
fur back In the workings that the force
wiw spent before It reached the bottom
of the shaft and damaged the holutlng
machinery.
East! Gets Control of
N. W. Fruit Exchange
BKATTL1C, Feb. 2. Headquarters
of the North wontorn Fruit Kxchnngo.
one of tha largo distributors of boxed
commorclal apples will remain In
Seal tie, It wuh announced today rollow
lng a special meeting of stockholders
at which five or the former directors
and officers resigned and control of
tho organization passed to eastern
commission and financial Intercuts,
Tho body was found near a desk'
DESK
in his room, upon which thero wasi nav-j- t0 Knn,jg fro(,t tomorrow
u cancelled check. Tho wound, nc-'mornnfl( may bo cxpectod in South-
cording to tho police, indlctitod that California and the' Sacramento,
It was fired from behind Taylor by stinta cinra and Haji Juan valleys, ac-
some person mantling up while Tay cording to tho Unltod States weather
lor apparently was seated before tho bureau hero. In tho Ban Francisco
desk examining tho check. The bul- buy district tho now familiar meteor
let wont through tho neck ranging ologtcal refrain "contlnuod cold,"
downward and penetrating tho hourt. sounded onco again, 4
MELLON FOR
BONIISTHRU
BET TAX!
Secretary of Treasury Sug-j
gests Special Tax on To-j
bacco or Increased Postage
Rate to Finance Soldier's
ai
uompensauon uppose xne
Sales Tax.
41 lUtlTVAftAU t!k Tk anL
iin.Ml.wiun, I
dlr'a bonua ahould be paid out by
enH-lat tasra. auch aa ln. r-U flrrt
and a-ond cla po.U. and totacco
Uvle. gocretary Mvllun declared today
j. ba(.0 Us two cenU m
poulld i,000.000.
Increawd documentary stamp tax-
rout HU.0.000 a year for the first j
two )eara and told the committee
that It could extend the list of taxable
source, to mane up tne aeitcu-ncy. i
h ruade It clear that he was oot
"recommending" any of the taxes
suggested.
The treasury socrlary oppce, a -
-
,ltA rmt ,n,l rilffl.-ultv fif .ilnilnl.tr..
- - .
0ucltlonw, by RpprewntnUve f,,
,.,.,.,, u-in.in .. in th. h.jdn
for tn8 m,,,,, of m eoKt 0f u&o.OOO,-
ouO for tho bonus the flret two years.
Mr. Mellon said this was the aMump-
tlon that half of the former service
men would take cosh. Mr. Frear.
aaked the secretary hi views on va
rious special tax. Tho secretary
objected to any further changes In
, R W0U)J r(,UrJ hualni;
FATTY' ARBUCKLE
JURY STILL OUT
BAN FRANCISCO. Feb. i The Jury
In the second trial of Koscoe C. Ar
bucklo on a manslaughter charge in
connection with the death of Miss Vlr-
glnla Kapie returned to Us delibera
Hons at 10 a. m. today after having
boon locked up since 11 o'clock last
night. There waa no Indication of how
the Jury stood, but forecasts that the
trial would eud in a disagreement
were being freely passed about the
corridors.
The Jury roturned to its dellbera
tlone today, fortified with the re
reading of the full set of final Instruc
tions by the court and the testimony
of Josephine Keta, chambermaid at
the Hotel St Francis who testlflod to
hearing a woman's agonlxod criee at
the time Arbuckle was supposed to
have been Inflicting fatal iujurtea on
Miss Rappo while they were alone in
bis room. Both Instruction and test!,
ut its roquest yesterday after it had
retired. Tho rcaueBt came as a nur
r.. .nd -.f.H Hn.utfn to
- - w
how the jury stood.
WARMER WEATHER IN
2. The
8AN FRANCISCO. Feb.
weather man relented today so far as
Washington and Oregon aro concern-1
ed and scheduled warmer woathor.l
accompunlod by clouds, rain or snow
in those states, but ho continued to
i'ilfn hffl ni-liHlnllntiM nl Pnllfnenl.
ith ,, ,.,,
Ford Conferring
Muscle
y m 1 KiiWiWiiW)fif .
y ,y . ' tZ .
Mr
ft I
jffl'" r : i I. . I,,,--, , H
urn mi n an ie iiii.i in ii'WiniiiJiW hi "r mil mu m ttmwn vr"-i,;,n-
i, r-. J .v c
rr
the purt-he and operation of the government', nitrate and waterpower
!" Uu,cl Hhul , II Mr. Kort'n ambition to build up a
cannot full. -
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OF A NEW POPE
BY END OF WEEK
Secret Session to Name Bene
. diet's Successor Starts
General Belief Is Decision
Will Soon Be Reached
New Names Suggested.
LONDON, Feb. J. The Rome eorro-
spondenl of the Tliuee telegraphs tuat.
when the numerous opinions aa to who
wlit 8UCCned poue inedlct are alfted.
Dame( whJch eUn, w
n,
ul
EXFEC
E M
Cardlnala Casparrl. Ratti. Maffi. , ' lctory Io.na wlfi federal cur-' fr en of Butte Falla. He was Immedl-;11 - , ' ,.
F-onUlne. Lmaldl and Granlto. t ani ,c'or' ,loan9 ,w , . ,f e , J. ! ..aIv rushed to the Sacred Heart H waa commiseloned a first lleu-
rtlth the exception of Cardinal rCDcy Mr ,owaru - Men foret fte Xl r" ' n?.rAH thit t't th" thirteenth railway en
mia tra nieiium oi v-arum nrintini ni-ea and too hospital where it was discovered that , ., , .,w ,h-.
Lafontalne,
(W
Granlto. all of theru hava Imn cnnelat
ently mentioned aa possible choice,
Cardinal Granlto la Bishop of Albino,
, -0 year old and was raised to the
pUrpje j jjj
'
LONDON, Feb. 2. The successor of
Pope Benedict, late pope of the Catho-!
tic church will be a man of "fearless
faith." according to a prophecy of the
succession of the popes, in the posses
sion of Archbishop John J. Olennon of
8t Louis, This prophecy, written in
Latin, describes some circumstancea
In the life of each pope or alludes to
some extent to each pontiffs life, with
such correct prognostication that It
attained prominence during the last
three centuries.
Malachlas, archbishop of Armakh
and a close friend of St Bernard, la
credited by somo historical writers
with the authorship of thla prophesy,
while others attribute It to Arnold
deVlon. a Benedictine mouk, who pub
lished the work in 1535.
Characteristics of six more succes
sors to the pope yet to be chosen are
given In the prophecy. "Pasto et
Nauta," (Shepherd and Seaman) is the
description given to the poutiff to suo
ceod the next pope.
The author concludes with the pro
phecy that "after the last persecution
of tho holy Roman church, the city of
the seven hills (Rome) will be de
stroyed." ItOME. Fob. S.-(By the Aseodat-
ed Prena) -The conclave of the
sacred college which
Is to choose a
succeiwor to Popo Benedict XV. began
e-t-tnga todny. Tho fifty-two car-
dinal. who are In Rome wont into so-
elusion lost night, and when the great
" " . I" .
ouk barrier at the entrance of tho
.... .... . ...
J. ?om? u""
wun wun mo ouiaiau wwia unui inoir
"T""" , t . . cabinet to have a eulogy of the late
Tho balloting Is not expected to p Benedlct read from the tribune
consume more than two days and the b President DeNicola of the'eham
next pope. i tho concensus o( opinion fce aa hlJQ becn proml8ed, ,
in Vatican circles, will come from
among the moderate section of the
sacred collego. Neither the "irrecon
rllables" nor tho party which favors
closer relations with tho Italian gov
ernment Is understood to havo a
'chance to elect Its candidate, the
moderates holding tho buluneo of
power.
Crowds Gather,
Crowds gathered today in St.
Petersburg square to watch for tho
tell-tale smoke wreaths from tho
.kl.... K. aluttnn nkannl -a-hnw
,. .v. ,, . h.t 4kn
tn tho morning and evening of each
day tho conoluvo is in session and tho
amoko puffs aro tho only indication to
the watchers as to tho progress made,
AVhcn no election is effected, a little
straw Is burned with the voting
papers causing the smoke to assume
I
I (Continued on Plto hIxj ;
With Weeks on
Shoals
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E
RESTS UPON R. R-
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 2. Radicalism
will Increase In the event of delayed
agricultural economic adjustments, J.
R. Howard, president of the American
Farm Bureau Federation, declared In
an address today at Farmers Week at
Ohio State university here.
"The agricultural conference called
by President Harding laat week show
ed at the start a wind current toward
the farmer-labor movement,' be said.
"My mall brings me daily proposals
from all quarters demanding auch ex
pedients as the government making
direct real estate loans to the farmers
at two or three per cent by currency
i .i it-- .ii t iim.
little lntrlniic value Is at the seat of ;
Europe's trouble today and that1
asslgnat' helped provoke the French
revolution.'
"Personally," he declared, "I ap
prove that constructive radicalism
which provokes serious thought . It
compel, progress. I will go to the limit
regarding cooperative marketing and
government supervision of all public
utilities,
an 'ism'
But I must draw the line on
that is destructive and not'
constructive particularly it destructive
of that greatest of all human agencies
personal initiative.
Two things must happen In the way
of a solution of agricultural Ills, Mr.
Howard said the development of new
an., cheaper lines of transportation
and the greater development of elec
tricty, 83 that it may be applied to
transportation fully.
ITALIAN CABINET
FORCED TO QUIT
ROME. Feb. 2. (By the Associat
ed Frees) The cabinet of Premier
Uonomi. which took office last July,
presented its resignation to the cham
ber . of deputies nt 7:03 this evening.
TUo ablnet decided" to when
at a cab,net councl, thu mornlng ,t
developed that important groups in
h,w , Whih h mwm.
nient ha(1 pou,, for eupport had
pa8lied ovor to the 0pPoalUon becaue
, ..., ,.,
Even the Cathollea had been
supporting the ministry
thrnuirhnut
tho crisis of the past few days, were
u,,.j , k ,iinr. a k
uuounvcu uc a, ua v vt vtiu a m w v v
SANTA ANA. Cal., Feb. 3. In con
nectlon with tho alleged murder of
Marco Guerrerro near here eleven
years ago, Luis Rod arte was iu tho
Orange- county jail today because
deputy Bheril't'a said, he displayed
peculiar clump of white hair on top of
his head. Rodarto is held on suspicion
that he may be a man known as
"White Feftthor,"
HOP
AN
MURDER WILL OUT
FEATHER TAKEN
Governor Olcott to
Extend Reprieves to
Kirby-Rathiet et al
SALEM, Ore., Feb. I Governor
Oloott announced thla morning
that he would extend the re-
4 prtevee granted El vie Klrby, John
Rathle and Dan Casey, con-
detuned to bang here, unleaa the
supreme court handed down a de-
clalon on Klrby' a appeal, attack- 4
4 lng the constitutionality of the 4
4 Oregon capital punishment law, 4
4 today. The repiievea originally 4
4 granted by the governor expire 4
4 tomorrow. 4
F
OF BUTTE FALLS
KIllEDJ TREE
Fallina Limb Crushes Skull of
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Timber Worker RUSnea 10
Medford and Operation
Performed Conscious for
HOUr After ACC'dent.
"
, . , .... .,
Frank, E. Tretren of Butte FaUa
died this morning at nine o'clock as
a result of Injuries received yester-
. . . v
day afternoon when he waa struck
by a falling limb while working In
the timber near Butte Falla.
The Injury occurred about 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon and af-
tar. h.lnr tinrt Trnfren waa conscious
tor more than an hour and was able
to -converse with friends.' He then
lapsed Into unconsciousness and a
doctor waa called from Medford to
RANK MM
attend him. Trefren was brought to wTlen ,ut fifteen year, old he became
thla city via the Pacific and Eastern tjcket .gent at Elgin, 111., for the Chi
railroad and arrived about 10 o'clock Cago and Northwestern railroad, and
lint nleht accomDanled br several subsequently superintendent, leaving
i - . . . . .
rnpniia and a nromer. ueorKe ire-
he had suffered a very serious rrac-
tu re ofthe skull, extending from
me top oi nis neaa io iue ran o mo
BIUll in iroui oi ana wunui uib cjo.
An operation waa performed in an
efrort to save his life but due to the
seriousness of the Injury practica'ly
.
1 " or M recov7
, "8 "' "u'""l"s,""ul w"
j sclousnesa.
in8 TOajr 13 la ur80 wl
nl Conger of thla city. Funeral ar-
rangemenia wut oe annouueeo. luier.
-
FATAL TO THREE
SANTA ROSA, Cal.. Feb. 2. Father,
mother and son loet their lives from
botullnius poisoning caused by eating
home preserved beans according to
physicians in attendance on Mr. and
Mrs.Joseph Pas tores and Joseph Pas
tores, Jr., all of Healdsburg. The par
ents died during the night and the son
at noon today.
Russian Population
Decreases 18000 J0OO
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. A de-
crease of about 18.000.000 In the pop
ulatlon of soviet Russia as compared
with pre-war estimates is reported by
, the. bolfiheviat nress. according to a
statement issued today by the com-
merce department
For lszl, tne statement, saia, mo
noDtilation of soviet Russia waa
praced at 130.707,000 by a bolshevik
renlu.
CANNED BEANS
BALFOUR PLANS TO LEAVE MONDAY
WHEN PARLEY WILL PROBABLY CLOSE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. (By the
Associated Press) Its naval discus
sions concluded and the results writ
ton into treaty form, the arms confer
ence turned Its full attention to the
Far ' Eastern situation again today,
..j.t, ihn hnnn nt hrina-tnir the Wash
Ington negotiations finally to an end
this week.
The famous "twenty-one demands"
was the Immediate business before
the Far Eastern committee and at the
SUd'SY
DIES AFTER
HARD FIGHT
Second Assist. Postmaster
General Succumbs to Inju
ries Received in Movie
Theatre Disaster End Is
Unexpected Sudden Heart
Complications Cause Death
WASHINGTON. Feb. J. Edward
1L Shaughneasy of Chicago, second
assistant postmaster general, died
here early today at Walter Reed hos
pital from Injuries received in the
Knickerbocker theater disaster Sat
urday night.
Although Mr. Shaughnesay's Injur
rles were known to be of a critical
'nature, hi condition had shown 1m
proVement up to yesterday and death
ZZlTlTZlZ'S'l
deata a audden bean coi-
lapse shortly after midnight. Mr.
Shaughneasr" wife and hta ten year
old daughter, Ruth, both of whom
are recovering from injuries received
in the theater disaster, had not been
,nfortned of hl, death at . earty
hour today. They are being treated
at another hospital, the daughter hav
lng had both arms broken while Mrs.
shanghnesBy auffering Uom a (mo
tured rib and shock,
I The death of the second assistant
' pcmaster general brings the fatality
llat of the catastrophe as now report-
i" " V""-"
Good War Record.
ghneeey, second aaalstant postmastee
enera,'Waa born in Chicago in 188 J.
i . k. T l.l Q)f ... mwiaA K.
ucn - -
rtKlment. In FranCe he studied the
rrench language and then prepared
a book of rules adapting American
, rallroaa rules to rrer.cn rneiauas.
j He served aa superintendent of
transportation at Chateau Thierry
and later, during the St Mlhiel drive.
. D-nnorfl 1 iinHnt0ndefit Of trane
" rtatlVn t at Is-SurTllle. During the
.Argonne offensive, he wa general
manager of transportation in the xone
of advance and by this time had been
promoted to the rank of coloneL ;
i Mr. Shaugnnessy was appoiniea
'second assistant postmaster general
jby Will Hay to Improve facilities for
rapid handling of the malls and to
i worn Willi l,o I urn u-auo - - '-.
' i . . k.la. nnHlttnn. n Inn 17 till
'about better condition
! line.
Patriotism Leads to
Fracture Prohibition
HONOLULU. T. H. Patriotism, led
Mrs. Julia Bieochan Rivera Into the
United States district courthere on a
charge of violating the prohibition en
forcement act, and led to a fine of 160
when she pleaded guilty. i
According to her story, three of her
brothers were drafted into the army
during the world war. ' i
"I vowed that 1 would wear nothing
but black for three year and If the
United States wpn the war and If my
brothers came back safe, I would give
a big celebration." she said. '"Tlo
(Uncle) Samuel surely won the war
and my brothers live. So I prepared
tne ceioDration. wut wuai is eu-u
celebration without something to cheer
..... .. .. t . - L J a...nU
and warm the heart? I decided 1 would
make something to cheer. The officer
came and arrested me. He said 1 waa
making Okolehao and that It waa
against the law. I did nol
it was, then I am guilty."
I did not know It. ' If
same, time a sub-committee met to
try for a compromise on the Chinese
Eastern railroad problem.
Monduy tho delegation heads would
gather in tho state department and
formally sign all of the treaties re
maining. , Arthur J. Balfour wlh
- to leuvo Washington next Monday
night at the latest, to sull oh the
Aqultanta next Tuesday and within
a few days thereafter, under present
plans, all the delegations will havo,
loft Washington, t ,