Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorfow; colder tomorrow. Lowest tei night about freesing. for twenty-four hours p.m. today: Highest, 48, ‘day; lowest, 35, at 6 a.m, Full report on page 7. Closing New York Stocks, Page 19. T re Yo mpegature ended ‘at 2 at 2 p.m. No- today. it enin Lhen 0 : fhar credited to it Al righ Member -of the The Associated Press is exel the use for republication of alt vews dispatehes ted Press ively entitle¢ to or mot otherwise credited in this ts of publication of special paper ang also the local news published berein. r dispatehes herein are also reserved. Saturday’s Net Circulation, 91,676 Sunday’s Net * Circulation, 94,475 No. 28407. Entered as second-class 1 Jost office Washington, B, & . WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1922—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. > CARDINAL RATT, MLAN PRELATE 5 FLECTED POPE Wisp of.Smoke at 11:33 0’Clock Announces Selec- tion of Church Head. N "CONNELL ARIVES, HOUR AFTER ANNOUWCEMENT A £5 As in 1914, Amsrican Cardinal Reaches Rome Too Late—Report States U. S. Prelate Cabled ’ for Delay. % 2 hazard to enter, but here was a By the Associated"Press. new and presumably up-to-date the- ROME, February 6. — Cardinal|ater, beautiful in its appointments Achille RatZi, Archbishop of Milgn, and apparently safe from fire and was proclafmed elected Pope in suc-{ Other hazards. The case Is so un- cession to the late Benedict XV this|usual and so appalling that the morning, Naving received 38 votes, ac- | Writer came from Chicago and has cording to a report. spent several days investigating the He hes taken the name of Pius XL The thousands waiting in front of St. Peter's for the wisp of smoke which would tell of the election of a new Pope or the failure of the sa- cred college to reach a decision gave a mighty stout at 11:33 o'clock when & thin wisp of smoke came from the chimney leading from the Sistine Chapel. 1t was then known that the Catholic Church had once more a duly elected pontiff. Cardinal O'Connell, Archibishop of Boston, arrived in Rome at 12:40 o'clock this afternoon, an hour after the new Pope had been elected. As soon as the two-thirds vote for Cardinal Ratti had been verified Car- dinal Vannutelli, as dean of the sa- cred college, arose and proceeded to the throne of the chosen one, ac- companied on either side by Cardi- nals Logue and Bisfieti. respectively. ! deans of the cardinal priests and the cardinal deacons. He was asked in latin by Cardinal Vannutelli, in ae- cordance with custom, if he accepted the election to be supreme pontiff, and the new Pope answered with the formal: “Since it is the will of God, I must obey.” ‘Takes Name of Plus XI. Then the purple canopies over the thrones of the cardinals were let down, one by one, until only that over the new pontiff remained. This was done to.show that the whole sacred college rendered. obeisance io the new head of the thurch. Dean Vannutellivthereupon asked the new incumbent what name he chose to take during his pontificate, and upon |, his reply, “Pius XI* Mgr. Sincero. secretary. of thes conclave, verified his_election to the papal “chair. The new Pope was then escorted to the anteroom within the Sistein Chapel, where he discarded his car- dinal's robes, assisted by the con- clavists, and the papal vestments, which had been held in readiness since the opening of the conclave, were placed upon them. These in- cluded the white cassock, white sash, white stockings, red slippers, a red and gold mozzetta and finally the stole of red, worked with gold. The pontiff, fully vested in the papal garb and accompanied by his cardinals, thereupon returned to the throne he had occupied in the Sis- tine Chapel. There the cardinals, according to their rank, and headed by Vannutelli, made their first act of adoration to his h ess, kissing first his feet and then hands, after which the Pope received them in embrace and be- stowed upon them his first apostolic benediction. The “Fisherman’s ring” was placed on his finger and he left the chapel, the whole assembly wending its way through the Sala Ducals and the Sala Regia, along the loggias to the Sala Clementina, the Pope’s official resi- dence. All along the way he re- ceived the homage of the attaches who served during the conclave. Announced to Crowd. Meanwhile the dean of the cardinal deacons, Bisleti, followed by several cardinals, repaired to the central bal- cony of St. Peter's, from which the elections of scores of Popes have been officially proclaimed to the world, and solemnly’ announced to the great crowd awaiting expectantly below: “I announce to your great joy the election of the pontiff.” - This confirmed to the throngs in Peter's Square the -election, which had been indicated by the thin stream of white smoke which came from the metal stove pipe projecting from the roof of the Sistine Chapel when the voting papers of the final ballot were ‘burned. < Meanwhile Pope Pius XI, after waiting for some moments in the Clementine hall, had left for St. Peter’s, accompanied by the members of the sacred college. Arriving at the balcony at the entrance inside the cathedral he raised his hand and be- stowed upon the muititude his first public benediction. He then returned to the Vatican, where, although reigning, the Popes have remained virtual prisoners until their deaths. Reports were curreat last night that a new Pope had been chosen, but that out of deference for America, the anhouncement would be deferred until the arrival of Cardinal O'Con- nell of Boston, this morning. ‘Wished& Presence of U. S. Prelate. Cardinals with whom the Associ- ated Press correspondent spoke be- fore the conclave began, unanimously expressed a desire that an American member of the cardinalate should reach the Vatican in time to partici- pate Iin the solemnities at the an- nouncement of the election of the new pontiff. This, they said, aros partly from the wish that the United States should be represented, and also from a desire to compensate Cardinal O'Connell personally for his disap- pointment in 1914, when he. reached Rome a few hours after Benedict was es and dignitaries of the church were openly discussing last night a report that Cardihal 0°Con- nell, before lekving America, had bled his desire (some went even so far as to say an ultimatum) that America be represented in the con-| at clave. It was sald there were some financial matters to be arranged, and | that Cardinal O’Connell bore a mes- FINDS ELE OF ENGINEERING SLIGHTED 'Investigation at Knickerbocke’ri Insufficient Supports, Ineffective Splic- ing and Inadequate Base Connections. BY THEODORE L. CONDRON, C. E. Written for The Evening Star. (Tn reading thin article refer to drawings on page 4.) Disasters due to fire, flood or wind are somewhat common occurrences. Even earthquakes and explosions bring frequent dismay to people, but | when a disaster such as the collapse of the roof of this popular theater occurs, with no more apparent cause than an unusual fall of snow, the Ppublic stands aghast and demands an explanation. Had the building been old and di- lapidated it might have been deemed wreck in order to learn, if possible, whether any accepted practices or principles of engineering had proved unsound. In his investigation he has been afforded every facility by the District officials. This Inventigation has shown him '“ncl-ll'fly that “accepted practices and principles of engineering” are elomentary engineering d principlen has led to the mont ctices aisaster. Simply the making of stress dia- grams and selecting steel sections from a manufacturer's handbook do not constitute engineering. Every building or other structure, called upon to carry loads and for which computations of stresses are neces- sary, is an engineering problem. Where long span roofs or floors are isupported over the heads of or un- der the feet of crowds of human be- ings, the problem involved calis for engineering knowledge and experi INQUESTTONORRON ONTHEATER I Auttmritiéé Fi_qish Pren;ana\-1 tions . for. Knickerbocker - | Tragedy Investigation. | With the stage set for the actual| beginning of the first formal investi- gation, which is expected to furnish evidence pointing to a cause for the collapse of the roof of the Knicker- bocker Theatyr a week from last Saturday, District authorities today were putting the finishing touches on the case as submitted to them for pre- sentment of evidence at the coroner’s inquest, which opens in the board| room of the District Building tomor- row at 10 o'clock. Coroner Nevitt was in conference today with District Attorney Peyton | | Gordon, developing evidence expected | to be brought out at the inquest to- morfow. It was announced at the| flice of the United States attorney at the report submitied by a joi board of inquiry composed of Arm and Navy engineers, completed Sat- urday afternoon, will be presented at the inquest, ‘provided Coroner Ne- vitt desires it. Building Inspector’s Report. The District Commissioners will have before-theém tomorrow morning the findings of Building Inspector Healy on the fall of the roof of the theater. . Col. Keller, Engineer Commissioner, said today the report is expected late today or tomorrow, and in the mean- time the city fathers are marking time. If the Commissioners attend the in- quest tomorrow it will only be as private individuals. They have not| indicated their ‘intention of being there as a board of Commissioners Detectives Mullen and Pratt, work- ing under the direction of Coroner Nevitt, today are questioning ad tional witnesses whose names were submitted by persons asserting they were able to shed light on the col- lapse. In more than one instance, it is stated, Information came that certain persons connected with the work of constructing the’ building had had misunderstandings which put them in a mgod to say things prejudicial to the manner of construction. William Carpenter, 491 H street southwest, who served as foreman of ironworkers on the building, was not unsound, but that the meglect of | NTARY RULES / Discloses ence of the highest order. Too often it is only the exterior and interior |appearances and the conveniences of {a building that receive the considera- |tion of o®ners and investors, the! | hidden framework being neglected by ! those most vitally concerned. | Thix thenter I a startling example | | of how interior decoration and ex- | terior beauty concenled faulty con- struction and gnve a false sense of | mafety and security to thousands of patrons. Draws Several Sketches. The most striking examples of the | neglect, of accepted engineering prac- tice that the writer has observed seem worthy of calling to the atten- tion of non-professional people in or- der that the lesson taught by this calamity may sink into the minds of those not trained as engineers. En- gineering is a sclence, but its funda- {mental principles are so simple and {so essential to all that a wider un- | derstanding of these principles should Ibe in the minds of every one. How- | ever, the application of these princi- ples must be intrusted to men care- | fully trained and experieneed and not | !left to incompetent practitioners, | In order to present certain observed | | t pINOE Axo MBSV e TS SEEK T0 PREVENT * SPIT ON ULSTER British and Irish Representa- | facts in such a way as to make them | more readily understood by the read- | ers of this paper the writer has made several sketches which. he believes, jcan be followed even by those quite| | unfamiliar with construction plans. Figure 1 is a diagram of the steel members in the roof of the theater, forming the framework that sup-! ported the thin reinforced concrete | iroof stab. The slab was evidently! strong enough to carry the roof load | and the weight of two feet of snow. | Even if it had not been strong enough | nothing more serious than a general (Continued on Fourth Page.) HUNT FLEEING MAN INTAYLOR MYSTERY Jealousy Theory™Again Pur- sued in Murder of Film | 1u coneronce fastea an nour ana Director' }a balf. The.official statement regard- . |ing the meeting read as follows: By the Associated Press, | “A meeting was held at No. 10 Down- LOS ANGELES, Calif., February §.! "8 street today between British and —Jealousy, police and private detec-| }TISh Tepresentativesto agree upon tives, reported today, has dlrecledi"" D"’N‘“r‘e“ror. giving the treaty York man, formerly engaged to one Minister Lioyd George, Austen Cham- of the beautiful stars of filmdom in | Periain (government leader in the connection with the shooting last | i “tsecretary. for. the colonica)s Sir Wednesday night of William Des- | Hamar Greenwood (chiet secrétary mond Taylor. i for Treland), Sir ‘Gordon Hewart (the This suspect was reported today to | *iian rosresentatives—Arthur Grit- have checked out of a hotel here on|fith., Michael Coliins, Kamon J. Dux- the day of the murder and left the | §an, 3%} minister of home aftavre): city the following afternoon. He is:nomic _affairs), ~Hugh Kennedy, believed by investigators to have Thomas Jongs and Lionel Owrtis." headed for San Diego and possibly Feeling of Optimism. crossed the border into Mexico. H n name is witl held by the police. When the conferec ! remarked that the Irish_representatives The actress to whom the suspect was at’one time engaged, according (Continued oni Page 2 Column 3.) to investigators, was a close friend of the slain director and in this friendship, investigators say. they see a possible motive of jealousy, which would lead to the murder. Nightgown in Case. Letters written by Mabel Normand to Taylor, reported missing following the murder, and evidence concerning the presence for six months, at least, of a woman's pink silk nightgown in the Taylor bachelor apartment to- day added interest to the case. Investigators were reluctant to dis- cuss the woman's nightgown. Henry| I'eavy, Taylor's negro houseman, told | of its presence in the house until the night of the murder. Where it is now is a police mystery. They will not discuss it, but reports are that it disappeared with the leters. The early hours today found deptuy sheriffs, municipal detectives and of- ficials of the motion picture com- pany by which Taylor was employed gathered In the dead director’s apart- ment, agafn sorting over his letters and documents, seeking for an elusive something, overlooked before, that might set them straight upon the trail of his slayer. This comparative setback followed a day-and night of unusual activities in search for a solution to the enigma. Boundary Dispute. By the-Assoclated Press. LONDON, February 6.—Negotiations on. the Irish situation arising from the boundaries question and other points in the Anglo-Irish treaty were resumed today ‘at Premlier Lloyd George's ~ official residence. Arthur Michael Coilins, head of: the' provi- sional gavernment,. and_ather Trish leaders.’ met;, Mg, - Lid¥ orge A other fiem&.fi'& representatives on te€ of thefedbinet. 3o Ofielal Statement Given Out. the, Trisl -commit- { !. i mentioned as one who might tell an interesting story. He was question- | ed by the detectives and his story was contained in a declaration that | the ironwork on the building was jdone in striet accordance with the | specifications. i Twenty-Four Summpned. H Twenty-four witnesses already | have been summoned to appear at the inquest tomorrow. They prob- ably will be directed to appear from day to day until they have ‘given their testimony. Three witnesses summoned - today were Ralph J. Frankhauser, builder, 3632 11th street; John E. Dennison, jronworker, 1257 4G6th street, and. R L. Davis, employed in the but Y lngocv.or‘: offce, % -ankhauser has made ‘a examination of the condition of damaged building, it is stated, dn will Appesr as a witness ln%,rolc of expert. Davis is expected®to give similar. testimony. £ 2 Dennfson worked on the building at his trade. He Is expected to give testimony to indicate that some of|{ the work was not what it gshould have . been. Detectives were unable to lo-{ cate him today to get his statement and it- was necessary for them to leave the summons &t his home. Detegtives Pyatt and Muilen will the hearing each daiv and be ed to make additional investi- hich: hflpmpzlad by tum:an .-m ' hours Several Jailed. Last night the word went forth' that. an unnamed inotion picture actor had | been taken to the county 'Jail; for | quesiioning as a “susgeer wgd. that | h s connection with the cu¥g@As con- | sidered so importaniithat he hanl been hustied from the motiox Blcture “lot” where the was at work with such speed that he had not the time to re- move the make-up from his ‘face. At the same time two other motion pic- ture employes, one a camera man, also were taken to jail as possible material witnesses. : ‘These actions resulted from a report he actor’s automobile, a . dis- rder. \ actor was questioned for tw. and then, stfil unable, it was | stated, to tell definitely where he was at the time Taylor was killed, was hurried to the dead man’s apartment for a re-enactment of the crime Bs the officers had reconstructed it. h But residents of the same bungalow court, who previously had given state- ments that they had seen a man skulking about the Taylor home the night. he was killed, were unable to. ldgntl(f the actor as that man. He: ‘was released, but with instruetions to keep in touch with the officers. - The m:& taken as possible material wit- nesses also, were given- their freedom again. A e Cardinal Achiile pal nuncio in Pol: tunctions “when “the’ because of thi; 16, 1921, years h Later the esteern of Polish Caf dren orphaned by. the. - Cardizal Rat oqpter, tives Confer in London Over ‘ dispersed it was | Griffith, president of the dail eluinn; d ps | | t « POPE PIUS XL - FORMERLY CARDINAL RATTI'OF MILAN. . tti, Archbishop of: Milan, was for several years where his. discharge olish question b esteem of Benedict.XV and the gratitude of Vatican authorities. It was rvice that the red hat was conferred upon him on'June hen & similar honor was bestowed on Ca: £ Clrdlnll Ratti was born in Desio, Italy, bn March 31, 1857. For many brarian-of the Ambrosia; he became librarian _of the’ Vatican. In. this position he remained until the new republic of- Poland established official diplomatic refattoriy with the Vatican, at which time Ratti was appointed archbishi wssigned to Poland as the representative of the Holy see. - ::t“ ‘gomlit;’ :h“ then tox"nt |vma the ud‘tnnh‘emmh from religion. brou, out by the communistic propagans om ishop ‘Ratel. counteracted the spread.of radicall olics by his efforts in, behalf of destitits ‘chil- |ENTIRE BRITISH STAFF AT POST IN INDIA KILLED AND BURNED BY REBELS By the Associated Press. < LONDON, February 6.—A mob “of 2,000 Indian” nationaliet "volun- teers and villagers attacked the police offices at Chauri on Febru- ary 4 and killed the entire staff of officers, the watchman and eight armed police who were sent as re- inforcements, says a telegram re- ceived by the India office here to- day from the British commissioner . at Gorakpur, in the northeast sec: tion of the United provinces. The police offices were burned and the bodies of those killed were stripped and burned, says the tel- egram. Two of the. yolunteers were killed and several wounded. Chaurj-Chauri .is fifteen miles southwest of Gorakplr. on . the Bengal Northwestern railway. The intervening ' _country contains largely a-jungle. population. tirely Hindu.and extremely-fanat- - jcal. The: pafiwaysi~was cut, but has.since restored... - -The office -‘commun! tuation se! A mubsequent message gavé the - pumber of police ofictals killed as. seventeen — two - subirispéctora” of police and ffteen. constables. .. Outhreak at Barelily. Another outbreak also occurred February 4 at Barellly, the chief town of a division in the middle united provinces. Volunteers to the number of 5,000 formed a proces- sion there, but were dispersed. The crowd rallied at the town hall, and the police seized the local congress office_and tore down and burned the flags. Later the crowd was reinforced and attempted to seize the town hall. The police charged the mob, but their force was insuf- ficient, the reports state, to hold the: situation by ordinary means. and the district magistrate ordered the police to fire. Two persons were kiiled and five others wound- cdsand the attack was repelled. The district magistrate and the superintendent. of police. were wounded. The situation at Bareilly is now in hand, the message states, and the aity is in possession of the The commissioner in re- & said the firing by the po- lice was justified. Six persons were arrested. ELECTED TO HEAD OF CATHOLIC CHURCH. * ° important ecclesiastical the acute earned: for him the irdinal Laurenti. - ibrary and archives at Milan. 0p, and was U .and lOV‘G{l Rugsia sm. -He mlso:won en- | bach reclaesification measure was re- \ SENATE GETS BLL- ON RECLASSIFYING Report Amendnients Increas- | ing Pay of Scientific and Professional Services. With amendments increasing the Pay of the scientific and professional services of the government, and mak- | ing the Civil- Service Commission the classifying agency instead of the bu- reau of the budget, the Sterling-Lehl- ! | i { | ported to the Senate this afternoon trom ihe'Senate committte on clvil | L gérvice by Senator Steriing, ' phlh-i nan. . Ia ARk 2hermensure, Sen- ator Sterlingsald that he ‘planned| to’present to the Senate a lengthy) 18-’ porttemarrow ‘whick would fully ‘ex-. plain the ensdpphi sesiain § 1l He susgested that the measube now should go to thé commiftee on sp- propriations for'a report on the sal- ary schedules only. He expressed the | hope to the Senate that the appro- priations committee would speedily | consider the bill and repprt it back | to the Senate promptly. where he | hoped to get prompt consideration | of it. {'The bill was ordered to the | appropriations committee following | the suggestion of Senator Sterling. | Commission Designated. The Senate ‘amendment provides that the - Civil .Service Commission shall be the classifying agency. but requires consultation.with the heads| of the departments. The House; measure made the heads of depart-; { ments allocate ‘the employes to vari- {ous ‘positions subject to review and| revision by the bureau of the budget. | Another amendment placed in the | measure by the Senate committee requires the budget bureau to study | the whole question of governmental | employe with reference to the num- | ber and -qualifications required to en- able the several departments to per- form their functions under the law. It is also made the duty of the budget bureay to study the question | with reference to the cost of living and also determine any readjust- ments which might be found advis- able. This information, when ob- tained, must be reported to Congress by the budget bureau, with recom- mendations for any needed changes. Pay Schedules Accepted. The compensation schodules, as ap- | proved in the House measure. are generally accepted by the Senate| committee and approved by it. How- ! ever, the Senate committee raised the ' salaries for the professional and scientific services to a point some- what higher than those contained in the House bill and as reported to the’ Senate are in accord with the orig- inal bill introduced by Senator Sier- ling on the subject. The Senate com- | mittee restored that part of the bill stricken_out by the House clsssify- ing the skilled 'and common laborer ces, - + ¢ s ‘The Senate provision provides um‘ these employes shal] be-pajd.in accord. | ance with ‘the ‘prevailing practices. These Prevailing, practices are. to be de- termined’ by agreement between _the head of the départments concerned and a representative of the class affected. In case they failed ‘to agrve or their recommendations are not approved, the'| compensation is to be determined by the bureau of the budget-on consulta- mc:u:: t.h:’ dvll‘sgr\'k':‘e Commission, | s cajled® throughout. the bili the classitying agency. BROTHERHOOD COUNCIL FAVORS: JOINT ACTION By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February ‘6.—Unani- mous approval of the proposed liance b¢tween - the United Mlne! Workers' of. America and the sixteen! standard railroad sinfons of the coun- ! | try was voted here at meetings of the | 8°CP New ‘York- District Council of the|today means that this statue will be United ' Brotherhiood of Maintenance { of ‘Way Employes and Railroad shop Laborers and ihe New York bor Coungil -of ‘the ‘Brotherhood of Rail- way_and Steamship Clerks, Freight ’ulun:im Express and Station Em- 'l’hcu o istions, ‘representin) t»mlmv'g?xn.m Toairosd work: l’l»r'i:!h‘» litan district, un- qu % that. “the:inter- Car it the : in: their ‘about._the _obstacles, e -m-fiff row ¢ that bWere 1 TWO CENTS. SPEECH OF PRESIDENT IN CLOSING SESSIONS OF ARMS CONFERENCE The text of the President’s address follows: Mr. Conference: Nearly three months ago it was my privilege to utter to you sin- cerest words of welcome to the Capital of our republic, to suggest the spirit in which vou were in- vited, and to intimate the atmos- phere in which you Wwere asked to confer. In a very general way, perhaps, 1 ventured to express a hope for the things toward which our aspirations led us. Today it is my greater privilege, and an even greater pleasure, to come to make acknowledgement. it is one of the supreme compensations of life to contemplate a worth- while accomplishment. It cannot be other than seemly for me, as the only chief of gov- ernment so circumstanced as to be able to address the conference, to speak congratulations, and to of- fer the thanks of our nation, our people; perhaps I dare volunteer to utter them for the world. My own gratification is beyond my capac- ity to express Truly Great Achievement. This conference has wrought a truly great achievement. It is hazardous sometimes to speak in saperlatives, and 1 will be re- strained. But 1 will say, with every confidence, that the faith plighted here toddy, kept in national honor, will mark ‘the beginning of a new and better epoch in human prog- ress. Stripped to the simplest fact, what is the spectacle which has inspired a new hope for the world? Gathered about this table nine great nations of the earth— not all, to be sure, but those most directly concerned with the prob- lems at hand—have met and have conferred on questions of great import and common concern, on problems menacing their peaceful relationship, on burdens threatening a common peril. In the revealing light of the public opinion of the world, without surrender of sov- ereignty, without impaired na- tionality or affronted national pride, a solution has been found in unanimity, and today’s adjourn- ment_is marked by rejoicing in the things accomplished. If the world has hungered for mew as- surance it may feast at the ban- quet which the conference has spread. Americans Are Gratified. T am cur® the people of the United States are sypremely grati- fied, and yet there is scant ap: preciation how marvelously you Afave wrought, When the davs ‘ware and . ements were ed, there” were within and hindrances sU 10 realize was a conference of =ov- wers where only unani- ment - could be made the rul ajorities could not de- cide without impinging mational rights. There were no victors to command, no vanquished to vield. All had voluntarily to agree in translating thé.conscience of our civilization and give concrete ex- pression to world opinion. And vou have agreed. in spite of all difficulties, and the agree- meits are proclaimed to the world. No new standards of national hopor have been sought, but the indjotments of national dishonor Jave been drawn, and the world is ready to proclaim the odious- ness of perfidy or infamy. 1t is not pretended that the pur- suit of peace and the limitations of armament are new conceits, or that the conference is a new concep- tion either in settlement of war or in writing the conscience of inter- national relationship. Indeed. it is not new to have met in the realization of War's supreme pen- alties. The Hague conventions are examples of the one; t con[er- ence of Vienna. of Rerlin. of Ver- sailles are outhtapding instances of the other. ~/ Hague Conventions Lost. The Hague conventions were de- feated. by the antagonism of onc strong power whose indisposition to co-operate and sustain led it to one of the supreme tragedies which have come to national emil- nence. Vienna and Berlin sought peace founded on the injustices of war and sowed the seed of future conflict, and hatred was armed Where confidence was stifled. Itis fair to say that human prog- ress, the grown intimacy of inter- national relationship, ~ developed communication and transportation, Sttended by a directing world opinion, have set the stage more favorably here. You have met in that caim deliberation and that determined resolution which have made a just peace. in_righteous re- lationship. its own best guaranty. 1t _has been the forutme of this conference to sit in a day far enough removed from war's bitter- ness, yet 'near enough to war’ horrors, to gain the benefit of botl the hatred of war and the vearn- ing for peace. Too often, hereto- fore, the decades following such: gatherings have been marked by the dificult undoing of :their de- cisions. But your achievement supreme. because no- seed of con- fiict has been sown, no reactiori in HOUSE ACTS FAVORABLY Meridian Hill Park to Be Re- Erected on Permanent Site. . The House today passed the bil favorably Gould froi public ground-in sége of legislation providing for i promptly re-erected upon a perma nent pedestal, Owing to objection by Repce, tive Meyer London of New 13 only socialist in Congress, *he ou refused unanimous consent today suc the passage of legislation favorably reported by the House lil mitées, which has already Senate, authdrizing th brary. co Chairman and Members of the 'ON DANTE MEMORIAL i ), Statue Now Placed on Pedestal in | réported by Chairman the committee on the Li- brary, which passed the Senate in August last, providing a site upon e city of Washing- ton. for the erection of & statue.of Dante. The statue of Dante, as pro- vided for by this resplution, was dedi- cated” some time ago and s now standing on a temporary pedestal in Meridian Hill Park, pending the pas- (ance. The Action by the House the e erection on und _in the District of Co- President Sees New Era in History of World. SURE RESULTS WILL {ENCIRCLE THE GLOBE lBrillianl Assemblage at Most Impressive . Ceremonies. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Washington conference closed today. The nine powers assembled, through their accredjted representa- tives, signed the treaties looking to limitation of armament and to the eradication of war spots in the far east. President Harding, addressing the brilliant assemblage. predicted that this great international gathering had signalized the beginning of a {new era of understanding—a new era in which preparedness for war { would be secondary to moral pre- | paredness for peace. “If the world has hungered for new assurance it may feast at the ban- quet which the conference has spread,” the President said. and jagain, later: “The torches of under- Islunding have been lighted. and they ought to glow and encirclc the globe.” | Closing Sceme Impressive. The final scene of the conference— 1as the opening—was laid in beautiful i Memorial Gontinental Hall. It was at once impressive and simple. The as- sembly hall was filled with high of- ficials of this and other governments (and the invited guests. The atmos- |phere was one of gratification fol- lowing great achievement and hops for the future. The central figures 1in the ceremonies today were Presi- dent Harding, the man who initiated the conference through his call to the nations, and Secretary Hughes, upon whose shoulders devoived the task of putting it through. There was generous and appreclative applause for all the participants in the conference. As each delegation— beginning with the .American—ad vanced (o the central table to afix their signatures to the treaties there 8 applause, both for the delegations” and for individual members. Arthur J. Balfour. the eminent “Weadof the British delegation. whose work during i !the conference had been unflagging | ana i theinterest of harmony. was given an ova ion when he entered the hall. z Address Impresses Audience. President Harding's address idelivered with evident fecling ‘and Iemol(on' which impressed his audi- tors. He spoke slowly and distinctly, and his utterances were the cause of frequent enthusiastic outbursts. He referred to the simplicity of the whole transaction of the conference, which, he said, has been singularly free of intrigue. With reference to the future inter- {national understanding, the President 1 said: - i “I once believed in armed prepared- was | | ness. advocated it. But I have | come now to believe there is a better | preparedness in a public mind and a {world opinion made ready to grart { justice precisel s it exacts it. erved in confere; nflicts at arms. { Treatles Signed Today. | The treaties signed today were the limitation treaty, the supple- ment to the four-power Pacific treaty, the poison gas and submarine treaty, the nine-power treaty recoguizing the sovereignty of China, and the Chinese customs treaty. ~With the four-power Racific pact signed weeks ago, they complete the lis of treaties emanating directly from the confer- ence. The announcement by Secre- tary Hughes that the Sino-Japanese {reaty on Shantung had been signed Saturday, a treaty negotiated con- { temporaneously with the conference, lwas hailed with applause. These important agreements looking to Peace must now stand the test of the years to come. Following a prayer by Rev. Dr. Willlam S. Abernethy. the confer- ence was declared adjourned sine by Secretary Hughes at 11:13 o'clock, iweive weeks and a day from the time is was assembled. President Is Overjoyed. Tt was very evident that President Harding was higfflv. pleased with the appreciative and enthusiastic manner in which his address was received. In. fact he 80 expressed himself after: ward. Several times on his way out of the building he said to-those about him, “It was a great occasion—it was a.great moment and it is a happy moment -for me.” g The President rode in an automobile to the conference directly from the executive office and ‘was accompanied only by George B. Christian, his secretar Mrs Harding, accom, nied by onc of th: White Housesmilitary yid(:. had preceded Bim, and, with a num- ber of intimaie- friends, including Mrs. Coolidge and Mrs. Taft. occu- pied a box during the «'osing scencs. Mrs. Harding, however, rode back 1o the White House witll the President. Thanks Edvoys_in Person. At the conclusion of the session the Presfdent in & most informal manner and in a happy fashion shook hands with each.of the foreign delegates and with others of the delegates, and to each he had a word of cheerful greeting and compliment. He thanked them Personally for their participation in the conference and expressed his regret st their coming departure from this city. He was back at his desk in the executive office at 11:30 o'clock, ready to proceed with his day's program. Lsug Applause Greets | Delegates as They Put ; Signatures to- Treaties 1 By the Associated Press. The final session brought out the largest crowd of the conference. Scores sat in. the ailes. and stocd around the walls. Mrs. Harding, Mrs. Coolidge, Mrs. Gillett and other wives 3 had in the boxes. * Comimis- { rfi;;fi:i}usr%ufi 2:5’: