FONIA DAILY ETTE Weather: Local Cotton 16 1-2 1 Cents Fair and Colder VOL. XLIU. NO. 31. GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 6, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS OAS MYSTERY OF TAYLOR MURDERT IS STILL UNSOLVED; FOLIC MAKE REAM PROMINENT MOVIE ACTOR ARRESTED AS SUBJECT IS RELEASED FROM CUSTODY Is Advised, However, to Keep in Touch With Officers Find Woman's Silk Lingerie in Taylor's Possession Had Been Removed Since Mur der Looking For a Drug Peddler. LOS AXGF.LEH, Feb. S. KITorts of flic police department and tin: sheriff 'si office to solve the motion picture puzy.li of the slaying of William Desmond Tay lor, director, brought the officers early today to a "cut-back" to the beginning a re-checking of the deail man's pa ptrs in' the hope of obtaining a bcitlc flue than any yet evolved. The early hours today found deputy sheriffs, mtinicipn I detectives, and ofli eial.s of the motion picture company by which Taylor was employed gathered m the deHd director's apartment, again lorting over Ins letters and documents, necking for an elusive somet hing, looked before, that might set ovc r ihom straight upon the trail of his slayer. This comparative set hack lolloped a day and night of unusual :n livities in search for a solution of the enigma. Ijist night tin' woi'u went :orth that nu unnamed motion picture actor had been takm to the county jail for (pios tioning as a "suspect" and that his con nection with toe case w.i- considered so im ( Krt n ti t that he had b the motion picture "lot lit WOlk with such speed that be had lio' the time to remove the make up from his face. At the same tiinc,vtwo other motion picture employes, one a c:tnera man, also were taken to jail as possib'e material witnesses. These actions resulted from a repnil that, the actor's automobile, a distinct ively eon.itnu-ted and painted machine, hud been Been near the Taylor apart incuts the night of the murder The actor was questioned for two hours an dllien, still unable, it was stat ed to tell definitely where he was at the time Taylor was killed, was hurried to the dead nian' iip.ir'im r.t for a le en iiclment of the cr'nn as the officers had reconstructed it . Hut resident of the same bungalow court, who previously had given Mate- (Continued on page sis) Achievements of Armaments Conference Summarized and Analyzed by Frank Simonds Not in Any Sense a Substitute for the League of Nations, Which "Undertakes to Restore Peace Between Hostile Nations, But Demonstrated How Peace Between Friendly Nations Can Be Made More Certain and Less Expensive. (By Frank H. Simonds in Charlotte Observer.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. The Wash ington conference has passed into his tory and, although President Harding will finally dismiss it next Monday, 1 he formal phase of the first international conference held in the United States is now ended. Of whut was done here much must a wait the test of time and experience, but in two directions the achievement was clear, distinct and seems certain to en dure. Hy a political treaty, we have elcared up U10 situation in the western Pacific, so far ast it affects the United ftates, Great Britain and Japan. By a naval treaty, we have, abolished competi tion and limit of naval strength as be tween these three nations for a period of 13 years. Tho fact that France signed the Paci fic, treaty nd France and Italy the naval agreement does not have- equal signi ficance although both circumstances are of a certain value. What is most impor- tant is that the three great nival powers: have arranged their political interests and regulated, their naval programs in 'Tiuch fashion that the possibility of war; is removed and the expense of competi-: tive building abolished. ' Successful in dealing with Angle-Jap-' nnese-Anierican questions, the Washing-' ton conference .has only partially sue-! vecdod in the matters affecting Utc main-; Innd of Asia and has frankly and un-j deniably failed wherever issues raised; here-were related to present Kuroiieanj liroidvnw MS yet unsettled and differences iM'twecn F.uroiHMi n countries which re- main ocntc. ; Great Success Is Japanes. j In the case of China the Washington '. conference obtaimnl subslatial advan-' tages in the matter of Shantung, al-i though not qnite unconditional Japanese! Murrender. It adopted a number of in-j tcresting resolution which if faithfully translated into artion will have ' great, lienent lor the CTiinese, nut 11 uni nm ( usinii 10 me prvuirai single sacriuce and conbj not persuade Japan to retire in wrapped ship. from Manchuria or in any complete fash-f By comparison with the Paris confer ion n lease China from its grip. And J oner1; tho Washington gathering has the name wag equally true in tho matter of Hiberis. problems. But, like the Pans eonfer- niploniatifally speaking, tho. great iuw-J enec. it ha" been hampered and blocked teas has been Japanelso. In rcLurn fori by t lib clash of tho rival interests of var Tcry moderate sacrifices iu tho mattcrof! CoBtinucJ on pago 6.) ' - . . OF HIS PAPERS SINGERS CAN STILL ENTER FOR COMMUNITY CONCERT Second Week of Practice Com mences Tonight Prepara tions for Concert Going Ahead Splendidly Still Room for More Singers if They Enter at Once. Beginning the second week of practice for the Community Concert to be given soon under the auspices of Community Service then will be practict al 7:ii0 o'clock this evening in the auditorium of the-ChuinlMT 0f Commerce. Tuesday and Friday evenings the iirai'tice will bei at 8 o'clock. Iu order that this hour j may he observed on Tuesday evening the ' Chamber of Commerce Gleen Club has I moved its practice nour rrom :jo to i o 'clock. A chance will be given this week to all who desire to join the Community Chorus for this concert to do ho this week, if there are those; who were pre vented bv cicumstances last week from I joining they can still do so by reporting at once at practire or by phoning Miss Blanche Heiserman at Community tief- vice Headquarters. Alucn enthusiasm aim interest in lieing manifested by the musi cally inclined people of the city and there is ample reason to believe that this community concert is going to be one of the best events of its kind ever given in tho city. FINAL SESSION OF CONFERENCE HELD WASHINGTON", Feb. 0. tiie (inal page of its history toi TODAY Writing lay with n hustle. I iroui'the .signature of treaties, the Washing wl.ere he was ton conference, meeting in plenary ses sion, then was to hear a farewell ad dress by President Harding and adjourn sine die its sessions of more than twelve weeks. Four treaties were to be signed by the delegates at the big green table in Con tinental Hall, around which all the pub lic meetings have been held. Two of these, one relating to the Koot "fourj point' and the oje:i hoot ana ine oiner dealing with the Chinese tariff revision, were to receive the signatures of the full delegations of all the nine powers rep resented. The treaty limiting capital ship stmgth and that regulating sub marine and poison gas warfare was to be given the approval of the I'nited States. Great Britain, Japan, France and Italy, while all of these except Italy were to sien also the supplemental agree ment delining the scope of the four pow er tnaty. Shantung, sacrifices which had been al ready forecast even promised to Mr. WilsHjn in Paris Japan retains, subject only to formal protest by the United States, her position both in Siberia mid in Manchuria. In return for an agree ment not to fortify further some islands which are unimportant aud others which are already securely fortified, she has exacted from the United States pledges of 11011 fort ihcat ion which make it im possible for the United States to employ its fleet in a military fashion beyond the Hawaiian islands. j For the Anglo Japanese alliance,' which was no longer of value, Japa has obtained a four power treaty which adds greatly to her prestige as a world pow- cr, insures- her against att ick or chal-; lenge from the United States and leaves her with ban. Is tied to deal with lioth; China and SilnTui as she may hereafter' choose. Save as the United States might; ally itself with Britain anil make use of British naval baues, there would he in the future no wav of American inter- vent ion in the far east. British Success. lintisii success is in exchanging the laid in two tilings. Anglo-.lapaneso alli ance lor the four-power treaty, wtmn to all British minds is a symbol of close association in the future between the two great English-speaking nations in the world. And in addition Britain has! avoided a naval competition with the; United States which promised either! bankruptcy or ultimate resignation ofj equality noon the bluo water which Bril-j ain has ruled so long. I As for the t inted States, in return for wriflces whjch are by all odds the most! considerable, we have abolished a danger.' of ultimate collision with Japan in the; Pacific and the immediate eosts of :i nav-i al competition with Britain which had; no warrant in jioiicy or justification in! interest. In doing this we have aerap-i ped a naval program which might have' made us the supreme naval power midj dealt with a, relatively restricted set of Y-SEVEN S. S. WORKERS?MASS MEETING FOR RECEIVE CERTIFICATES Standard Training School Clo ed Week's Session at Mai Street Church Saturda Night Class Largest so Fa in Entire Conference Man acer Wooslev Hiohlv Pleas 1 m J 1 J . Fifty-sevcu Sunday school workers completed the course in the Greater Gas tonia Standard Training School for Sun day school workers which elosed at Main Street Methodist church Saturday night! and these were awarded certificates of I credit ut the Sunday morning services 111 the several Methodist churches of the- city. At the close of Saturday night's w , , , . u . ' ', ', , .' . ... , .. .,.,.- , North arolina Couference, who was manager of the school, announced that this was the largest number of credits yet granted by any training school held iu the conference. These credits were I divided us follows: Main Street church 1 j .!S, Trinity f. Franklin avenue 4. Kanlo ! .', West Knd -, Clover 2. First Presby j terian 2. I This number, however, does not rep-j resent tlie attendance upon the classes. The total enrollment for the week was. about 20(1, ninny workers attending one ore more sessions but not doing the writ ten work .required to secure the certifi-: cates of credit. ' Following an hour's class work Satur-; day night the classes assembled in the: auditorhiM jrmlji social time was enjoy-1 ed. Several workers testified as to the benefits derived from the school, tho, opinion being unanimous that it had in-1 spired the workers in the various Metho dist Sunday schools of the city and; suburbs to a renewed interest in their work and that the school's influence on the future of thse schools would be far! reaching. Several amusing stunts were; pulled off, Mr. Dnmeron H. Williams and Mr. K. M. Olass contributing much to the entertainment with their songs and jokes. j Expressions from the members of the. faculty of the school indicated that they were highly pleased with the response 1 with which they met here and with the i work accomplished. I Following is a list of those completing the course and receiving certificates of credit: S. 8. Organization and administration,1 Mr. M. W. Brabham, instructor: Hev. I W. M. Bobbins, Kev. U. A. Taylor, Jas-j W. Atkins, Marshall Billing, James A. I Barrett. i Principles of religious teaching, Kev. j J. J. Kives, instructor. Geo. W. Wil son, Mrs. V. V.. liimg, T. K. Cash, Missj Irene Young, Mrs. J. S. Brown, Kev. J. U. Hoggin. Intermediate senior characteristics, Bev. F-mmett Ilightower, instructor. Miss Mamie Pruitt, 1!. V. Kirby, Mrs. 11. B. Patillo, Mis. Mattie Anderson, Mrs. T. V.. Sumnierrow, Mrs;. W. M. Itobbins, (i.1 C. Andrews, W. (i. Ha inner, Miss Loweryj Shnford, Miss l.ola Ueona Long. S. T. Suinmerrow, Mrs. S. A. Lanier, Mrs. U. ; C. Gray. ' Junior organization aud administra-' tion, Miss Anna Hansen, instructor. Missj Beita Boyd, Miss Martha Curtis, Miss Gladys Fisher, Miss Charlie Buss, Miss Carrie Morris, Miss Hattie Neill, Mrs. Albert B.mkin, Miss Educe Smith, Miss 1 Christine Sloan, Miss Leona Smith. I i Course Pl'im.'irv nrrm 11 t ion runt ;nl- j ministration, Mrs. W. M. Walker. struct or. Mrs. J. W. Atkius. Mrs. J. B. ( handler, Miss Lola Davis, Miss W. C. Bavis, Miss Bertie Fisher, Mrs. J. F. 1 Hoffman, Miss Sue R. Johnston. Mrs. F. A. Little, Miss M. L. Pccden, Mrs. S. 11. 1 Walker. j Beginner organization and administra tion, Mrs. Charles Van Noppcn, instruc tor. Mrs. E. I). Atkins, Miss Annie Blair Anders, Miss Lula Boyd, Miss Helen Chandler. Mica Pearl Gallant, Miss Kuth Jenkins, Mr. Harry Jenkins, Miss Ellen Morris, Miss Mabel Itnnkin, Miss, Adeli ne Hmlisill, Mrs. L. A. States, Mrs. H. 1). Shelton, Miss Mildred Williams, i Credits by churches: Main Street Trinity (i, Franklin Avenue 4. Kanlo :i. West End 2, First Presbyterian Clov tr. S. C. . i 18 COTTON MILLS IN RHODE ISLAND CLOSED ( Bv The Associated Press.) PRO VI BENCH. R. I.. Feb. li. 1 Eighteen cotton mills and bleaeheries in Rhode Island were closed today, five finishing plants were crippled by walk outs of part of their employees and a bout S.Oi.il) tevtile operatives were out of work as the result of strikes in protest against wage cuts and increases in work-; ing hours. In the Pawtuxet valley, the second, most imiMirtant cotton manufacturing center in the State l.'t plants have been shut down since a twenty per cent pay reduction was put into effect two weeks ago. Every plant that made the cut has' been closed and one that did not make it has been affected. Fivo thousand operatives are out of work. Most of these are unorganized. Some of them belong to the Amalgamated . Textile Workers of America, which is'support-! ing the strike. i Cotton mill companies in the Pawtuxet valley refused to discuss with their trtrik-; ing employes the possibility of a resump-l tion of operations on the basis of 43 hours wei k abrogation of the pay cut. j GOVERNOR RUSSELL DEFENDANT ' IN $100,000 DAMAGE SUIT. (Rv The Associated Press.) JACKSON. MISS., Feb. 6. A $100,000 damage suit, charging Governor Lee M. Russell, of Mis sissippi, with reducing a former em ploye of his office, was filed against Uie chief executive this morning, in the United States District Court here. THE WEATHER North Carolina, generally colder tonight and Tuesday; and northwest wiads. fair fresh and west - , JEWISH RELIEF CANVASS! Citizens Called to Meet Tues day Night at Chamber of Commerce to Make Plans ' For Drive Appeal Fro Jewish Sufferers 4fJ.urop Is Insistent. following appeal is issuei ritixenVof Gastonia: Mr. A. G. J). Cohen, Southern ( director for the drive for the relief the Jewisli war sufferers of Eastern' trope, will be in Gustonia Tuesday, ruary 7, to ussist m opening tlie that is now being made all over country for this purpose. Tin- drive Gaston county will start on the Sth -.1..... .1... t-ul. i . : rmwr im; i. tin. ; muss iiieeuni; i held at the chamber of commerce day night ut H o clock. Mr. Cohen wi .... 1 .? ... .;.. .1. . .. 1 ,- . t ii'ii ii ,ui iu jii tint- tin- ciiini 1 1 mil jilt vailing amongst the sufferers from per sonal observation' thongll, he states, that it is beyond human power to draw an accurate picture of the misery and Hit t -fering that the people are enduring. Kev. r. J . H . Hemic, lite, Kev. A. L. Stanford and Mr. J. II. Separk will make short talks and the (ommittee in charge of tin; drive for Cnstoiiin urges every one to come to this meeting Tues day night at H o'clock mid "cooperate with them to make this drive a success, thus helping Gustonia to go "over the top,'' as it has alway-i done wlcii an ap peal has been made for the relief of hu man suffering. The ladies are especial ly invited. Committee for Gustonia: Kev. l)r. J. II. Ilemlerlite, Mr. Baiid Loliow:,-., Mr. Lee Kobiuson, treasurer. Kev. I.. It. Gillespie, Kev. W. C. Barrett, le . J. W. C. Johnson, liev. A. L. Stan ford, Mr. E. Frohman, Mr. J. II . Se park . The following telegram v.. is received by Mr. Buvid Lebovitz this morning: (toldsboro, Feb. ", I !--'. Monday, February Ot It, ii the day 1" start the appeal for our hc'plcss aud homeless orphan , starving idd men and women in devastated Europe. T'cv must not die. We must save tiiem. Lot remember, the success of this appe.il im pends upon each one of us being w 1 thy of his heritage, by giving the fulh'sl 1 f his means ami putting forth the lust of his service. We dure not fail them. Tic eyes of the good lwople of North Caro lina are upon u. LIONEL WEIL, State Chairman. Jew ish Belief Appeal. NEWLY ELECTED POPE, CARDINAL RATTI, TAKES THE NAME OF PIUS XI Ai-:b:'shop of Milan Is Elected to High Church Office '1 houunds Wait in Front of St. Peter's For Announce ment of News. i HOME, Feb. ti. Cardinal Archilli ! Katti, archbishop of Milan, was pro ' claimed elected Pope in succession to the late Benedict XV this morning. He has taken the name of Pius XI. Thousands waiting in front of St. ! Peters for the wisp of smoke which would tell of the election of .1 new Pope i or the failure of the Sacred t'olle.. to reach at 11 smoke from a decision gave a mighty shout :Xi o'clock when a thin wisp of came from the chimney leading the Sistine cliapcl. It was 1 in-11 known that the Catholic church more a duly elected pontiff. had once MISS UPSHAW DIES OF INJURIES RECEIVED "WASHINGTON. Feb. f.-Miss Car oline 1'pshaw, of Atlanta, Gu., niece 01 Kepresentative Fpshuw, of (irorg'a, early today as a result of injuries tabled iu tiie Knickerbocker theatn li.-d aster. Her death brought the of dead from the disaster op to Miss I 'pshaw had been at tl of death since she was taken fi number !s. . point out t:ii of her r badi. .oil was life, but oek this theatre ruins a week ago. tn legs was crushed o(T and the nth crushed. A transfusion of Id made iu an attempt to save h.-i her death occurred at 7:-io o Y morning. Mi s Cpshaw was buried in a mas, of debris and snow for eight hours 111 the Knickerbocker theatre disaster. The nii-cr nf the Georgia Represent.-! live was conscious to tin- end -and just prior to drawing her last breath smiled at her sister, Miss Marion I "pshaw, and exclaimed, "Well, Marion, I haven't cried yet." Representative I pshaw, the mother, Mrs. L. C. I'pshuw.a brjth er, L. C. 1'pshaw, Jr., and the two sis ters. Misses Louise aud Marion Cpshaw, were at the bedside when the cud caun-. The body will Ik- taken by Representa tive Cpshaw and immediate family to Atlanta tomorrow and iutermc:t will be in the family lot at Dougiasiile, Ga . WANDERED FROM SANITORIUM IS KILLED BY TRAIN. GREKNSHOlf, Feb. fi The lifeless liody of Johnson H. Broyal. who dis appeared from a local sa nitorium last night., was found bosh!" the Southern Railway tracks early today. lie bad ev idently wandered away from rium during the night aud bv a train . the sanito was struck . a..t Cotton Market CLOSING BIDS ON THE ! NEW YORK MARKET, i NEW YORK. Feb. 0. Cotton fu ! tunu closed strong. March 16.65; May 16.40; July 16. "i; OctoVr I0.I6; Bet-ember 1j.42, TODAY'S COTTON MARKET Cotton Seed .AVAC Strict to Good Middling ,.(,- Hive flic SIX COMPLETED TREATIES MARK MOST IMPORTANT WORK OF ARMS CONFERENCE 5BIN8T0N REPLIES TO Naval Strength Limited, Sub VEILED CRITICISMS ABOUT !, f . ,. . ' ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITALi Warfare Banned, China Given Destitute Orphan Children Are Treated Absolutely Free of Cost Like Other State Institutions, the Ortho paedic Expects Those Who Are Able to Pay Nominal Charge Tuberculosis Hos pital Should be Built at Ex pense of All the People, Ac cording to Their Posessions. . (i.istouia, N. ' February i, I'.il': Edi G.'.t tl. ply to In I he baseh ss ' ' rumors ' ' an 1 rt ii I hopucdic coiniiimiii nil ,,f tar North Carolina Or Jlospital contained in a recent tion .p;iusin the hospital bond l,-Mi''. J tiiiuiv H only ust and fair to give the public a statement ill regard to the aims an I purposes of the institu tion, and tiie ru'o which we follow in listiugiiislitiig li.'tnccii "tree" patients air I tli lor wlioiii a nominal chargu is made The aim and purpose of tho institu tion has alw.ns been, and "is at this time, ; to provide a Hospital while the neglect , ed, oiphau or destitute, crippled, deforni j ed child would be received, cared for ail'.'. I treated without cost, jiut as free as tlie I air that blows across, that beautiful hill. 1 Wit are doing this. Perhaps, more than , half of the patients are treated free. 1 children whose parents are living and 1 hno means, are required to pay $1.00 per day, to help pay less than .In per cent, of tiie daily expense per child, which enables the institution to remain I open. Why should the parent, able 1o pay il.uo per day, not do .i, thus help- ing along with the work? The children 'who har Ii. en discharged as cured, or I improved, who paid a small amount, 1 venture to fay. have not paid an amount 1 which would be necessary to pay the Kailro.-id f'aie to a distant city for an 'examination alone. If admitted to the 1 Hospital in the distant city it would co-st-j hundreds of dollats for treatment and I hospital services, tlnreforc, the North Carolina Orthopaedic. Hospital is a God send to the crippled, deformed child of ', the parent of small means, of largo means, as well as to the neglected or phan and ih'-titiitc child. This is not a precrient. Other Stale Institutions make the same, or greater chargrs. to similar patients. The institution does not guar antee a cure. Who thinks it could.' All , children of sound mind, that are con j sideii d hopeful of improvement, are gladly admitted, as rapidly as eircuin , stances permit, and kept so long as im i provrment i-i inadr. If no further im , prow'inrtit is possible the parent or I guardian is advised to take the child i home and make room for some other child, as c have from ."in to a hundred oilier children alw: thll giving some Th 'I ml about h d punk and inttrne. and k now 11 that 11 i of hiding In hind ' en 's skirts. ' ' el c, . s.ma! desires and ys on t he wait ing list, oilier child a chalice, ling a child for -t!Ml is We ha r a i ways heard en have been accused ' poor folk-. ' ' ' ' wom to furt In r their per 1 stabli.-ih conclusions. 'but t ids is t he first ase I bat , to my knowledge where it was ' to crunch behind one of God' nale innocent crinpb i children has come necessa I'V than II ears old, to reach a conclusion. am in favi the T. P.. vote mid .' 1'ir-t: .r of G st nu county build 1 by taxation mid ir it Wednesday, se tli.it is a sure nu Hospit; work f Be.-a, w dl Why nu 1 part It g. the 1 I gett III-; "lie to do his equal 1 his worth in dollars, n.i 11 for a few 'i unies. the corporations for id the tight wad. if 1 install, f ir what . oil tla 111 with a 1 nrks.-rew . returns they li.ne t u 1 11 made' to the tow n. Second : 1 1 is demo- all the people. The p and build up an ideal and Statewide pro- 1 cording t. s the pun! 1 1 h 1 1 1 -1 11 and hundreds ;;n be ;':'v in Tneir tliele can S' '.ir.-t'e from acciriiing to the wor 1 in n t he re county end Mete, era tic and fair '. Lest w ay to de eh. coniin ii i.i: v, licit v i:r. -si 1 i 1 i.etishi ) 1 big ta.ves is the 1.1 the property of th owns nothing, pa-' the In in tit of 1 he The one who pays e w ho on lis moot of ' county. One who nothing, but reaps improvements ot hers provi ,'e Why should he, the poor man The man nf property should not. i'l.cr. If,, m: (le his money here weat of bis brow and with the e of Lis town and county an 1 I be wi'dint: to turn his cuual k that some other person who may live and prosper too. If Object ! object, by the assista 11' e of he sloel I bl part bj.k t! follows may your l.Txible property is a burden and you ear. not manage it. turn it over to the fellow you can e!et. who lias no prop I erty. who you think is honest, and see how gladlv he will accept and assume the tax paving rate, which is such a bur den to many, rs'K'eially since tie; boll ' weevil is going to eat up all the cotton ' this Spring and Summer, l Tlie town, county and State should I provide everything necessary for the i nrogres, happiness and moral uplift of its citizenship that it can by taxation of .1 tm to fifty year duration bond issue, within, of course, the bounds of good business judgment. Why not have , evcrvthinz that is iict c'sjiry for the ad- ' vam-emeiit of all the people who want to do right, by taxation! The coming, , generation will be glad of it and issue j more bonds for new protects that we J have not yet conceived. This will bo no' I burden upon our children. lecause ther! I will be iu Gaston Coiintv, 23 to 5d years i hence. J 00.000 pppuhttidn who will pay; n larger rate of taxes than we do and boi ' a niucri richer peopio Tiian or rouay.i Tufam don't hurt any honest to good (Continued on pago 5.) Rights, Pacific In Addition to Six Principal Treaties There Are Fourteen Resolutions and Ten Separate De cisions of National Policy Poison Gas Is Pro hibited, Japan Hands Back Shantung and r . nr?iij 1 1 uiiiiBc.i iu 111 inui rx. Door Policy to Be Applied in China. ( liv The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. (. Six com pleted treaties, two others agreed to in substance. II n solutions, and ten sepa rate or joint decisions of national policy, comprise the formal and tangible con Irioiition or the arms conrerciice nego tiations to history. By the major agreements of the eon 1 lerenee the great powers jrut a limit on their naval strength in capital ships, ah I jure submarine warfare against com ! merer and usee of poison gas. give China ' a new bill of rights, based on territorial j integrity, ami the open door, aud set up j a new international concord to preserve peace iu the Pacitic. In addition. Great Britain declared her intention to restoro ' Wei Hai-Wei to China, and Japan hands back Shantung and promises to withdraw from Siberia as soon as conditions there are stabilized. The are the six treaties which, during the twelve wetks of negotiations here, have been brought to final completion. I. The naval limitation treaty, by which the I'nited States, Great Britain, 1 Japan. France and Italy agree to scrap or convert lis capital ships, and so limit future construction that, after a ten year building holiday, their lirst-line naval strength will remain at oW.IMlO tons, .iL'.",iliMi tons, .'!1,'),000 tons, 17."), t'liii tons and 17."),Mil) tons, respectively. The respective tonnage of airplane car riers is limited to bio, 000 tons each for the I'nited States and Great Britain, SI, 000 tons for Japan, and 00,000 tons each for Franco and Italy. Individual capital ships are to be no larger than .'.0,11110 tons and carry no guns in excess of Hi inches. Aircraft carriers tire limit ed similarly to L'7,000 tons and auxiliary craft t i 1(1,000 tons, and neither can 1 carry a gnu larger than S inches. A I'm t ificat ions "status pio" is set up iu the Pacilie, under which the I'nited States agrees not to further fortify the Philippines and Guam, and Japan agreei ; In observe the same restriction in For ; inosa, the Bonins and the Pescadores. J. The Mibmarine and poison gas treaty, to which the same live powers are signatories. By its terms the .powers a gree as among themselves not to use sul 1 marines "as commerce destroyers" in all cases to observe the rules of visit and search, and to regard as a pirate any Mibmarine commander who violates existing law. As among themselves, th"T outlaw use nf poison gas altogether. .'!. The four power Pacific treaty, by which the T'nited States, Great Britain. Japan and France r;rec to respect run" another's rights in relation to their in solar possessions in the Pacific, and to met t in consultation .whenever those rights- are threatened. The Anglo .lapanesr nflia nrr is automatically nbro ated when the new treaty finally is rati Tied. t. The general Far Kastern treaty, between tin- I'nited States, Great Britain, Japan. Franco. Italy, China. Belgium, Portugal and the Netherlands, binding each of fhmi to respect (Jiina's integrii tv; ti pen door policy is to be applied in deteii. and eiery opportunity is to be g vi a the Chinese people to develop a stable goi rment. It is agreed that im tnatv infringing these principles is to I (included, that no contracts violating f are to be upheld, that discrimina tory practices in the Chinese railways is to 1 nd. and tlist China's rights as a neutral are to be respected iu future, wars. i .". The Chinese tarifT treaty, adhered to by the same nine nations, providing international machinery for an immedi ate revision of Chinese customs duties on a basis of live per cent effective, and periodical revisions thereafter, together with ihanges which will permit imposi tion nf surtaxes. ii. The Shantung treaty , between Japan and ("lirr.."!, by which Shantung is restored to Chinese control. By one of the uncompleted treaties a grced t i in substance during the confer ence Japan gives the Fnited States the lung-sought cable and wireless privileges on the island of Yap, utid by the other the rive principal powers and The Neth- fJninl.s allocate Ilie former 'lermaii-owii- r ed ilileM in the Pacific, so that one gins to the I'nited States, one to Japan and one to The Netherlands. Brit bly, the fourteen resolutions given conference Hpprotal, embody the follow ing decisions: Agreement fr withdrawal of foreign postofTicrsi from China on January I, !!:.", provided China maintains an ef ficient postal service and continue iu of fice the present foreign co-director gen eral. Establishment of an international commission to investigate! the Chinese judical system with a view to abolition of extra-territorial rights. Authorization for a eonsiiltation be ween foreign diplomats and Chinese of ficials at Pekin with a view to with drawal of foreign troops from China. Relinquishment tu China of unanthor- -iised foreign rudio stations on . Ch.nese i soil, with tho stipulation that all plants' Problem Settled m c?m w 1 1 11111 liicri :-i une are to be used for oflic iul messages only except in emergency. Agnemeiit to exchange full informa tion among the natioua regarding all in ternational commitments that affect China. Cruition nf a board of reference, to consider cases arising under the open door and railway provisions of the Kl'n" eral Far Kastcrn treaty. Convening of a special commission of the live powers to meet in tho near fu ture and consider rules to govern tho use nf neiv agencies of warfare. By a second resolution on the same subjeet it is declared that the commission aha 11 not review- or report upon" tho sub marine and poison gas rules laid down in the treaty on t hat subject. Recnininemlation that "better pro tection" be given the Chinese eastern railway. Another resolution attached, but not subsi ribed to by China, declurea the Chinese government liiust be held re sponsible for its obligations- regarding the road. F.xpressiun of hope that the Chinese railway may be developed to ward a unilied system under Chinese con trol. Bequest on the part of the other pow ers that ilium red uc her military foreea. Supplementary agreement to the naval limitation treaty, declaring the mitiona "in honor bound" not to dispose of ships which are listed for strapping, be' fore the treaty is rait tied. Supplementary ujrreement' to the four power Pacific treaty, excluding tho it lands of the Japanese homeland from tho treaty provisions. Of the "declarations"' made "by tho various delegation and formally spread on the records o the couference, thief interest attached to those relating to Siberia, Japan disavowed any territorial designs in Russ'a, nnj pledged herself to withdraw her troops from Sliera a soon as stable conditions warrant, while the I'nited States reasserted it hope that the withdrawal would not bt long delayed. The famous "group (ice " of the "twenty 0110 demand" was abandoned by Japan, along, with other coiiccswous relating- to; economic and political conditions in Manehria nnd Mongolia, China filed a protest against the remaining portions of tho "de mands," and the United States reiterat ed its intention not to recognize any of them which might, abridge American' rights. "The British declaration of readiness to withdraw from the loaied territory of Wei-llai Wei was a it elaborated but will be taken up, in diplomatic exchanges be tween.en.lon and Pekin. A a snpplcr tinii t T11 ihe Far Kastcrn trruty, China declared her intention not to alienate any additional portions of her territory, and as a supplement to tho tariff treaty she agreed to retain the present maritime customs system. In two supplements to the radio resolution, China declared sho recognized no right' to install foreign, i.idio plants without her express consent,, and the powers other than China de clared that in furture wireless dis putes the open dour poller must be ap Pihd. MRS. 0BENCHAIN GOES ON TRIAL TODAY (Br Thn Associated :'res.i I .OS ANGrXF.S, CALIF., Feb. 6. The trial nf Mrs. MaiUilynno Oben chaiii, accused of the murder of J. Belton Kennedy, her former sweetheart, was on the calendar of tlie Sux'erior Court hero today. Mrs. Obenchain is charged with hav ing conspired with Arthur C, Bureh, with whom she attended college at Evan ston, Ills., to slay Kenucdy. Kennedy was shot in Beverly Glen, near here, on the night of August 5. last, it "being al leged Bnrch did the shooting after Mrs. Obenchain lured Kennedy to the Glen. Bureh was placed on trial last Novem ber and the jury was discharged Jan uary H after .JisiiBrisfing, the final bal lot being lo to idr conviction. ARBUCKLE'S THIRD TRIAL TO BE SET t By The Associated Press.) SAN FRANCIS). Feb. 6. Tho date of Hoseoe Arbu'cklo's thiriT-trial on a nuuwl.'! ughter charge arising from tho death nf Virginia Kappp, was to bo set today by Superior Juie. Harold Louder back. Two previous trials resulted in jury disagrei meuts. Tho first trial jury when discharged stood 10 to 2 for ac quittal and (lie second jury 10 to S for conviction. Arbuckle i alleged to have inflicted fatal injury upon Miss Bappe- during the. course of, a drinking partv staged in his suite at the hotel St. Francis here last Labor Day. lier death occurred several day later. riFTY.YEAR-OLD TO DEFEND WRESTLING TITLE NEVT -YORK, Feb.. 6. etaoishjua Zbyszko, world heavyweij," t wrestling champion, who Is Rearing tne fifty Tusrlt in years, 'will cWecd his tit'o tm ' t fieainst ft former rhamewm. Far! dovk, who is Uo Ucadi hh j order.

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