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VOLUME XXXVI. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAYAPRIL 27, 1921. CHILDR[N'8 W[[K TO '[ OBS[RV[ Prizes to be Offered for Healthicst Children COUNTY NURSE DIRECTS PROGRAM 'The Programs will Deal Eniirely with the velfure of llables Spiritually anid Physen illy. Prizes are Offered for the 10(y Proper aud for 11111 T illa ges. Childrll's week will be observed in Laurens an( vicinity next week. uin der the leadership of Ails. .1ulia Irhy and Miss Katherine lagqui.st, the county nurse, a s-ries of meetings are to be held inl obser-vance of\ I nterna tional Children's Week. 'Among tile omlinent people to be here for these meetings are Dr. S. G. Glover, . of GreenvilIie, !r. tiailruce Ward, of co lumbliidh; Mrs. Ruth A. Dodd, of Co lumubia; Miss Chauncey Blackburn, of Columbin; and MAic- Mae Murphy, of Spartanburg. Meetings of the kind to be held in Lauxens are being held in "nany sections of the state undei' the auspices of the South Carolina Sunday Sohool Association and the county health departments. The -prograns to be presented during the meetings In and around Laurens deal entirely with the welfare of the baby, spiritual ly and physically. The first of these meetings will be held at the Presbyterian church at Laurens on Sunday, May the first, be ginning at five o'clock in 'the after noon.. Mrs. Dodd, the director of the bureau of child hygiene, 1will be the sisealr for the afternoon. This meet ing niot 9l13' will deal with the .physi cal side of the child but more espee: ly with enlisting the little .ablies with the "cradle roll" depertment of the Sunday School. At this meeting Mr. Templeman will give an address on tho '"cradle roll" membership cam paign. On Monday llorllillg beglinning lt cloven o'clock there will begin the children's health conference for babies and children of pre-school ag7e. At tills meeting will be Doctors Clover and W. rd from outside the city and the local doitors to present the sub ject of health regarding children, ut most especially will these doctors be tiere for the -purpose of finding out the most perfect haby or child in the Colllllunity 111d to show how tile health and vigor of those lot so Per feet may be0 improved. A )rize valued it tell dollIrs will be given tot1' llt perfect :pCelln an1d a prize valued a! five dol lars w ill he given) to tle s;econd and third healthiest lby or Child. On .'.nIay aftrnooi at five o'locik, Dr. (Gover of Grecnville, will lecture in tile court1. holse at L.Itreln. Miss I VaraItus e.\-pressedl the dlesire t/hat tihe mot hers es'!Peelally, aittn thl~ i) me ~et in1g. On Monday nlighlt tile igpalthI01 or enlee will he held( at Watts Mills in the school) auid itoriumIl. Publ)1ic spir~it ed mleni in tiis commun1)0ity n~lso offered prizes5 equal to th 1ones10 for tile (it". of Laure ins. These jprizes will behi giv en1 to tihe heaItiest hable is of the0 Watts Mills 00omm11unitly. To add to tile mleeting at Watts .\l ills thle band has1 consenltedl to furn'lishl mulsic for tihe 00 casionl. Mirs. Ruth 1)0(1( will be the spleaker for Ithe night session. Tulesday morning tile heallthl conference will continue11 at Wattis a ndllI Larens mills. Prizes will alIso be given for tile hlealthitst child( of these commullnities. On1 Thurs'day nigiht t-he meeOtin~g will comel to a close In the city 'proper. Prizes will be awvarded and Interest ing talks will be givenl. Prizes will be awarded at Watts Mills F~riday nlighlt and at Laurens Mill Saturday nlight. Miss liagruest and1( MIss Irby are very enthusiastic over the probable result of these0 meetings. They as-. sure Interesting pIeakers for the' melletings. .Moth~er's Day Exercises On April '29, at 2 o'clock tile Cooper Literary Beciety of Ilickory 'l'avern, will give a special "Mothler's Pro gram" for tile moth~ers of thls school district, and each mnotheir is askedi to be0 presenlt. Th~e h1gh schoo01 is -prop~aring for a good play "Thle 'Ppor Married Man," to he given May 6th. at 8:30 o'clock.| COUIrT IN SESSION Two Cases Disposed of and Suit Against Geo. I. Bolt Now ieing Heard. The Court of Common 'Pleas con vened Monday morning with Judge W. 'i. Townsend, of Columbia, presid ing and otfher ofilcors of the court in their accustomed places. The session was to have lasted two weeks, bu-t af ter a conference of the Bar Associa tion It was decided to call off the se onid week. The Court was occulpied yesterlay with the case of Mrs. Eivira dlominick, of Lexington comnty, vs. Geo. 11. Bolt, Jr., .well known farmer of the Trinity Rlidge section. The suit is for $75,000 (amnages and the case grew out of the dlenth of the'-plaintiff's husnband near Coltmubia about two years ago when lie was struck by an altomlobile driiv eln by Mr. 4olt. It will be recalled that lr. Bolt was on his way to the State Fair in Columbia an( when a few, miles out of the city passed a car standing still on the side of the roa(. Anl he .passdd the car he suiddenly saw .U. Dominick, who had been one of the occupants, standing in the road Just a few feet ahead stooping asi In the aet of picking soniething from the ground. Before lie succeedled In stop pilng,. 1s car he struck the stooping man and Inflicted wounds from whi'ch death,, ensued. Mr. Bolt alleges that he -WAs driving at a moderate rate of speplyv and .that the occurrence was due to an unavoidable accident. Plain tiff's.,are represented by Galloway & flair. of Columbia, and by W. it. URigoy, of this city. The defendant is represented . by Simpson, Cooper & 'lubb andt- Featherstone & Knight, of the local bar. The court (irected a verdict for the defendants In the case of 1). y. Weathers vs. the W. 0. W. lvhe case involved the settlement of a life in surance policy. In the case of N. 1). Garrett vs. 1). 1). Armstrong qver a saw bill in which the plaintiff alleged that sawing was not lone in a workmanlike manner, the plaintiff was a-warded a verdict for $167.50. The suit was for $189.90. CHAU'AUQVA PLEASES AGAIN LaAt Numiber of the Prograni 1i be Given ::t the Tent Toitght. With six of the seven (lays' program complete the Redpath Chautauqua enters ipon its closing program to(lay, the last number of the prograi being the lecture of Ral ll inghai, "Fun .laker Extiuaordinary," tonight. The afternoon program will consist of a musical concert and a lecture by Dr. Wallace Bruce Amsbury onl Jaies Whitcomb Riley. The prograim this year Isc generally conceded to be the equal of :,--y previ Ims pro-'rams and mnany e masider it tile .hest Ororim that t h i mt auqu: conpanly has brought to Laurens. Sonie objections have been r.'ised to the large number of lecti-!; in coin Parison with musical attr --r1ions and somle Ci crt i has bIe'madeic(l on the '1en-gthi of hle Ict ure-s, bit taken as a who l te .'iries. of ane.:-taIn mentIs hasc It ha': bc cn ancc cincned thati the gutarantad~ mcimnl:- of tickets for t'he sea son V.as ol and I hat a con trat.t for next .s c.cr has been signed by a nit irher of citizxens anid handed to thle :mpe~c:in tendent, butt anyone desirinog to bconme a guara ntor may do so by seeing the supeintenident at the Chlau tauiqua tent. JOllN TI. ROIJERT'SON DEA I) Leamdimer Citizenu of Clinto'n Pa~ssed Away Satturdaey 3lnrniing. A large nuimber -of lieople fr-om this (city attenided the fiuneral In Clinton Sunday afternooni of ~i.\ .TJohn T.' Rtobertson. Mr. Robe rtscon su ffe red a stroke of paralyslit Wedlinsday even ing andi passed away Saturday. The de'ceased way a native of the tipper part of the county and lived in Lau rens for -some time in his early life. lie still iretalned liany of his frioends in -Laurens and~ the news of his death was received here wilth miuch sorrowv. 3Mid- week Services Postplonied. On account of the concludinf pro gram of the Chiautauquta Wednesday evening. the id-wveek services at- the Presb.f'terian church has bec.o an nouinced for Thlutrsday at 8 P. M. Sub jet: Moses, Idador ot Israel. C. T. SOUIn-ER. Pastor. SCHOOL CLQSES MAY THIRTIETH Dr. J. I. 1cGiothtlIin aind Rey. 1D. I. Turipiced ' to Make Address and Serien. Supt. H. W. Gasque has announced Friday, lay 20th, as .the closing date of the Laurens city schools, an attrac tive ,program being in course of pre iparation for the annual exercises. The annual literary address will be deliv (ered on the closing night by Dr. J. W. .\leGlothlin, presidelt of l1urmntan Uni versity, and the annual sermon will be preacied on Sunday night, May 1.~-th, 1)y Rfov. 13. IR. Turnipseed, pastor oF the First tIihodist chiurich of reen woo'l. The serimuon will be preacched in the Presb;:terian church. 'T'he -radiating i:s thi; year con sists of live bovs and thi teen irls as follows: Boys Fred Bishop, Luther Chaney, Ray mond Caston, Carl Putnam, II arry Woodside. Girls Beatrice Babb, Nellie Blakely, Doro thy Falrey, Caroline Holmes, Leora liunter, ,)argaret Lake, Lois lartin, Ruby Martin, Nancy Meng, Alma Mil leir, Mary hell Myers, Nell Sohn, Sarah Powver. SElttEANT JOIN '. ADAMS Great Crowds do Honor 1o the Memory of Sergt. -John T. Adams. Iteninis Brought frmn France and jald to Rest ii Poplar Springs Cemetery. Ware Shoals, April 16.-Sel'geant John T. Adams, 30th Division, 118th Infantry, volunteered May 1917, killed in action Sept. 25, 1918, was. laid to rest In the Adams plot of the cene tery at Poplar Springs. Baptist Church today at 3 o'clock. Practically the en t:1re community was present t!0 do honor to 'her brave soldier. Comrades from distances cane, and one who was with him when he fell The procession was led by girls who carried the beau tiful floral offering. There were many beautiful designs-designs In national colors. The 'body was taken from his home1 to Poplar Springs Ball tist church where several hundred had assembled to honor .te memory of one of her brave and noble Christian soldiers. Rev. J. P. Coleman, his pas tor, spoke appropriate words of praise of our brave soldiers and of Sergeant Adams' Christian character. Rlev. E. W. livis, pastr of Ninety Six Baptist church, assisted In the service. Sergeant Adams' was a gentleman, a Christian and a soldier. He took his training at Camp Sevier and served his country in war for 1I months. When volunteers were called to do scouting work, he was one of fourteen to off'er his services, and one of five of thalt party who "never came ba'ck". ili l:st .words to his comrades wele: "Stick to us boys". The immense floral offering heaped uipon his grave was an expression of gratitude and apprecia tion of the community's esterm for' he noleli an br1 tave so(let'. ANO~IIEIl i: o ll1 H'lli H) AliiIn Powers, MIembter of C'ompatny 1), Ill hb Infantry, iturled at Warriior Ct'eek Nat urday Mornin1 lg. lThe remains of Sergt. Aivin Powvers, wvho was klilled ont thte battleflilds of Frani lce duiring the Worild War a nd wvhlch were returnued to this ('ountry3 last wveek, .were in ter'red in lth recme tory at WarrIor Creek Saturday tmorn ing~ in 111e idst. of a latrge assembiaae of relatives and frIends whlo came to pay a last tribute to onie who had giv en uip lis life In his coutry11's cause. Sergt. Power's was a member of Co. I), 118th Infantry,- Titietht Divislon, and was killed in the famous attack on the lndenbur'g line. 'Pall beatrers at the futnet'al includedl foirmeir mem b lers of his comiany, TLeut. H. A. Sul Il',van, LIIeut. J. IP. Caldlwell and othet's. 'llobe:-t Mn'c 1ill, ante Lauriens ('Ouinty soldlier' whose .body wvas br'o'tgh: bac0k fronm France at the same time, w'ast burled at F'riendlshtip)1 ichrc Saturtday afternoon. Young 1Hil1 was a soni of D). S. Hill1, of that commltunity, and was knownt as a y'oung mtan of examhry char'actet' and lIne soldlely At Edlen School Titere ill be a tacky party and ice cream party on the lawn at 'Fden school Saturday, April 30th. 'rhe pub lIc Is cordinally Invited1 to come. DIAL INTRODUCES COTTON MEASURE Would Break Strangle Hold Cotton 5x changes have on Colton Producers. Washington, April 19.-Senator Dial of South Carolina .has again intro Cluiced a proposed amendment to the cotton. futitres act WIhich woti1d have a telgdency to break the strangle hold wieli, hie Charges, the cotton exchiang (S hav-e on the cottoll producers. It appears to be the colcensits of 0.pinig that the Dia I a mendmnten t will have a better opportlinity at pas sa-e. than the amendment of former S-enator Cromer, of Alabamia. The am endm ei't of the foroier sentil tr ltissed the sl:ite',. but failedli in the hottse as reuttit of tho activity of. ru'p reSe1ntativeS of Cottol statIs w hich produce only low grade votton. It was their contention that the C(otmer a1(Iendieit wvould have elimin'ated a mIarket for their prodtet. Senlator. Dial declares that Is am-indmi'nt would not only elimiiillate a muark(t, but would probably cyca-te a ttarkel. Indelr Iis schemle. any piurehaser from a .cotton exchtaige could .demand one-half of hj;4 purchase in any t.wo of the ten legal grades, and the *otton exchange couild deliver the remaining 'half in 'ally two of the ten l Qgal grades. "Ioth sides to the tranlsaction1," said Senator Dial, "have an even break. Inder the law 'as it Is today, a cotton exchange has the -power to deliver a quantity of purchased cotton it either one of tihe ten grades it desires. The mai who buys has absolutely no chance. On the face of things, -that is not fair. It is not right. Such a scleie wouild not hold good if applied to any articles or goods purclased. If the producer of 'potatoes was legally authorized to dispose of his potatoes without consttlting the purchaser, very n:tirltally the purchaser would receive onl y low grade .potatoes. And if the purchaser had the entire option, the produtI'er of cotirse could sell only his very excellent potatoes. "The samte natural laws apply to vottonl 'trans1actilonls. Therefore nei ther' the seller nor the buyer stoll!' have the sole right of option. It, is that evil wht iclh I amto attemeolting to er'adiente. I aml not .trying to pit tihe (ottonl exchiantges out of busiless. I tym not trying to reduce tile tenl grades now teiderable under law on cotton exclages. I am simply trying to se Cut re a fair. deal for tle t6fin who biuys cotton from exchanges. "To get such a fair deal is in 1.my oplinioll, the most important issue facing the South today. It is toy con victionl that the system as it prevails at present costs the South millions of dollars per am ittit. lilts. 3MARlY 31. W.\DE Died it GreenllvIlle Friday Nitrtil ad liiiutrled it Local Cemnel etry .ontiday Afternoon. Mrs. Mary M. Wade, 1m'1)tler Of \IlMs. Allen C. lramlett of this city, and a formoer r'esidenlt of the ('oun1ty, (lied at. Sthe home (of hter1 1 daughter , Mrs 15.. 0. 'FThe hedyI was- ibrought to 11)I urensCl Mond~ay, afterntoont antd interrted InI tihe .\ilrs. Wadle wau born1 .lnar it 3 , I 850 and was thO btoter of tent liv'ing: chil of thi Pre''sbyIi'teri'hur it andI :to a wo nunt of deem .:'iritutailty. Ilier huts handl, th lte c (ha rles '\ :uIL. p receded he: to the gr'ave aboult '?; y ears ago. The following ('hildrenl surtvive htet: .\t's. A. C. lt'amIliet t, of' 1,aurt'ns; Mr is. 1'. 1s. C'ol ler', (of Kissimm1Itee, Ila.; .\lre. II. 11. Wade. (It oldw int, N. C.; Mr'. WV. S. Sanlder's, of Natnee; .\it's. C. D. Kentdall, of Lanmat' A. 0. and II. 1'. Wade of Norfolk, Va.; Mi's. 0. I). Carter, of McI~ee; Mrs. G. W. Smoith, oIf. Buffalo; Mr's. 11. 0. IL'utman, of Greenville. Another Still Captured. Sherif S. C. Reid( ando Deputy -Ilicks Owitngs, assisted bmy Om1cer' Koon, of Ware Shtoals, and .lthn lol t, formter' chalin gang gutatrd, capturtedl andl de stroyed a. large still hnar Mt. Olive chulrch In the westerlni'ar (of the ('nty last \Vednet'day. No art'ests wvere made. but (ver' a tousandl gal - ions of malt was dlestr'oyed. Thte otfit had evidently b~eetn in r'ecent oplertation bitt thet owners wet'e nowhere to bhe found. VTe sheriff has madi~e fttrt het' InvestigatIons iln regard to the still andl states thtat lndictments will he made out agaInst threc men for COin nectiotn with tltn nnnrn'tln CAPT. PIIILPOT DEAD Highly Esteemed Merclat P , (ased Away at his Ilomle iI This (iy Wed. nesday Morning. Capt. J. M. Ihlilpot, plr'om inlent Imler1 chat of the city, passed away at his home on Sullivan Street Wedlesday 1110111 ug at ten o'clock. lie had 'been in declining health for about 'two years, but it was not until two weeks prIor to his death that 'he was con ilned permanently to his home. TIln. funeral services were held frIiom th. house Friday morning at III o'clock, a short religiors services condulcted : Rev. -P. F. Kilgo, Rev. S. Ii. Tetuple man alid I1ev. C. T. Siulire(,s, aft I which tile body was ,bot'ne to IIe (em. etery and inlteirrd with .\ason - honors. Capt. i'lilpot was 1 years of a, o and a native of Elifala, Ala. Ie eitn to tills city front Auiguisla in IN; an Clitered the grocery business il which he was co(tiluously engaged .1p to the ile of, -his deatil. Iacet1 for a short time in whicl he was ill pait lierlship with tile late M. II. Fowler he coniducted- his business alone, thle fast few years being assis-ted by ills son, \r. Iiauirens Philpot. Capt. Philpot conducted his business along conserv ative lines and had a large trade. The deceased was twice married, the fist time to Miss .lary Ramsayo*, of Augusta, and the second time to Mrs. Laura Kern, of this coulity. Of the first union three sons survive, J. R., superintendent of the city water and electric light system, J. C., of Columbia, anld I. 1W., of South Hoston, Mass. Of the second union, a son and daughter, Laun l'ois and Miss Marie, of this city, survive. Surviving sto.i children are John and Charlie Kern, of Atlanta, 'and Mrs. .\Marvin Medlock, of this city. A half-sister, Mrs. M. if. FOWIl', aid a hal f-br'othe', Mr. Willie Atwell, of Gainesville, Pla., 11so suil' vive. Besides being a Mason and Pythian, Capt. Philpot was a llemllber of the First Methodist churcli. lie was a highly regarded citizen and his death wvas.a shock to his many friends ill the city. W1'. A. ''ItAYNH1.A1 DI.:Ai 11ell inown (ii Cilizei of Frilltishily Section lassed A way Monday Morn V. A. Traynham, familiarly called "Doc" by his friends, a well known citizen of the Friendship section near Gray Court, passed a way .\iln day' ilonling at II o'clo'ck after a .p'ot ract ed illness. The fineral was held at Miriendship Presbyterian Church, of wih lie wias a life-long member, ycs torday morni ing, tile services bhing114 conducted by Rev. Coleman, of the popular Springs Baptist'111 churc. Mlr. Traynham wNas 60 years of age iln(d a native of the section in which he died. In early life he married a Miss Culhertsbni, w\,)ho siurvives him with i the following children: IIerman, Mrs. D. Ii. Wilson. Coke, Clyde and Miss lucile. all of tile ('ouny. .I.. is ao sulr'vived 1by the following br'other., andr sister's: Jiasiper, Z. li.. I" *f J1efr1 CrawIIford(. Th'ie dleceaist was WS 1)1Ia popla ci tizen 0o' thle coun11ty and1( highly3 reg'iard'edl by~ all wh'lo knew himi. ii is funeral was lrgely altit'ee 1)y sorrow1 uing frend(s arnd ri': ('. Miss liorte'nse Lite, (Cross liii1I. A pil 24. -.\ Iss I Iortense L owe, a nia t ive a ndli lform' r'esidet'i oM'ross 11ll1, w1as buirtied in thle LIAberty' Spini '' cemieter'-, ( oss liil, Tu'iesday' afiterno at()i -l~. She iedi in Colum11 lau Mlondayi imm nuin at 5: :10 o'clock, after a long Illness. Theii funercal wais conducittedl 1by Rev. .: U. Wilson, an was1 ailS tendied by many13 r'elatives and1( friends. Tile de-. censedl is a dlaughter' of Mr'. Samt~ Lowe, wvho lived at Ci'oss 11111 mlany' yearlts, bunt who is no0w a state conistable. anid lives In ColumbIa, Miss Lowe Is siii viveid by her1 father, flve sisters, onei of whlom Is maii'Ied and lives Iin Com bin, and th roe br'other's, Clarence, of Cross 11111; John1, of Atlanta; anid Sam, Jlr., of RBlackville. Miss Lowe, whl.e tIn health, was a ttineid nurse', buit. has for a Iong time bleenl a patilent in a Columbfliia sanl tariumil. At F~dlihg School Tihere will 1)e a play13 and Ice cr'eamn siuppher' at Fleming school Friday night, Apil 29. There will be no admission fee and1( thn nnhiul In Invuitd G[RMANY OfF[RS 200 B1LON MARKS 226 Billions Demnnded by Allies EXACT TERMS NOT PUBLISHED (ermat n ounter ('4nle' I' Proposals to Allied 1)(m11nd4S not .111. Ilublic bull it Is Itilerstood 11ilnt They a(Cry an 1f. 1ite of 201)) BIllion .1arks. Willing to I'ledliv enlues,. Ierli, A r!l "5.--The ntimate to tal iinivtitity whv Iich Germany agree, to pay ti Allies is tw) hundttrdCl 1)11 lion goli titar'ks, as against two lhun drell and)i twentty-six billions demttandled by the Allies in their Paris terms. Th is i.; posiLively stated by tho.s cio.-e to the ,overlt lnent, altIrough the (Geritni cotunter proposals have not becnt imlale 4:1utblic here. )r-. Sittions, the foreigi secretary, dil not present the nlew proposals to the relchstag today because of an un dlerstanding with the American m bassy and for the additional reason that there Is a paragraph in the note to 'President llarding suggesting that lie feel free to ruery back for fur ther information or the elucidation of any point not clear, if he so desires, before sutbiitling the note to the En tonte. Consequently, the German press and ptublic, and even the party leaders, have not seen the counter proposals, and their publication is eagerly await cd. The Germans suggest making the annuities in the payment of the ropa rations flexible, depeendent upon the recovery of German industiles. An.In ternational loan is suggestel, to be floatedr immediately, to place ready cash at thie rlisposal of the Entente, buit no sumn is namedl. Germany expresses hler .willintgness to pledge the etistonis revenues as guaran tees, andl further offers to (le liver manufactured articles to the Al lies with the u nderstandling that Get many will pay the producers and get crelit on the indemnnitles. Germany ilso offers immeliate participation in the work of rest-oration inl te devas stated areas; labor and materials to be supplicrd by Cermany and credited against the indemnities. No suggestion is marde of Germany's willinttgness to assume the indebted ness of the Allied 1power to the United States. Germaniy's counter proposals are so intricate and in volveI that tite ex pe.-ts who have real thetm express the opinin u that itey may be ilsin ter prted, as tit Loitdlon ffetr was by personls who dlid not alialyze them carefully anl .work out tle total amitouni t tha. woolh have beeni yieilel. W~ashi ingtorn, April ' 2. -'iThe onliy in formiationi received byx Secretaty I lughles todlay (oncetrning t hreltharae tor' of Germnaniy 's counit et' proposa Is tregard ing trepartat ions was I tat con - ta ined'( intI5 pres dis patcites. llThe nomwi mutnirenitt embordying thIe ;'rrposals, whticht was handedcr yestetrday to L orinig IDresci , Atmeran ithtighr comm tissionert at Ih(-rlin, by I) r. WalItert Simons11, the Ge rmtan foreign iiteri, hadn not ar rived whient the seretaty tinishedi his d ay's work. It was a ssume othait th le rdelay wvas rdue to Itra onmiIssion dIifficu'ltles erithetr on the cables or' by wvireless, It was not known which means the conutnis-. sitner' Itand userd itt dispa tchin ig the commienttiotn. WhlaI.t iuse Mr'. iilughes willI take ini dealintg with thie (tuest ion was not indicated today. It was saidi, htow ever, thtat until be htad studriedl tthe enutter 't proposalIs ere tfu11y thle ('om.t mtiteatiotn woutld not be itarde public tinless it had alr ieady been puiblished by Grermany or by one of the Allies, to witom a copy or' suimmary may have beeni sent. ilidlomatic r'epresentativos there be lieved it ltronbable that the secretatry wouldn take up) the iestions itnvolvedt ditectly with the foreIgn oflices of the Allierd Govertnents, r'athcr titan witht thi representatives here, to ex Itedite thte negotiations. It was point rd oult. ini this c'onnfectioni that the su 'Ptremte coutnil Is dute to mieet Satur day and the French are ePxpectedi to 'hoglit theIr occuipat Ion of t'he Ruhr May 1st If an agreement Is not treachted wvith Ger'many in the contr'oversy