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gan, who has besn invited by the inter- allied reparations commission to confer with it at Paris on the feasibility of rais- ing an international loan for Germany, will sail for Europe on the thirteenth in- stant. He will be accompanied by Mr George Whitney, a partner of the Mor firm, who is regarded as an expert on se- curities and their market possibilities here. \ Washington, May sth.—The President gave his personal consideration yester-! \day to the National coal strike, when he conferred at the executive offices for two hours with Mr. Lewis, *-esident of the United States mine wor ‘rs of America and Mr. Davis, Secre v of the Department of Labour. At%he -on- clusion of the conference, Mr. Lewis, with the appreval of Mr. Davis, said the discussion had been upon ecertain funda- mental conditions of the industry, but that be®ona that nothing could be said. London, May sth.—Mr. Hughes, Pre- mier of the Australian Commonwealth, was thrown from his horse and sustained a fracture of the collarborie while visit- ing Grafton, New South Wzles, accord- ing to a Reuter despatch from Sydney. London, May sth.—The policy of the restoration of the penny post next year and the development of broad casting by wireless telephones, wzare the features of the discussion on the post office esti- mates in the House of Commons yester- day. Rome, May sth—The Giornale D’lta- lia says the Holy See is planning an in- vocation by Catholies, through preach- ing and prayers, for the success of the Genoa conference. According tn the newspaper, thH® Vatican purposes to dis- seminate its plans to all religious associ ations and to reach ever y-'ass of pe., in an effort tc make a world-wide appeal. Austin, Texas, May sth.—Nine per- sons Kkilled, thirty injured and property damage estimated at four hundred thcusand dollars was the total of death ard destructicn in the wake of the tor- nzdo which l: te yesterday swept through the West side of Austin and out of the city to Oak Hill, eight miles to the South- ward, according to a check of the situ- atf®n late last night. London, May sth,—M. Krassin has had an interview with Mr. Mascn Day, pres- ident of the International PBarnsdall Ccr- poration of New York, on the subject of the develcrment of the petroleum fields of Paku, as also the ccal mines of Soutk.- “ern Russiaand the agricultural and con- mercizl d\:mgnts recessary to enabie those regions to beccime self supporting. Mr. Day bas recently returned from a long tour of investigation ir. the Caucasus acccmpanied by engineers, 1n which he studied technical problems relative to the restoration of the prcduction of petroleum as it was.pricr to the war. Mr. Krassin has again deried the repert that petiole vm contracts have lteen corcluded with -};mish fiirrs and has expressed a desire ST GRUIX ANYS to give American firms an cpportunity to participate in the restoration of Russia, with Russian cooperation. M». Har- vey, the United States Ambassador, who bhas been almost eantinuously in the country since the opening of the Genoa conference returned to London today. He has declined to comment on the reports in circulation that the Wash- ington Govt. had instructed him to make enquiries on the questions of pe- troleum or- other matters in which American interests are at stake and whidh might be submitted to the econo- mic conference. The British Ministry for Foreign Affairs has, since the com- mencement of the peiroleum reports, declared that the British Govt. had ab- solutely nothing to do with the negotia- tions conducted at Genoa op the question. The oniy company in which the British Govt. is interested, declared a prominent officia! today, is the Anglo-Persian Com- pany, which has nothing to do with the petrolenm fields of Russia which are at present under discussion. Genoa, May 6th.—Whether the meeting today bet.veen Mr. Lloyd George and M. Rarthou would open the way for liquida- tions of tue vital issues vemaining before the confereace was the question anima- ting all Ger,oa today, following the last two days of lagging interest. M. Barthou telegraphed that he wished to see the British Premier as soon as possible after his arrival this morning from Paris. The main point of difference between the del- egations concerns the property clause in the allied memorandum to Russia, and what M. Barthou, freshly instructed hv Premier Poincare, will have to say to ..... Lloyd George on this point, is of great in- " ~t. The difficulty anticipated in ad- _«=uing the differences arouses some up- prehension, especially in view of the ve- port from one source that Mr.Lloyd Georg. ils determined that tl.e Russian memoran- dum shall stand and that he will probably return to London immediately if it is not accepted by France and Belgium as fram- ed. Other questions to be talked over by the two leaders are the non-aggression pact proposed by Mr. Lloyd George and pessibly the great problem of the German war reparations. The representatives of -the Little Entente are reported to be reacdy so side with the French and Belgi- ans in case the latter decline to adhere to the terms of the Russian memorandum. M. Adclf Jcffe of the Russian delegation left last right for Moscow to confer with the All Russian Central Executive, but the Russian reply will not await his arri- val there, it is aid, althcugb it is not ex- prected that it will be presented for two or three days more. Lisbon, May Tth.—The Portuguese aviaters Ccutinho and Szaecadura. who have leen at Fernado Novorsa, airived at ke St. Faul Recks teday on a cruiser. to await the arrival of the Brazilian steemer with the hydroplare on which tlL.ey purpcese finishing their voyage across the ocean from Portugaito South Amer- ica. Toronte, May 6th.—The Executive Committee of the Canadian Lawn Tennis Association acting for t'ie council of that body, has notified France of Canada’s withdrawal from the Davis Cup contest this year. Lo & WEEKLY POST OFFICELETTTER No. 1 May 10, 1922 In order that you may appreciate why we campaign for early mailing, here are a few reasons so far as ordinary mail is concerred. Letters are tied up in bundles of more or less certain weight and size, each hundle being labeled with the name of the place to which the letters in it are addressed. Such pa- .ges are ‘‘directs’’, and there are others cortaining letters for various cities, towns and places for which the number of pieces is not suffi- cient to make up direct bundles. These are for distribution at the office t which the leiter pouch is address ed. When we close mail at 10 a. m, for instance, we clear the letter box es at that hour and begin to tie out the loose letters on hand at that time, Direct packages are made for most the big cities such as New York, Chicago, Breoklyr, Washington, ete., and when the last of these is tied as well as the packages for distribution, it is impracticable to get in late letters without opening these bundles and doing the work over again. It is therefore to your advantage to mail in tim have your letters inclvded in :oropendshion, and be assured of their dispatci®in the outgoing mail. When we Lave made up the mails for New York, San Juan or St. Thomas the bags for these places are closed, and matter mailed aftar that will +be left for the following dispatch, to your disappointment and our regret, for it is a faet that we regret not being able 1o include all mail intended for a certain dispatch. We do not want to see Mr. Smith’s mail left behind even if it is.his own fault. What we endeavor to dc ‘s to show Mr. Smith his mistake, and ask him to cooperate with us and preclude \its recurrence. When all the mail 1s de sited in the office in time, it is all dispa. .hed, and we are 21l satisfied. There will bt\no disappointment through late mailing, Tor one. Much of our mail is made up on Sunday. While you are able to indulge on the one day assigned to public recreation and rest, postal em- plcyees are cheerfully cranking the postal machinery. Do your part and mail in time. We shall feel grateful and you will be better served. Next week I shall tell you something about how we handle registered mail and why we can’t register matter at all sorts of odd hours. - B. R. LARSEN, Postmaster.