Miscellaneous Mentions

Charles R. Forbes, former Director of the Veterans' Bureau, convicted (TIME, March 10, 1924, ARMY & NAVY) of conspiracy to defraud the Government in connection with the letting of contracts for hospitals, last week appeared to draw nearer to prison. He had been sentenced, with John W. Thompson, a contractor, to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, having reviewed the case, last week affirmed the lower court's decision. The convicted men may still appeal to the Supreme Court. It is alleged that they are very ill.

In Washington, a notable financial assemblage convened: S. Parker Gilbert, Agent General of German reparations; Montagu Norman, Governor of the Bank of England; Andrew W. Mellon; D. R. Crissinger, Governor of the Federal Reserve Board; Benjamin . Strong, Governor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Their meeting had no name, no official standing. Deeply, vaguely observers pondered possible but undefined international developments.

In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, a petition was filed for a writ of mandamus to compel Secretary of State Kellogg and Donald F. Bigelow, American Consul at Paris, to issue to Countess Karolyi, wife of the onetime President of Hungary and alleged Red, a visa to her passport in order to visit the U. S. Thus did the Countess through her attorneys set out to gain by force of law what Secretary Kellogg denied her in the name of the law (TIME, Nov. 2, CABINET).