Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1922, Page 5

DAY FOR CHNEE AT RN PARLE -Powers Approve Two Treaties and Several Reso- lutions Designed for Her. RIGHTS TO BE GUARDED Proposal to Keep Door Open In- cludes All Important Principles of Elihu Root. This was China’s day at the Wash- | ington conference. Two treaties and several resolutions designed to give China fullest opportunity to develop Lerself were given approval by the assembled powers. The conference, i is said, has written a magna chart: for China. o5 The first of the treaties presented. which will be signed by the nine powers. including_ China, attending the conference, is framed particularly Tor the purpose of stabilizing condi- tions in the far east, to safeguard the rights and interests of China and to promote intercourse berween Chiun and powers upon basis of equal op- portunity. Root Principles llel-lel.] ; cluded in this act are the all im- portant Root principles, early adopted by the conference, under which the powers agree to respect the £ov ereignty, territorial and administra- tive integrity of China. It wasx laid Dbefore the conference today by Secre- tary Hughes and adopted amid ap- Pifoet important_and Most _im) article VIT of this treaty, an urticle Which should make it possible for the nations to consult in the future in re- gard-to questions arising as to China, &na which should make it possible for China. when threatened. if ever. by an outside power, to appeal to the other powers signing the treaty. Customs Duties C"m‘.‘ A second of the treaties, eals itk the Chinese customs duties. Its preamble declares that it is entered into particularly for the purpose of increasing the revenues of the Chinese government. It was read to the conference by Senator Under- wood of the American delegation, who served as chairman of the e% - committee on Chinese customs es. h A treaty provides for-an effective 5 per cent duty and for an additional 121 per cent surtax, to be coliected in the future. A special conference is provided for, to meet in China. which shall prepare the way for the aboli- tion of the likin—the tax charged on commerce between the provinces of China, which, it is sald, must go if China is to achieve a strong, united government. The conference also will pass upon the establishment of the proposed surtax. Underwood Sees Aid. nator Underwood, after reading ths:ueaty on customs,gtold the con- forence that he believed China would greatly benefit by it,* perhaps dou- Bling its revenues. He said that it was his hope China eventually would be able to establish a strong parha- mentary government, and l’_\BVP com- plete charge of all administrative Thatters within her territory, includ- ing the tariff. : The more general treaty relating to China, in addition to the Root prin- ciples, embodies a resolution adopted previously by the conference provid- ing that the contracting powers shall not enter into any L valy Or agree- ment of any kind wili one A_umlher or with any other power which would “infringe or impair” the Root prin- ciples. Use of Rallroads Covered. This treaty also embodies the res- olutioh adopted by the conference providing for a more effectual appli- cation of the principles of the open- door poifcy. Another article provides that the contracting powers agree not to support any agreements by their nationals with each other de- signed to . reate spheres of influence in China or to provide for monopolies in designated parts of Chinese terri- tory Provision Is made In the treaty against unfair discrimination of any kind on Chinese railroads, particu-; Jarly With respect to charges and| ta ties. The contracting powers under ar- ticle V1 agree fully to respect China's | rights as a neutral in time of war to which China is not a party, and China declares that when she 15 A neutral she will live up to the «wligations of neutrzgi a significant is | i S. Will Take Le: er powers not signatory to this ty are to be invited to adhere to it; and the United States will carry on whatever correspondence is neces- sary to bring about such adherence. Other powers will be asked also to| adhere to the Chinese customs treaty. Under a separate resolution adopted by the conference today, special pro- vision is made for the establishment | in China of a board of reference, to which any questions arising in_con- nection with the execution of the amicles of the treaty relating to the | open door and to railways in China | may be referred for investigation and | report. The special conference pro- vided for in the Chinese customs treaty is to formulate for the &p- proval of the powers a detailed plan for the constitution of this board of reference. —_— TWO GET PRISON TERMS FOR PEDDLING OF DOPE { i Chief Justice McCoy today sentenced Francis Fenwick and Susie Snyder to terms of imprisonment in the peni- tentiary for peddling *“dope.” The man received a term of five years and the woman four vears. Attorney Robert 1. Miller noted an appeal to the Court of Appeals and bail was| fixed at $5.000. The chief justice indicated a policy of imposing severe sentences on per- sons convicted before him of selling cocaine and other narcotics. Tne court recently announced to the agents for the internal revenue bu- reau that they must see that the search warrants used in anti-narcotic cases are in correct form to stand the test of legal procedure and then on conviction the court can aid in the enforcement of the law against this spreading _evil. Walter R. Mays, also convicted of selling a Ssmall quantity of dope, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. On the plea of Attorney Miller for leniency, the court sus- pended sentence and placed Mays on probation during good behavior. JUDGE B. S. WEEKS DIES. New York Jurist Stricken at Miami Beach. MIAMI. Fla., February 4.—Judge Bartow Sumter Weeks, justice of the | supreme court of the state of New ! York, died at Miami Beach late last night. He came to Miami two weeks ago from New York city, and was taken i1l about a week ago. He Is survived by his wife, who was with him at the time of his death. He was sixty-one years old. Judge Weeks ‘was a noted sportsman. He represented the defense in_ the famous murder trial of Roland B. Molineaux, son of Gen. Edward L. Molineaux, who was tried twice for the murder of Mrs. Katherine L. Adams in 1899. and who spent twenty months in the death house at Bing Sing before he was acquitted in 1902. “Justice Weeks’ death is a hard blow to amateur sports in this coun- try, for he was their foremost cham- plon,” clared Fred W. Rubien, secreta of the Amateur Athletic DUnion, when informed of his death. § ! minority of one against the combina- | newspaper declares. | Mr. Griffith declared. SOUTHWEST’S “RHYMING ADS” CONTINUED Second Installment to Appear in Tomorrow’s Issue of The Sunday Star. Tomorrow another of those clever ‘Thyming ads” boosting Southweat Washington js to appear in The Sun- day Star. People in that section of the city have been looking forward cagerlv for the “second installment,” the first having appeared January 22. Don’t you know what a “rhyming ad” {s? Nobody else did until thut urst ove came out, entitled “In De- tense of Southwest Washington,” now people all over the city J -Aere is the way that first one opcned: THE _EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1922 ND THE GOING PRETTY BAD AT TH: MINISTERS PLAN CHURCH FIELD DAY !Vote to Aid Work for Near | East Relief at Meeting of i Association. | The Ministerial Association of the District of Columbia, meeting yester- day in the offices of the Federation of Churches, in the Bond building, South Washington has been ridiculed | yoted to hold a “church field day” for T R { the benefit of the Near East Relief. A ruis e muse let up { committce representing various de- Were terined as thieves and robbers, | nominations was convened to arrange L d and bold; tinie a trick is turned Southwest, I'm told. and liars, NG every They Then eame verses giving the names ind occupations of various business wmen of the Southwest, and telling of some particuiar thiug they sold. To- morrow the “second installment” will appear. It opens as follows: Don’t fail to read The Sunday Star To find out what we're doing* it tells you who and what we are, And if there's trouble brewing. Don't think because we haven't raved, And caused a big commotion. bult our streets not being paved, That we are out the notion. These advertisements are backed fnancially by business men and firms tn the Southwest section. POSTPONE MEETING re OF DAIL EIREANN Suggestion for Conference Only New Outcome of Boundary Deadlock. By the Associated Press. D DUBLIN, February 3.—The reas- sembling of the dail eireann, which had been set for February 14. has been postponed until February 28, it was announced today. The change of date is in consequence of the post- ponement of the ard-fheis, or annual sonvention of the Gaelic League of Ireland, from February 7, owing to the threatened railway strike. The ard-fheis will open February 21, with the possibility of a somewhat earlier date being fixed if the raiiway situation improved. Suggestion Maln Outcome. By the Assuciated Press. LONDON. February 4.—Michael Col- ling' suggestion to Premier Craig of Cister for a conference of the repre- sentatives of the whole of Ireland to adopt a common policy and frame a constitution is the main outcome thus far of the new deadiock in the Irish situation, but it is now too soon to indicate whether any important de- velopment is likely to come from it. The editorial writers insist that the boundary question is one for the two Irish governments to settle, and that the English government must keep out of the vortex of Irish politics. 3 Crisis Talk Premature. The Daily Chronicle says it is pre- mature to talk of a crisis or dead- lock until the method of boundary settlement prescribed in the treaty is tried, and believes that disaster can be avoided by adopting that method. The Morning Post, representing Ulster's views, attacks Premier Lloyd George and Mr. Collins for their “de- ception,” and says Ulster has no chance’ for justice if the boundary revision is submitted to a commis- sion in which there are two votes against her one. Warns of Al “To enter a comm i tion of Collins and Lloyd George would be to accept annihilation,” the The Post also quotes Premier Craig as saying: “We will not hesitate to appeal for help, not only to the British, but throughout the dominions, if this at- tempt is persisted in to drive our people unwillingly from under the old British flag. The time for dis- Cussion is almost exhausted, the time for action arrived. Unless wiser counsels prevail. I believe the treaty, instead of proving the settlement of the Irish question, will re’ e the bitterest animosities of the two peo- ples of Ireland. South Stands Firm. DUBLIN, February 4.—Southern Ire- | land stands for self-determination of those sections invoived in the dispute over Ulster's boundary. This was made clear by Arthur Griffith, president of the dail eireanr, in an interview in which he fuly upheld tne atttude of ; Michael Collins, head of the provisional government, in his recent conference with Premier Craig of Ulster. Z “Against that part of Ulster which: votes itself out of the free state we shall not use force, and against that part whica votes itself thereinto we shall not { permit, unchallenged, force to be used, i Want Peace Brotherhood. “Mr. Collins represents the unanimous attitude of the provisional and dail min- istry. We want not only peace but brotherhood with our at present dis-| sident countrymen. We seek for our na-{ tionalist people in the northeast notiing but the equality of Irish citizenship, and we offer frankly and sincerely to cur unionist fellow countrymen in the north- east tie same equality. “We are at the beginning of a na- tion and desire to sink the old dis- tinctions between unionist-and na- tionalist in the cgmmon name—Irish- man.” Collins Anxious for Peace. Mr. Collins, when questioned re- garcing Premier Craig's reported statement that he (Collins) had changed his attitude, said: “I do not know of any reason why Premier Craig shrould have said this. I am as anxious for peace and understand- ifor the field day and will announce the date later. Prior to this action addresses were deilversd Ly Senator King of Utsh. John R. Vor.s, recently returned from the near east and Russia, and Dr. Ardrew M. Brodie of Chicago, who will represent the National Near kast Relief in Washington. Senator King declared that America had its moral mandate to protect and assist these people, who are suffering in a iragic plight because they werc loyai to the allied cause. He urged all ministers Lo educate their parishioners to see their duty and the opportun ities of the moment to continue America’s standards of unselfish “good samaritanism” by supporting the work of the Near East Relief. Tells of “Fleld Days.” Mr. Voris described present con- ditions as he knows them in the near east and Iiussla, and Dr. Brodie told the committee of the many cities throughout the United States have held “fleld days.” Mrs. Cabot Stevens, the honorary in a statement in connection with tie ministerial meeting emphasized the fact that Armenia, Syria and As- syria are the oldest Christian nations, iand because “they suffered so terribly for their faith's sake there has been imposed upon the Chrisian conscience of America a peculiar responsibility.” e churches have acknowledged she continued, “and appeals to the church people have not been in vain when opportunity was offered. Pastors should not hesitate to make the opportunity to push the ‘save a child’ campalgn. The region em- braces a part of the world hallowed by the most sacred memories of Jesus, Moses, Paul, and this non-sec- tarian, non-political organization is caring for thousands of Christians and Jews in orphanages and aiding countless thousands of refugees. Ar- menian and Greek socleties here and in Constantinople and Athens are doing all_within their power, and the British Philarmenia Leafue co-op- erates with the Near East Relief, but it is to the Stars and Stripes the people look as their hope of life and freedom. “America cannot desert, and it is only hoped that funds will be quickly contributed before untold thousands have perished for want of a little bread and clothing.” AUTOS AND CHAINS TEAR CITY STREETS Thousands of Dollars in Dam- age Reported to Repair Department. Faced with a greatly decreased ap- propriation for repairs to streets and pavements, the street repair department. as a result of last week's storm now has on its hands thousands of dollars’ worth of damage done to the streets by ve- hicles waich tore up the macadam with their weight and the chains around the tires which alone rendered vehicular traffic possible during the heavy snow- fall. Notable among the streets which have suffered severe damage is Connecticut avenue, beyond the entrance to the Zoo. On this thoroughfare to Chevy Chase and Montgomery county, Md., the pave- ment on either side of the street car tracks for several miles has been torn and crushed so that it is now practically useless. In some parts of the street there Is left intact only a narrow strip of macadam in the middle of the street car tracks and the pavement outside the tracks is torn ard crushed. The dam- age, it is said, was caused by neavy trucks and automobiles which resorted to the street car tracks, which were far- tially cleared, when the side road be- came impassable. Suffer Simllar Fate. Other streets in the city have suf- fered a similar fate, although few of {a res them have been broken up as badly as Connecticut avenue. The down- we Kk peoples. and especially ; who | director of the local relief committee, | 1 | | I i | | | town streets have been torn up some- | what and large holes have made their appearance in the asphalt be-|2n enemy in the world, although he side the car tracks, where gasoline- driven traffic traveled during the heavy snow, but particularly along the streets and avenues leading to suburban sections of the city has the damage been severe. Hundreds of motorists, unable to use the street cars Monday and Tuesday, equipped their automobiles with chains. and struggled downtown, usually running along the street car tracks, which were partially cleared of snow. Heavy trucks, laden with ponder- ous loads, used the same tracks, and the result is that constant use of these portions of the streets, comvy bined with the softening action of the melting snow, has split the pavement into pieces, which broke under the successive impact of the wheels of vehicles. Repair Gangs at Work. Repair gangs are already at work patching the ruts and holg's inflicted on the streets by the skid chains of automobiles, Maj. F. S. Besson, as- sistant Engineer Commissioner, an- | jthe HWetectives were said FOU CONDITIONS O STARS OF FILMDOM | CALLED TO TESTIFY | IN TAYLOR MURDER (Continued from First Page.) slayer attempted to extort money from Taylor, and, when refused or threatened with arrest, shot to kil An open checkbook on Taylor's writ- ing desk, with a pen nearby, might, in the opinion of the detective, have been a part of the plan of the director to “stall” until the police could arrive. Says He Was “Uneasy.” Another phase they consier is whether Taylor might have feared for his lifa. From some sources| to have galned the information that for a few days before his death, Taylor | had secemed “uneasy about some- thing.” ~ Henry Peavey, his negro houseman, told the police that Taylor, who ueually used his auto- mobiie, left his apartments oh foot Wednesday afternoon, a few hours bofore he was slain, and was absent a considerable period. "We are going 8> ghec possible angle of this casc Detective Sergt. Herman = Cline | We have received a great many conflicting reports, and it is a large task to distinguish and sift the im- portant from the trivial.” The statement that Taylor's name really was William Deane-Tanner, and not William Desmond Taylor, came irom a woman calling herself Mrs. Ada Deane-Tanner of Monrovia, who | also described herself as the deserted | wife of Dennis Deane-Tanner, the di- rectors’ brother. She said the direc. tor had given her an allowance of 350 a month for the last six years, during which period she had seen him only once, however. Few Facts on His Life. 1 Mrs. Deane-Tanner has two chil She declurcd their father Denars Deane-Tanner, an interior decorator,] deserted her after the birth of the ‘;;I(:]ungeer, M“;';fl’ now thirteen years . Her maiden name w. claziter, n as Brennan, She had little information concern- ing the life of the dead director. She #sserted he had been married, but was divorced; that his former wife lived in New York. She said she thought his father was dead, but believed his! mother was living in London. She said the last check she had re- celved from the director was about January 20, 1922, She came to Mon- rovia nine ‘years ago and six years ago appealed to the director for help, she stated, adding that ever since ho | had sent her a regular allowance, ONCE ENGAGED TO ACTRESS. every said Neva Gerber Says Match Was! Broken Off as Unsuitable. By the Associated Press. ] LOS ANGELES, Calif., February 4.! —Neva Gerber, film actress, who said | she once had been engaged to marry William Desmond Taylor, slain mo- tlon picture director, sald the en-| gagement had been broken off be-. cause they “both believed it an un- suitable match.” “I have never known a finer, bet- | ter man than Mr. Taylor,” said Miss Gerber. “He was the soul of honor, a man of exceptional cuiture, educa- tion and refinement, but possessing erve which very few were per- mitted to penetrate. Had Fights in Klondike. | “So far as I know he did not have | mentioned casually fights he had on his_various trips to the Klondike.; “He had led a most eventful life,! and he told me on one occasion of | being in a village in the far north when it was scourged by smallpox. He went about nursing the inhabit- ants, Including a priest. The priest| fell & victim and Mr. Taylor nursed ' him back to health. Then Mr. Taylor} caught the discase, and after a hard battle the priest nursed him back to_health. o “In spite of this experience, he often longed for the farinorth and he used to talk about it in the rests between scenes in pictures. He told me he had made two fortunes and spentt both of them upon his return from Alaska. Oftea Spoke of Daughter. I “He often spoke of his mother, then in London, and his little daughter. He always termed the latter a ‘child’ and was planning to bring her to Los Angeles. It was my understanding his former wife was living in New ihe went SECRETARY, GEORGE CHRISTIAN, MAKE A PJ AL CAPITAL. N THE STREETS OF THE NATION York merchant, according to this souice. About two years later Tanner sur- prised several old acquaintances by calling at their homes in Los An geles, and is reported to have said be had been aied at night in Lower York., taken aboard a sailing vessel bound around Cape Horn. He said he reached a port on the Pacific north- west coast several months later, went to work for the transcontinen- tal railroad, and subsequently sought! in a mine, after which | employment to Los Angcle: however, is s1id to have shown & reluctance in discussing some por- tions of his adventures, and did not explain why he failed to return to his family and friends. He never was known as Tanner in Los Angeles. Laters Movies in 1013. Tn 1910 he left Las Angeles, and it vas assumed he was going to Drit- ish Columbla to resume railroad work. He had not been successful in the former city. He returned to Los An- Tanner, | geles about 1913, and soon obtained 2 position with a motion picture con- cern at Long Beach. To friends he explained that he had played in theatrical stock companies during his absence from Los Angeles, and this stage experience thcy re- lieve was the foundation of his suc- ¢css in the motion picture jleld. For a year or more he was ¢ ed with the Balboa Film Compan Lonll l;ench. and advanc rectorship in important companies in Hollywood. His life since thea, with his advancement to the forafront as a director, is a matter of scree s screen his. n —_— DRAFT OF TREATY AGREED ON PROVIDING CHINESE TARIFF (Continded from First Page:) equality of treatment and of of portunity for all th ing Bortun| e contracting = ARTICLE VI he principle of uniformity i the rates of customs duties le)\'i:i‘ at all the land and maritime fron- tiers of China is hereby recog- nized. The special conference provided for in article 1I shall make arrangements to give prac- tical effect to this principle; and it is authorized to make equitable adjustments in those cases in which a customs privilege to be “l'l:'(.)li;;l':(i Vf&s lgrflnled in return i local economic advaxn- In the meantime, any inci the rates of customs duties results ing from tariff revision, or any surtax hereafter imposed in pur- suance of the present treaty, shall be levied at a uniform rate ad valorem at all land and m. frontiers of China. ke ARTICLE VII. The charge for transit passes shall be at the rate of 21?’, per :::lg\;m ntz valnr‘em until the ar- ‘ments provided for IIcome finto force. A ARTICLE VIIL Powers not signatory to the present treaty whose governments are at present recognized by the signatory’powers, and whose pres- ent treaties with China_provide _for a tariff on irfiports and exports not to exceed 5 per centum ad valorem, shall be invited to adhere to the present treaty. The government of the United ‘States undertakes to make the necessary communications for this purpose and to inform the gov- ernments of the contracting pow- ers of the replies received. Ad- herence by any power shall be- come cffective on receipt of notice thereof by the government of the United States. ARTICLE IX. ‘The provisions of the present treaty shall override all stipula- tions of ireaties between China and the respective contracting powers which are inconsistent thercwith, other than stipulations according most favored nation treatment. ARTICLE X. The present treaty shall be rati- fled by the contracting powers in accordance Wwith their respective constitutional methods and shall take effect on the date of the de- and | 1 to a di-| PHONE COMPANY HEAD GETS THROUGH DRIFTS BY RIDING IN BOX CAR In fictlon the magnate of Indus- try is pictured as a vell dressed individual who takes in the money and lets George do the work. Creators of novela would have discovered a -’ different type of human being if they could have seen A. E. Berry, president of the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele- phone Company, resorting to a freight train to get to Baltimore a few days ago to direct the af- fairs of his company during the snowstorm, which always means hard work for the telephone sy: tem. Mr. Berry had reached a point between Philadelphia and Balti- more when he found that a box car offered the earllest transportation to the Monumental city. He took it. IPARLEY MOVES SWIFTLY TO CLOSE; CHINESE Continued from First Puge.) the varfous powers represented have agreed with China on tne adoption ot {a treaty relating to customs. ; “In the twentieth century treaties ceased to be compacts between pow- ers,” said Senator Underwood. “If they are to live they must consti- tute understanding between the peo- le.” 5 {P'Ih considering the Chinese tariff treat nator Underwood said it | was “weil to bear in mind the back- i ground of events that placed control {of Chinese¢ customs so largely in the hands of foreign powers.” | #1 - ma; y." Senator Underwood | continued, “that the present system {lras given very great satisfaction in its eficlency and in its fairness to all concerned. In the negotiation of |this treaty there was general and { universal sentiment around the table { that on account of the disturbed con- ditions in China, unsettled govern- ental conditions, that it was de- sirable, if agreeable to China, that {there should be no disturbance at [ this_time of the present customs i system.” Rends Koo Statement. Senator Underwood then read the CRSONAL INSPECTION OF FULL TEXT OF TREATY PROVIDING FOR THE OPEN DOOR IN CHINA shall be fu!ll and frank communi- cation between the contracting Ppowers concerned. ARTICLE VIIIL P : tee of Minister Koo, on behalf of preamerS hot signatory to the |China, declaring that the Chinese ¥, which have gov - hinese ernments recognized by lheg ; government had no desire to disturl { the present administrative system. { “Speaking only for myself” Sen- ator Underwood continued, “and de- {siring that in the not distant future {China may have the opportunity when |there is a parliamentary government natory powers and which have treaty relutions with China, shall be invited to adhere to the present treaty. To this end the govern- ment” of the United States will make the necessary communica- uousvlo non-signatory powers and will inforin the contracting pow- ers of the replies recelved. ~Ad- herence by any power shall be- come effective on receipt of notice thereof by the government of the United States. ARTICLE X. The present treaty shall be ratified by the contracting powers in accordance with their respective tional methods and shall take effect on the dite of the de- posit of all the ratifications, which shall take place at Washington as so0n as possible. The government | of the United States will transmit to the other contracting powers a certified copy of the proces verbal of the deposit of ratifications The present treaty, of which the English and French texts are both !her people, to exercise fuil admin- !istrative functions, I hope the day {may come in the not far distant fu- |ture ‘When China may regulate her {own customs tariff, But for the pres- jent on account of disturbed condi- |be an understanding between China {and the other nations. This agree- iment meets with the approbation of {the representatives of the Chinese . government.” i The audience appluuded roundly. Approved by Conference. After reading the tariff treaty. Sen- ator Underwood concluded: “Adoption of this treaty and putting ability double the existing revenue of {China received from maritime cus- ftoms."” TREATIES ADOPTED | statement to the far eastern commit- | |established in China in’ representing | tions it is manifest that there must | it into effect will in all human prob- | authentic. shall remain deposited in the archives of the government of the United States. and duly certified copies thereof shall be transmitted by that government to the other contracting powers. In faith whereof the above- uamed plenipotentiaries ha gned the present treaty. Done at the city of Washington, the sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty- two. PLAN REFERENCE BOARD. Would Consider Questions o 1 " Articles 3 and 5 of Treaty. By the Axsociated Press. Belgium, the British empire, China, France, Ttaly, Japan, the Nether- lands and Portugal: Desiring to provide a procedure for dealing with questions that may rise in connection with the execution of the provisions of ar- ticles 3 and 5 of the treaty to be signed at Washington on February 6. 1922, with reference to theig gen- eral policy designed to stabilize conditions in the far east, to safe- guard the rights and interests of China and to promote intercourse betwcen China and the other pow- ers upon the basis of equality of opportunity, Resolve that there shall be es- tablished in China a board of ref- erence to which any questions ari ing in connection with the execu. tion of the aforesaid articles may be referred for investigation and report. The special conference provided in_article 2 of the treaty to be signed at Washington on Febru- ary 6, 1922, with reference to the Chinese customs tariff, shall form- ulate for the approval of the pow- the constitution of the board. Related Problems. A compulsory snow-removing bill | and the snow-bound condition of | Washington after the recent storm | are matters which are expected to be discussed at the mee ting of the board of directors of the Washington Board of Trade at the meeting to be held Monday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock. Members of the board. as well as the other civic organizations, feel th.x’ immediate steps should be takeni to prevent repetition of the condi- tions of the last week, when bunlnuu‘ i and transportation in this city were practically at a standstill owing to the heavy snow. A meeting of the school committee of the board has been called by Wijl- liam Washburn, chairman, for Thurs. Minister Sze of China expressed ! China’s appreciation of the work of ; 3 IMANY ADVANTAGES GAINED BY PARLEY Conference Generally Re- garded Success—Future - Course of U. S. Awaited. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Is the Washington conference on armament and far eastern questions |a success? This is the question which is be- | ing asked and answered on every side ;a8 one of the greatest of international conferences comes to an end. Out of the many varying points of | view, several fundamentals stand out jirresp-ctive of the politios, national | or international, which may color the ! impressions of the critics. 1 Japan Held in Check. First, the conference has effectually checked Japan from building a larger {navy than she had. This was im- jportant, because, officials privately iadmit, the American cngress is in an | economy mood which will not pass {oft for many years to come, and the chances are that, agreement or no {agrecment, the battleship program of {1916 never would have been com- i pleted. i Second, Congress can go ahead and {economize now without making the |naval strategists uneasy about Japan. Third, whether a war has actually | been prevented over far eastern ques- tions may be a matter of endless de- bate, but it is generally admitted that a war with Japan has at least been deferred for a long time. Price to U. S. Chen, Fourth, the United States has pur- chased safety from war with Japan at a relatively low price—the scrap- ping of many ships that would have gone out of commission and been use- jless within a few years anyhow. ! Fifth, the far eastern agreements lare not al: that might have been de- |sired. but they represent tne greatest jadvance yet made in the betterment | of relations between Japan and China | This means improved opportunites fof economic growth. Sixth, tte value of the agreements |restricting the use of the subma- irine or poison gas will always be jQuestionable. ' Until there is another lwar, and it is determined whether in- | ternational law can be upheld in the heat of a conflict, no one will know { whether the agreements on these two {points at Washington are worth the {paper they are written on. Until ther \are violated, however, their authors lw“l insist that they will act as a moral barrier. Their power of pre- ;’izr:‘uon will be of indefinite dura- { tion. i The immediate effects of the Wash. jington conference i:: reduced taxati will be negligible. The benefits wili be felt far in the future. How much this factor will be translated into American political campaigning is hard to say. The truth is, the Hard- ing administration promsed a great deal and hoped for much out of the i i i 1 A resolution adopted as a supple- ers concerned a detailed plan for WILL DISCUSS SNOW BILL. ; Board of Trade to Take Up Other {the Underwood committee, but said |armament conference. Land armament ithe proposed arrangement could be !has not been reduced and the adminis- iregarded only as a temporary meas- i tration points to France as the alib, {ure looking to final Chinese autonomy. | for that. The attitude of France has | Without debaze the tariff treaty was: been the single unhappy phase of the ! whole conference. {approved by the conference. The resoluuon' "C?.mmc;?dmg é‘;':" Economic Issue Looms. ter protection” for the inese st- | i {eth Failway, previously adopted in the | ¢ v, Hi% 2177 DANL (b friends of in {far eastern committee, was glven for-/much comfort out of the agreemen ireached at the Washington conf mal conference approval. |ence. They have seen America The committee statements of the hinese and Japanese regarding he i, ;' ine afrairs of China and other na- i tions 5,000 miles away and come ou wenty-one ~ demands. including Japan's abandonment of the famous ., clean hands. {“group five,” were read into the rec-| “'mpov wonder why America cannot do an equally good job by partici- ord by Secretary Hughes. Approve Rallway Resolution. |pating in European problems of an The various delegations gave theireconomic nature, which are even more assent to the resolution concerning ;directly of value to the average Amer- ment to the general far eastern|the Chinese Eastern rallway and a:ican producer and consumer than the | treaty was as folluws: { resolution drawn for powers other | stabilizing of China's finances Wr the The United States of America, |{than China reserving to the con-|management of her railroads or kin- tracting nation a right to insist that|dred rights of a commercial character {cbligations to foreign investors in|to the settlement of which the con- {the railway be fulfilled also was|ference has been giving its time for adopted unanimously. A burst of ap- | many weeks. | plause greeted the anouncement that | ~ Granting that the Washington con- {China and Japan had agreed on a|ference was a success, the next ques- iform of a treaty to settle the Shan- | tion is whether the government here i tung dispute. | will venture to help Europe stabilize i The tedious reading of the long . litself so markets for American goods ing of the American position on the!through an export tradc that would mittee and made public vesterday. | (Cops i ccmmittee vesterday by Ambassador |by the conference in regard to China, statement of the American policy, all | voke any secret “understanding” with | *Secretary Hughes announced the | considered “outside of the comity of i1and. Senator Lodge presented thei nitude of our accomplishments,” Mr. it. Mr. Hughes then reported thedeep anxiety overshadowed the mind of iment presented by tl.e Japanese onj Changed Feeling Seen. Japanese and Chinese statements con- l can be created and the business situ- i cluded, Secretary Hughes began read- | ation in this country improved “twenty-one demands” originally de-|again require factories to reopen and {livered before the far S toni eon: Iapor e employed. 2 Spread on Records. — The statements in the far eastern; Shidehara, by Dr. Wang for the Chi !Mn Balfour solemnly nese and Secretary Hughes' own need not plead ignorance or seek to im were spread on the records without i minor Chinese officials. objection. | “Such a nation. he declared, would be {supplement to the four-power Pacific | nations.” { treaty, ‘excluding the Japanese home- | “If you would really estimate the mag- |supplement, but did not make a | Balfour continued, “cast your eyes back speech, nor was there any vote upon only a few months ago, When a pirit of H 5 iconference actios on the Siberian:every man who contemplated the stat question, reading the long state- | of public feeling in the Pacific aren. . that subject on January 24. It previ-{ ously had been mad: public, and | “Although the world was still bleed- | pledges Japan to respect the terri-iNg from the wounds of war ® o e !'torial integrity of ‘Russia, and to|men talked glibly about naval wars a jwithdraw her troops from Siberia as, OUr great maritime powers feit A |soon as conditions will pérmit. jwere almost committed to the fatal Plunges Into Siberfan View. iTivalry of shipbuilding, a standing men- Hurrying through the statement in a reading clerk's monotone, Mr. Hughes plunged next into the Amer- ican declaration of view on Siberi also made public several days a The hour of noon passed, and some of the visitors began to file out. That concluded the far eastern work of the conference, and then Elihu Root presented the resolution ‘author- izing another conference to revice the ! rules of warfare. i Submarine Insue Clowed. , | | ace to its peace.” Such a feeling, Mr. Balfour con- tinued, existed within the last year. He emphasized he was not_ talking about ancient history and added: “May we not see in the changed feeling of men that already the work of this conference has produced its beneficent results; that already & feeling, a mutual feeling, of fear has given way to a feeling of a very differnt character?” New Era Over World. The decisions of the conference, Mr. ing as ever. Premier Craig made it|nounced today. clear to me in the interview Thursday regarding himszelf having been trick- ed by the British statesman: “I made it plain to him that I ap- preciated his feeling on this point. 'and made it equally plain that on the question of boundaries there was no getting away from the written words of the treaty on the plain interpreta- tion of which I had taken my stand.” MRS. MANSFIELD BURIED. Mother-in-Law of R. P. Andrews Passes Away. Mrs. Mary Mansfield, widow of John Mansfield, civil war veteran, died yes- terday at the residence of her son-in- law, R. P. Andrews, 1642 R street. She had been in ill health for the past two years and grew worse following the death of her daughter, Mrs. R. P. Andrews, last August. Mrs. Mansfield was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, seventy-three yvears ago. She has been a resident of this city for the past thirty years. She was a member of Grace Episcopal Church. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the resi- dence. Interment will be in Fort Lin- coln cemetery. She leaves no imme- diate relatives. Mr. Andrews is devised a lot at 17th and R streets northwest by the will of Mrs. Mansfield. His late wife, Mrs. W. Bertha Andrews, who has died since the will was made, is given the property at 1503 28th street with its contents. She is also to receive $10,000 from her husband for stock in the R. P, Andrews Company belonging to her mother’s estate .and which 1s be- queathed to the husband X5 Maj. Bessen said he has spent the last few days making tours of in- ispection, and that he found the street surfacel might be supposed from the use of heavy chains on motor trucks. —_— | Mrs. Emily A. Frisbie Prominent in ! Church Work. Mrs. Emily A. Frisbie, wife of Abram B. Frisbie, died yesterday morning at her residence, 2105 13th street south- east. Death was caused by heart dis- ease. Mrs. Frisbie, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Schoolcraft, was born in New York state, March 10, 1853. She was married November 22, 1871, .at Estherville, Iowa. She came here July, 1882, and has been a continuous resident ever since. She was past president of John A. Logan Relief Corps, past president of the Ladies' Guild of Emmanuel P. E Church, Anacostia, and member of the Daugiters of the King. She has always been active in church and charitable work, both here and in Towa. Mr. and Mrs. Frisbie celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last No- vember, when members of the family and a few intimate friends gathecred for a reunion. Funeral services will be held Mon- day morning at 10 o'clock at Emmanuel Church. Interment will be in Arlington cemetery., Surviving her are her husband, five children, Charles M., Clark A., Ldward R., Ralph A. and Florence E. Frisbie; three grandchildren, Mrs. Elsle Fisher, Marian Frisbie and Emily A. Frisbie. | divorced, for, {to marry him. We wer were not cut as badly as| R LR i not an enemy in the world. York. 1 always assumed he was had he not been, he would not, I believe, have asked me tome time, but broke off the match two vears ago when he concluded we were not suited to each other. “This terrible affair is all the more mysterious because it was a common saying among the studios and in Hol- lywood generally that Mr. Taylor had “He may have made an enémy in the past who nursed a grudge through | the years which finally resulted in his murder, but he never gave the slight- est indication to me of having any foe. EKNOWN AS DEANE-TANNER. Murdered Motion Picture Director Had Varied Career. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 4.—Chapters in the life of Willlam Desmond Taylor, mo- tion picture director, who was slain in Los Angeles Wednesday night, were described here today by friends. Prior to 1908, as William Deane-Tan- ner, an art connoisseur, Taylor was manager for a prominent New York firm of art and antique -furniture deal- ers, and had a wide circle of friends, it was said. In 1901, he secretly married Mise Ethel May Harrison, a member of the original Florodora Company, and they had a child, Ethel, now fourteen: years old, according to Chicago friends. Tn 1908 he suddenly disappeared in mys- terious fashion and his wife was unable to give any clue to his whereabouts or to assign any reason for his action, and several years later obtained a divorce and since has married a prominent New i } posit of all the ratifications, which |day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Attached to the Root resolution was | Baifour asserted; would produce & a stipulation that the new conference ' “new area” over the entire world. shall not review the submarine and |egpecially over that part in which the poison gas treaty already signed.,the great maritime powers are deep- With this reservation the resolution ily concerned. shall take place at Washington as soon as possible. The govern- ment of the United States will transmit to the other contracting powors a certified copy of the pro- ces-verbal of the deposit of ratifi- cations. The present treaty, of which the English and French texts are koth authentic, shall remain deposited in the archives of the government of the United States, and duly cer- tificd copies thereof shall be trans- mitted by that government to the other contracting powers. In faith whereof the above-named plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty. Done at the city of Washington the sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty- two. PRESIDENT WAIVES RULE. Nominates Marion Man as Post- master Without Examination. President Harding, according to an executive order made public today, waived in the case of French Crow of Marion, Ohio, the requirement that a candidate for a presidential post- mastership shall take a civil service | examination. Mr. Crow’s nomination was_sent to the Senate recently for confirmation. WILL UNDERGO TREATMENT. Lieut. Col. Hjalmer Erickson, Field Artillery; M Corps, and 3 observation and treatment E. F. Thode, Medical 12 ave bee S ordbred o Walter infantry, have en orde: o T Reod General Hospital, this city, for | $275,000. ‘The meeting of committee chairmen, which was postponed from last Mon- day on account of the Knickerbocker Theater disaster. will be held the coming Monday at 1:30 o'clock. The membership committee. with Chair- man Farquhar presiding, will hola its weekly meeting Tuesday at 12:40 o'clock. | TAKES UP BALL RENT ACT. Subcommittee in Senate Fails to Reach Agreement. After a lengthy session consider- ing the proposed extension of the 0- called Ball rent act, the subcommit- tee of the Senate District committee adjourned yesterday without reach- ing any agreement. Senator Ball, chairman of the District committee and author of the original act, is also chairman of the subcommittee, the other members of which®are Senators Jones of Washington, King of Utah and Pomerene of Ohio, the latter au- thor of the extension resolution now under consideration. The subcommittee, it is understood, is considering several amendments looking to strengthening the present law so as to prevent delays in the local courts. RECEIVER GETS OLD BANK. LAS CRUCES. N. M., February 4.— The Bowman Bank and Trust Com- pany of Las Cruces, capitalized at $100,000, closed yesterday and is in the hands ofkthedl :t‘.b.l::ll:dm'b“om e bank’s deposits i 1t is pgho oldest bank In southern New Mexico. . | | | l A was adopted without debate. The conference then went back temporarily to the Siberian question, { Mr. Hughes stating that one phase of | the question inadvertently had been omitted. The conference also adopted a reso- lution relating to the five-power naval treaty binding the signatories “not to scll_any ships between this date and ratification of the treaty” when such | sale would be a breach of treaty pro- | visions. Balfour Takes Floor. The calendar of the conference was finished at 12:35, and Arthur J. Bal- four, heading the British delegation, | took the floor. i “Exactly twelve weeks ago,” said | Mr. Balfour, “the President of the United States, in an eloquent speech, in which he inaugurated our meet- ings, asked us to approach our labors with full consciousness that we were working for the welfare of mankind. “Looking back over that twelve weeks, 1 think we may say, without undue self-esteem, that the advice so nobly tendered * ¢ *has been taken and we have had a consciousness that we were working in the service of mankind.” Mr. Balfour said he could well be- lieve that the mass of treaties, reso { | “The center of our troubles had been the peculiar problems that kave arisen in regard to China during the past quarter pf a century,” said Mr. Baifour. e relations between . China and foreign powers, and even more the relations between forelgn powers on acccint of China, has caused epdless anxiety among states- men_of the world.” 4 Adding, however, that he was n6t certain that anxiety in regard to China was at an end, Mr. Balfour sald it was difficult to apply to China “recent schemes of a polftical sort,” which can be eiectively applied to western nations. 2 China Must Work Out Changes. Mr. Balfour contended that China must work out her own chauges “in accordance with the changes of a changing world.” 2 1l we can do Is to help her’ he declared. “She can gain little from our ndvif{e and in the end must rely herself. “"Mr. Balfour asserted that he be- lieved that the “greatest step” had been taken by the conference, under the leadership of the Unjted States, in ironing out difficulties arising from the Chinese situation. In the future. he declared, it should not be neces- Jutiens and statements might cause |sary for any nation to go behind the “amaze” and confusion in the mind. Moral Questions Met. “Yet I think,” he ldflkedv “that ltlhol engaged in the work, as wel th:nac who will have the opportunity to calmly consider it, will see tha in spite of the fact that we have traveled all over the whole globe, seemingly considering trifiing details, the great moral questions have been met.’ Any nation which in the future sought. to transgress the principles laid down 1 | present conference for rules of con- duct in regard to the far east. Chinese Problem st Roet. Discussing possibjlities of war. the British statesman was of the opinion that the Chinese problem constituted the root of the question. He'also stressed the quadruple Pacific treaty and the agreements relative to diminu- uilding of war cr: = nected” agreements that would work toward the prevention of another w: N e