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OREGON STATE LIURARY MAR 2 7 1922 VOL.. XL.I 0, ,19,140 Ent-r t p (0 ee n "'""'e Second-class Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1923 2G PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS WE RATIHES 4-POWER nun BULGARIAN CABINET ROWS OVER ALPHABET SI BLIND STUDENTS ARE GUESTS AT OPERA GRAND OPERA STAR TO SING INTO RADIO YOUTHFUL ELOPERS CAUGHT BY POLICE RECEIVES OVATION TWO MEMBERS QUIT BECAUSE ENTIRE SECTION OF GALLERY . DEVOTED TO GROUP. THE OREGOXIAX STATION IS TO BE CHRISTENED. YOUNG COUPLE ARRIVES HERE ON STEAMER ROSE CITY. PROPOSED CHANGES. PORTLAND Ill J0J00 WORK OfJ ROADS MAPPED HATIFIGATIOH WON BYHARDINGSTACT to L VOTE IS 67 TO 27 "No Alliance" Declaration Wins 20 Attempts to ; Qualify Pact Fail. IRRECONCILABLES DIE HARD "33 Rollcalls Are Forced Dur ing Session That Lasts 412 Hours. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 24. The four-power Pacific treaty, the center of controversy over ac complishments of the Washington arms conference, was ratified by the senate today with no reserva tions except the "no-alliance" dec laration proposed by the foreign re lations committee and accepted by President Harding. TVio -final trnto nf R7 to 9.7. TpnW. senting a margin of four over the ' necessary two-thirds, was recorded after the opponents of ratification bad made more than 20 unsuccessful attempts to qualify senate action by reservations or amendments dis tasteful to the administration. On the deciding rollcall 12 democrats voted for the treaty and only four republicans opposed it. Irreconcilables Die Hard. . Dying hard, the irreconcilable ele-1 ... ! ment wnicn uao. opposed tne ireaxy on the ground that it establishes an alliance between the United States, Great Britain, Japan and France forced S3 rollcalls during the four-and-a-half -hour session set aside for final action . on the resolution ' of ratification. They made their best showing on a proposed reservation to invite outside powers into Pacific "conferences" affecting their inter . ests, mustering 36 votes for the pro posal to 55 in opposition. The committee reservation was ac cepted in the end by a vote of 90 ' to 2, two attempts to modify it fail ing by overwhelming majorities. It declares that the. United States un derstands that "under the statement in the preamble, or under the terms of this treaty, there is no commit ment to armed force, no alliance, no obligation to join in any defense." Debate Is Prohibited. Although debate was prohibited during the day's session under a unanimous ' consent agreement, the treaty opponents raised a point of order in regard to the declaration accompanying the treaty, but not a part of it, and laid the basis for con tinuing their assault tomorrow when the supplemental treaty defining the scope of the four-power pact comes up for consideration. It is the hope of Jhe administration leaders, how ever, that the supplemental treaty may be ratified and all that pertains to the four-power arrangement cleared from the senate calendar be fore tomorrow night. The rollcall m ratification fol lows: For ratification: Republicans Ball, Brandegee, Bur sum. Calder, Cameron, Capper. Colt, Cummins. Curtis. Dillingham, Dupont, Edge. Elkins, Ernst, Fernald, Fre- linehuysen. Gooding. - Hale. Harreld, Jones (Wash.). Kellogg. Keyes, Len root. Lodge. McCormick. McCumber, MeKinlty. McLean. McNary, Moses, Nelson, New, Newberry. Nicholson, Norbeck, Norris, Oddie. Page, Pepper, P;pps. Poindexter. Rawson, Short ridge, Smoot. Spencer. Stanfield. Ster ling. Sutherland. Townsend, Wads worth. Warren, Watson (Ind:), Weller and Willis 55. ' - Democrats Broussard. Dial, Fletcher, Kendrick, McKellar, Myers, Owen. Pomerene. Ransdell. Trum niell. Underwood and Williams 12. Total for ratification 67. Against ratification: Republicans Borah, France, John eon and La Follette. Democrats Ashurst. Caraway, Cul berson, Gerry, Glass, Harris, Harrison. Heflin. Hitchcock. King, Overman, Pittman, . Reed. Robinson. Sheppard, Shields, Simmons, Smith, Stanley, Swanson, Walsh (Mass.), Walsh (Mont.) and Watson (Ga.) 23. Total against ratification, 27. Throughout the day's voting' a against all reservations and amend ments except the "no-alliance" dec laration of the committee. The four republican irreconcilables, Senators No Reservation Made - Controverted Pact, -(Concluded on I'age 2, Column l. Portfolios of Finance and Educa tion Given Up as Result of Peasants' Plan. SOFIA, Bulgaria, March 24. Two members of the cabinet resigned yes terday as the result of differences in the ministry over the government's determination of eliminating "three letters from the Bulgarian alphabet. which was announced several weeks ago. M. Tourlakoff gave up the portfolio of finance and M. Omartchevskl that of education. It is expected that the ministry will be, reconstructed rap Idly, M. Stamboulisky continuing as premier. An organized protest by the Intel lectuals In Bulgaria followed an nouncement February. 26 of the gov ernment's plan to simplify the na tion's orthography. Serious agitation has' divided the country for some time over the de cision of the government to elide from the alphabet the double e, small r and capital R. These letters ar silent, but, according to literary au thorities, render the printing and writing of the language easier. The universities, newspapers and Intel lectual classes have opposed bitterly the elimination of the letters by the peasant regime. .The agitation has taken a strong political character, the government affirming that reactionaries are using the question of orthography as a pretext to overthrow the govern ment. Parliament passed a bill levy ing a fine -of 20,000 levas (normally about $3800) and three months In prison in case of any journalist, au thor or any private individual using the interdicted letters in printed matter. The measure prescribed that all publications containing the letters shall be confiscated by the police and that government offiicals, law yers, teachers and others accepting any document containing the pro scribed letters shall be dismissed. - WATCHMAN IS SUICIDE Lawrence Stafford, Despondent Over 111 Health, Shoots Self. ASTORIA, Or., March 24. (Special.) Lawrence Stafford, an employe at the Hammond Lumber company's mill, committed suicide at his home here this afternoon by shooting himself In .Ka 1a amTa 1 . 1- , -r . r" nU . icvwver. spdndency over ill health is said to have been the cause. He lost his right hand while at work in the mill about three years ago but had been employed as watch man since that time. Recently he complained of being 111 and gave up his position. He was a ntlve of Nova Scotia, 54 years old, and is survived by his widow and five children, aged irom iu to zz years. PUBLISHER DIES AT SEA South Dakota t Passenger Dr6ps Dead Off Cape Flattery. SEATTLE, Wash., March 24. t Stricken with a heart attack, Carl S. Clement, 55; publisher of the Java Herald of Java, S. Dak., and attorney for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway In that town, dropped dead in the saloon of the steam schooner Wa pama of the McCormick Steamship line, while the vessel was In the Strait of Juan de Fuca, ten miles east of Cape Flattery, Thursday night, it was learned here today upon the arrival of the Wapama. Mr. Clement had been in California for his health. He is survived by his widow and a son, Fritz Clement. 1 SANCTION FOR FAIR ASKED President Requests Congressional Approval of Sesqui Project. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 24. Congressional sanction for the sesqui centennial of the Declaration of Inde pendence in Philadelphia in 1926, was asked by President Harding in a message to congress today. The president said that he would especially emphasize the importance that sanction be given because it "will fittingly signalize a new era, in which men are putting aside the competitive instruments of destruc tion and replacing them with the agencies of constructive peace." NEWPORT TO GET RADIO Plan Is for Station to Receive From The Oregonian. NEWPORT, Or., March 24. (Spe cial.) Newport is to have a radio phone station this summer capable of receiving from The Oregonian set in Portland. The money is being raised by subscription. The station will be located on one of the high points near the postoffice, the central part of the aty. The movement to establish the re ceiving station is being fostered by the Newport community club and it is probable that the set will be placed in the clubrooms. BOY, 15, COMMITS SUICIDE Note Left Saying Lad Had Been Punished by Teacher. JACKSON. Ga., March 24. Arthur Walt, 15, committed suicide late to day by firing, a bullet 'through his heart. - , v The boy left a note saying he had been punished by his school teacher. 'Romeo and Juliet' Crowd WonJ)y Miss Maxwell. OPERA IS IMPRESSIVE ONE Presentation Here Also Glowingly Lovely. Is ATTENDANCE IS LARGER Role of Stepliano Is Sung by Girl Who Went to School In City of Roses. BY LEONE CASS BAER.' Each of the operas in the series so far presented by the Chicago com pany has been marked by some espe cial and peculiar appeal that lifts it frqm the rut of the hackneyed. Monna Vanna" and "Lohengrin," the latter sung in English, proved in trinsically stirring and possessed compelling appeal. Gounod's "Romeo and Juliet," sung in French, was last night's opera, an impressive and glowingly lovely presentation that thoroughly trans ported the audience. That audience, in passing, was much larger than the one which sat under the spell of the glorious "Lohengrin" music. The folk who went last night were the melody lovers, folk who loved the ballet and its dainty, pretty dancers and found joy in the spirited sparkling melody to which they danced, folk who want ed to hear "the American artist, Edith Mason, folk who wanted to hear Muratore in his favorite role, and a vast contingent who know and love the melodious score. Portland Girl la Liked.. 1 There was, too, a Margery Maxwell audience, which included "fery one of us, whether or not we knew her when she was a Portland school girl. Occasionally a prophet disproves the theory that he is not without honor in his home town-and the same' holds true of little girl prophetesses who take tlrelr gift of lark voices and having traveled the high" roads to fame elsewhere, return to the home town. Margery Maxwell was accorded an ovation last night and it was an honest, sincere tribute to her youth and beauty and achievements, for when the ovation was given we had not heard her sing. Later when she sang the role of Stephano, a role per fectly adapted to display the quality and power of her lovely voice, the audience was impressed tremendously and acclaimed her with sincere and deep-felt warmth. She proved in her single appearance here that she is to be seriously reckoned with as an (Concluded on Page 17, Column 2.) r ...... ........... t IT'S HIS TURN TO CARRY IT THE REST OF THE WAY. 1 ' j jP fr I 1 l i t l Eager Members of Audience Finger Script so as to Trace Story of Opera. BY GWLADYS BOWEN. '- An enthusiastic audience is some thing like the little boy who forgets that there are times to be seen and not heard. The action of drama is written to be interpreted by applause, but as a general rule opera Is written-about the music, and It is not when the curtain is drawn, that the act is completed, but only when the last note is played by the orchestra. But when that .music, and the voices that interpret it are exquisite in tone and fiber, it Is hard to refrain from applause. As hosts, however, we should be polite. . The solo dancer of the ballet who broke her ankle shortly after her ar rival in' Portland, came in on crutches just before t the curtain was drawn and sat in the rear of the house dur ing the first act. She carried one of Portland's glorious roses, which, later in the evening, was seen in the .pos session of the usher who had so kindly helped her in and out. First policeman "Well, how do you like the opera tonight?" Second policeman "Oh, it's pretty good tonight, you can catch a tune now and then." . The third act belonged to Margery Maxwell. Her appearance was greeted with a burst of applause, and at the drawing of the curtain she received an enthusiastic ovation. Back stags Giorgio Polacco admired - her huge basket of roses and patted her back in congratulation. It was a thought ful bit of generosity on, "the part of Muratore to allow her to take a final curtain call alone, in answer to pro longed applause and insistent call of "Margery" from irresistible Jefferson high school students. Good - luck. Margery, and may happiness be yours. Lina Cavalieri was again In the audience last night and was a strik ing figure in black velvet and Span ish shawl of white silk embroidered in red. A group of cadets from Hill military academy gazed at her in aw as she swept through the lobby to her seat. One of them was heard to re mark later, "Gee, I don't think she's so awfully good-looking." ' . , There were no more appreciative members of the audience .last .njght than a group of blind students, with friend's and relatives, who occupied an entire section of the gallery as the guests of the management. Eagei fingers had carefully traced the story of the opera from a Braille libretto. so the action was familiar to them all, though during the intermissions several refreshed their memories by again fingering the script., Thus, when the love music of the second act changed to a note of warning, a girl whispered in an aside, "O dear, some thing's going to happen. Isn't music wonderful? It just tells you evary thing." Likewise, in the third act, when the ominous deeper notes of the cellos and drum told of the duels and their fatal results, another g-frl (Concluded on Page 17. Column 2.) Giorgio Polacco at Piano Is to Accompany Edith Mason, World-Famous Soprano. ; Edith Mason, world famous soprano of the Chicago Grand Opera associa tion, will christen The Oregonian's radio broadcasting set at noon today. Miss Mason will sing at 12 o'clock promptly and radio receiving sets throughout the Pacific northwest and in California wlil be able to hear her. The entrance song of the opera "Madam Butterfly" la the noted sing er's selection. She will be accompanied- on the piano by Giorgio Polacco, principal conductor for the Chicago' opera singers, and whose masterful skill in conducting the operas that the. visiting artists have sung in the municipal auditorium has won the greatest admiration from the Portland musical public. Polacco is c-ne of the most celebrated conductors of opera in the world. ' , Those who heard Miss Mason in the principal feminine role last night in "Romeo and Juliet" will realize the treat that is in store for radio fans today. .Mason and Polacco are the most famous musicians who have yet participated in a radio concert on the Pacific coast. . Miss Mason was very gracious In her acceptance of The Oregonian's in vitation to christen the new broad casting station in the tower of The Oregonian building. She expressed her interest in the rapidly developing science, of radio and' added that Port land had treated the opera singers so royally that it would be a pleasure to sing for them on- the wireless as well as In person at the auditorium. Po lacco also readijry accepted the invi tation. Mary Garden, director of the. Chi cago Opera, is also a radio fair. Miss Garden last night said that she would have been delighted if she could have sung for the northwest over The Ore gonian's radio, but that her appear ance in "Thais" today would make that impossible. The Oregonian's sending set, the first newspaper radio station in the state, is now fully tuned and in per feet condition for Miss Mason's solo today. In tests made last night it was reported from stations in Port land and at a distance that it would be heard much more distinctly than any other broadcasting Bet in this territory. Radio operators are requested not to broadcast or send messages from 12 o'clock noon until after Miss Mason has finished her song. Co-operation fn this matter will make the concert more effective and will aid those who will be waiting to catch the hote3 on receiving sets. In preparation for Miss Mason's singing, instrumental and vocal musi cal tests were made last night under direction of J. B. Weed, local man ager of the Ship Owners' Radio Serv ice, Inc., and' installer of the set. The musical numbers were received plain ly by radio fans living within a ra dius of 50 miles, as was shown by telephone calls that came in later, from every part of Portland and sev eral outside points. Owners of receiving stations far down the Willamette valley declared (Concluded on Page 2, Column 2.) Roosevelt Highway Quota Is Made Available. $2,500,000 FREED FOR USE Opinion Is Rendered by Attorney-General. $6,000,000 TO BE LE Rest of Jobs Are Either Under Contract or Commitment. $3,500,000 Due State. DOINGS OK THE HIGHWAY C03IMISSION. Will, not have to reserve $2, 500.000 for the' Roosevelt highway under the attorney general's opinion. Commission can put this sum into the "gen eral pot." Enables $ 11,000,000 to be spent. Ten days granted in which to see if bluff route .for Pacific highway through Oregon City can be financed. Located Eight-Mile creek route between The Dalles and Dufur and ordered advertised for contract. . Sruvey ordered from Oregon Washington highway at Rhea siding to connection with John Day highway near Arlington. Ordered advertised Shutler Arlington section of John Day highway. Grading and rocking Junction City to Lancaster on Pacific . highway ordered advertised. - Hopes to advertise for next meeting enough of John Day highway in Grant county to open up the valley this year. .-. Route of Pacific highway through Salem, adopted, involv ing overhead crossing near fair grounds. Through an opinion of the attorney general, an 111,000,000 road programme bas been mapped out by the state highway commission, and this will practically bring the obligations up to the constitutional limitation. The opinion ' makes $2,500,000 available which has been held in reserve for the Roosevelt highway. ine programme means, when the money is spent, the completion of the Columbia highway, Pacific highway. John Day highway. The Dalles-California highway, McKenzie highway, Tillamook-Astoria highway, which is a link of the Roosevelt hiarhwav: ater lake road. Mount Hood loop, the Klamath . and the Sisters high ways. Of the $11,000,000 about $6,000,000 is for work to be let, the other $3,000,- 000 being under contract or commit ment. Tha $6,000,000 Includes $1,500 600 due from counties and $2,000,000 to come from the government. Roosevelt Question Settled. There has been some question about the $2,500,000 for the Roosevelt high way for 8 long time. The money was voted for the purpose of being matched by the federal government, but con gress neglected to act within the time limit and the time for co-operation was extended by th legislature until February 1, 1923. There has never been a disposition shown on the part of congress that it would match this money. . In the plan of- the commission this money can now go into the common pot and the Roosevelt highway will share in that sum the same as the state at large. As now programmed, the commis sion has prepared a list of improve ments which will exhaust the funds in sight. When this programme isj rinisnea, new i unus roast De provided if a further development of the road system is desired. Oregon City Problem Unsolved. When the commission ceased- its labors yesterday, the Oregon City sit uation was exactly where it was two years ago. The commission announced that unless funds are provided for building the Pacific highway . along the bluff, the commission will locate the route along the basin, which will call for an overhead crossing at Can- cmah. The Southern Pacific company offered to contribute for the bluff road the same amount that it would have to pay as its share of building the overhead, for if the bluff road Is constructed there will be no need of an overhead. . . ,, The Portland Railway, Light & i Power company promised to raise as j IIIUVU ......... . UUI. lltQ bluff road, on a 5 per cent grade, is estimated at $110,000 and the two traction companies, combined, are of fering about $45,000. Oregon City cannot give a cent without changing its charter, and it does not want to amend the charter. The highway commission Is prohibited by law from spending a dollar .within the city limits. " The topography of the country makes entry into and egress from (Concluded on Fage 3, Column 3.) -. Mother of Bessie Helm Clevenger Canses Arrest of Pair of San Francisco Runaways. Love's young dream blushes faded to a sickly prison pallor and roecs withered to a grim wraith languished in Portland's city Jail last night, the bride, Mrs. Bessie Helm (nee Cleven ger), 16, occupying the women's pro tective division detention room, and the bridegroom, Harry Helm, 21, flanked by drunkards and worse. The climax to their Ill-fated honey moon came last night on the gang plank of the eteamer Rose City, when Inspectors Spaugh and Powell, armed with telegraphic authority from Chief of Police O'Brien of San Francisco, ar rested them as they were about to set forth to begin life in Portland. They were, to police, simply a runaway couple. Bessie is pretty. In a girlish, imma ture Wanner. Her home is in San Francisco, where for the last three years Helm has been paying her at tentions. Mrs. Ethel Park, mother ol the girl, protested against marriage, There was a marriage in San Fran cisco in an out-of-the-way parson age, timed nicely to the departure of the Rose City. A few hours later, as the boat swung In the swells, their dreams had come true. Together they were facing life and the broad ex panse of the Pacific typified their fu ture the world lay smooth and invit ing before them. Mrs. Park learned of the elopement and their passage aboard the Rose pCity. She notified Chief O'Brien, with the result that two days ago the in spectors here were called in. "We had a perfect right to be mar ried," protested the tearful Bessie to Lieutenant Thatcher. "I have been working in San Francisco for almost three years and I am IS years old, but mamma objected." Helm had little to say, although he supported his bride in her claim to be ing 18 years old. It was said that an effort would be made to have the mar riage annulled. Mrs. Park is expected to arrive in Portland this morning. ATTACK ON GUARD FATAL Private John B. Black, Prisoner, Shot by Corporal. DENVER. Colo., March 24. Private John B. Black, a prisoner at the guardhouse at Fitzsimmons General hospital, near here, was shot fatally when he and another prisoner, Pri vate 'Russell B. Dewalt, attacked a corporal of the guard Wednesday night, it was learned here today, when an official investigation was begun. Blade died yesterday. VALUABLE jEWELS LOST Reward of $1500 Offered for Gems Valued at $17,000. ST. LOUIS, March 24. Jewels val ued at $17,000 were lost here by Mrs. Annie Pieratts of Chicago during a two-hour stay March 17, while en route to Hot Springs, Ark., according to notices today which offered a re ward of $1500 for the return pf the jewels. . No previous information regarding the loss has bee'n made known here. NDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature, 49 degrees; lowest, at; cloudy. TODAY'S Fair, northwesterly wind. Foreign. Spanish steamer gunk by Moors.. Page 5. Monster-hunters ar well prepared. Page 3. Bulgarian cabinet rows over alphabet. Page l. Deputies open fire on French arms dele gates. Page i. Crafg and Collins called to London. Page 4. National. President, addressing churchmen, pleads tor obedience to law. rage i Bonus bill put in senate's lap. Page 17. Four-power Pacific treaty ratified by sen- ate. page x. Ratification credit given to Harding. Page 1. Domestic. Complete tie-up of coal mines planned. Page 4. Ford factories cut week to 40 hours. Page 8. B4ckard's rooms used to store liquor, says defense lawyer. Page 3. Suicide bares blackmail plots. Page 4 Pacific Northwest. Seven In Seattle mayor race keep plans darK. rage iv. Courting hour" In church favored. Pag B. Fred A. Williams not to bexcandldate again. Page a. Opposition forming to reapportionment bill of senator raimer. rag. Oregon City fire loss is $168,000. Page a. Sports. Beaver hurlers cut loose and show im pressive stuir. rage .10. Casey in city ready for Harper. Page 18. Commercial and Marine. "Wheat supply no more than sufficient fo season s requirements. rntv Unfavorable crop reports and export de mand strengthen Chicago wheat. Page 24. Railway bonds fairly active at New York. Page zo. Penalty for cuts in ship rates planned. Page z. Stock market opens weak and closes strong. Page Z4- Atchison railway to oe double-tracked from t;nicago 10 coast, raga zo. Portland and vicinity. . $11,000,000 work on highways mapped. Page 1. Mr. Bean to stay in governor race, page 13. Proposal to change inheritance tax fought at bar association convention. Page 14. Still is operated under chicken run. Page Southern railroads fear cut In lumber rates. . Page 7. Feminism curse of east, says noted au- thor. page zo. Eggs at 23 cents are available for storage. Page 10. Opera atar to sing Into The Oregonian radio set. Page 1. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 10. Portland opera singer wins ovation. Page 1. Youthful elopers caught by police. Page 1. Credit for Success Given to President. WISDOM ALSO IS SHOWN Keeping Issue Out of Party Politics Big Help. UNDERWOOD CHOICE WISE Republican Chief Choose Real Democrat to Participate Wil son's Methods Compared. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BCREAl, Washington, D. C, March 24. When the senate ratified the four-power treaty for peace In the Pacific today by a vote of 67 to 27, the impossible was accomplished if history records the late John Hay correctly. It Is now about 20 years since Mr. May, as secretary of state to Mr. Roosevent, undertook to have the sen. ate ratify a treaty with Great Britain for compulsory arbitration. President Cleveland had submitted a similar treaty to the senate and had met with rebuff. The senate then, as now, was jealous f Its power and shelved the treaty after insisting that every pro posal having to do with any arbitra tion question be submitted to the sen ate for approval. Treaty Sent flack to Senate, Soon after Roosevelt became presi dent he looked over the treaty and sent It back to the senate where It met the same fate that befell it dur ing Cleveland's day. This caused Sec retary Hay, who was anything but n optimist, to say that the senate would never ratify another treaty, refer ring, of course, to the more import- nt international agreements, and meaning that the constitutional two thirds could never again be attain able. The treaty ratified today, with the exception of trie treaty with Germany, which was approved soon after Mr. Harding came Into office. Is the only such pact to receive the approval of the senate since Mr. Hay gave ex-. presslon to his outburst of cynicism. Credit Given to Hard lac. The story of how It was done can be told in a few words. History doubt less will give most of the'credlt for today's success to President Harding, whose tact and wisdom.-it is admitted here, is all that did what John Hay said could never be achieved again. By selecting Senator Oscar Under wood, democratic leader In the sen ate, as a member of the American delegation and by keeping himself out of the treaty consideration after It became solely the business of the sen ate, Mr. Harding, it is declared, im pressed both the senate and the coun try with his Intention to keep inter national agreements out of party poll tics and hold executive authority within the constitutional limitations. This course. It was pointed out, was contrary to that followed by Mr. Wil son, who, while pretending to put a . republican on the American minion. chose a man wnose npguuauum - - 1 disputed and whose war record was doubtful. Senator Called to Confer. Mr. Wilson called senators to the White House to confer with thi-m on the treaty and sought by varlou methods to beat down senate oppoM tion by executive pressure. Mr. Harding not only withheld even tho gesture of any attempt to dictate but went further and left the capital dur ing the last ten days of the nenate's consideration of the pact. When the senate met today It was a foregone conclusion that the treaty would be ratified. Although the sen ate did not convene until 10 o'clock the galleries were packed by J0:30 and it was an audience of brilliant colors which looked down on the staid sena tors as they began the final phaae of the long-drawn-out battle. The audience which gathered at 10:30 re mained in most part at 4:30 when ratification took place1, having fore gone luncheon to see history made. Diplomatic Gallery Alive. For the first time since the treaty consideration began there was life in the diplomatic gallery. Two sIk natories of the treaty arrived In that gallery early. They were Dr. (fee. the Chinese ambassador, and Ambas sador Cartier of Belgium. They were accompanied by their wives, charm ing women, beautifully dressed. And memory of the short-lived Kerensky government In Russia was revived by the appearance in the same nailery of Boris Bakmetleff, who was Keren- sky's ambassador to this country. Mrs. Harding, not having to he on hand early to be sure of a seat, ar rived just as the senate was railed to order. She was accompanied by Mrs. Eugene Hale of Maine, widow of one of the country's foremost states men of the last generation, who served several terms In the senate. Mrs. Hale watched Intently her sou Fred Hale, now holding Ills fathers seat in the senate, and seemed plraxvd as each vote showed him standing with the treaty. Others in the Hardin party wne Mrs. Edward B. McLean, wife of the publisher of the VVah in I on I'o' : tC'oncluUed ou l'ags 3, Coiumu l.