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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY CITY EDITION THE WEATHER PORTLAND AP) Ore Ron: Cloudy and unsettled tonight and Friday, MtXltt VOLUME XXIII. MUMBEit ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 132 CALL BIDS ST. SEWER Sanitary Line to Be Laid from the Railroad to Adams Avenue ; BETTER SIDEWALKS ARE IN PROSPECT City Officials to Super vise Construction of Walks in La Grande Hereafter. D spile the recent return of whi ter -.iciil her the city commission Im steadily going ahead with a pro gram of civil- Improvement usually associated with tlu spring months. t regular minting of tho ruiiiinlKsion, Imld In tin t'lty liu II htsl. evening. Hi? preliminary csll trote for the construction of a san itary st'WiT on Second street from 11m- railroad lo Adams uvenue. Is lino Is to tap the iniiln storm h'. i-r on llu' noi l h h nd ns It In very, much needed ut lite present time bids will be received for' Us con;-) ruction at I he regular meet ing next week in order to expedite th work. Better Sidewalks, All sidewalks built in La Grande .;tr-af1er will If under the super vision of the eily .mnniger or such inspector us he may ti ppulnt. An ordinance to this effect was passed lest ( veiling by the unanimous vote of the commission. The ordinuncc provides for t he const rncl Ion of Hide walks according to sltindnrd specifications lo be supplied by the city, inspection and approval of such sidewulks by a city official rciulres builders of wulks to ob tain u regulur penult before com- jneiicinc; eonHtruetioii and provides u penally of a fine of not less Mian ten or more than $f0 and Imprison ment of not more than lit duys or both fine and imprisonment. A petition for puvlng Mr Htreet between Monroe and I' avenues was prejfcnied by 20 property owners. i i-r raiding, tin commissioners vol-d to return 11 lo Its originators lor the reason 1 hat the property owied by the signers of the pe titloi was not properly listed In the p till'on. , Insurance Our hlcrcil. . A report of an investigation of muIous fonns of areld-'iit Insur ant", available for the firemen nnd voiu-.teers was given by George t'ochnm. city ailorney. He recom mended that the illy prulecl lis lin nten by subscribing lo the stale protection. The imttter was refer red to the city attorney and the city manager for final sctllemenl. An Improved system of keeping front Inued on race R. STAGE DEPOT What La Grande has needed since the fiuyt when the first auto stage started u regular run hs at last, been Hcciircd and a union Htage depol will be ready for the public about March IS. Announcement of the depot was made today by Htturs and Coldlron. Workman have already began pre paring the place but the public walling room will not be ready un til about Sunday. The d-auil Is hMnled in Ihe LolleH building on Jefferson avenue across from Ihe O-W. railroad d'-pol. All stages will urrlve at mid have from th' depol utter it has been completed. MAKING READY 28,787 Oregon Students Study English Language Kr 'he purpose nf lenriilnff what Sllbjee( In the high H-dlOol COUTSe of wtudy wen- -h'en by the tii deni.. Superintendent vt Public IiiHiriictHMt J. A. Churchill rciuet ! the prlneipalM of the Zi" high wIumiIs in tregttn lo send tli- Schedule of (Ull'jeelK nf 1-nfh pUptl ffr t be first hiiii'hIit. Th irt y f hm.ind si hundred schedules have Juki been tHbtllufi d. Meeord ing lu Principal K. I. Towler. of th" I -a Grande high school, who has announced hen (he results of the tabultil Ion. Although student! hate mum h fri'dom in the choice of electors in Oregon .schools, the tttrt('t ma jority t-onliniic to prefer the tra ditional subjcfln of Kngit'h. math ematics, ftclenco and history. Out pf the total. I8.T8? art studying KngllKh. 19.4C4 mathematics. 14 ;i; tKtence and lit, 575 bitory. Vt Senior Play Cast Working Oh Last Lap Finishing Touches Now Being Put. on "Seven teen" to Be Presented Next Week. Willie Haxter, hero of "Seven teen, ' who Is, perhaps, next to Pen rod, I tooth Tarkinglou'H most fa mous character Is destined to uiiiuho La Grande audiences ugaln next week when the Senior Inter pretation of the famous 'classic of puppy love is to be presented In the high school auditorium. "Seventeen" has been In process of preparation under the direction of Alius Mabel Bennett, hoid or the high school Kngllsh department for several weeks. The cast for t he prod uclion of tills, the annual Senior play which Is with the Miinlr Ihe thing In which Ihe gradual Ing class taken the most pride each sit ring, has been selected with unusual cure. Mine lu Lending Hole, Douglas Moe plays Willie Haxter. the leading juvenile of the piece uround whom most of the uclion tukes place. Willie is in love with Miss Lolu Pratt, the new girl in town, played , by Iniui Lyman. Willie In common with the other Imjvh In the village, develops u most gosh -awful crush on Lola, liven his puis, Joe Hull lit and Johnnie Watson, played by Tom iiwUliuuiH and Clifford Seltz, respectively, are somewhat smitten. It is this situation, which -anyone who has ever lived on one of the countless Muln Streets In America will recognize, around which most of the uctlon revolves. Smites Suitor. Although purely u comedy. "Sev enteen" Introduces some musical moments ulso. When the turbulent heart of youl h Is moved by love un ut tem p ul serenading results. Clifford Hejt, has acquired a guitar upon which lo smile his amorous lay. , The piny Is being given hero by special arrangement with Samuel Krench. H " was first -produced In New York at the llooth Theater by Stuart Walker where II enjoyed a (Continued on Pago 6.) MRS. N. J. CHOATE PASSES AWAY AT ELGIN, OREGON Mrs. N. ,. t'hoale, aged SO yenrs. two months and seven days, died curly 111 is morning al Ihe home of her daughter. Mrs. Harry Hug. of Klgip, Ore. Kune ml KerviccN wljf be conducted by Kevcrend George Pollard at Klgln Saturday after noon at two o'clock. Interment will be mode by the side of her late husband. In t he Suminervllle cemetery. The deceased was burn In Tenn essee and came to Ihe Grande lionde valley In ISSTj with her rum lly where she has since made her home. Sh! Ik survived by two sons and two du ugh t ers, M essrs. J . M . I'hoate, Iai Grande, T. A. f'hoate. Suminerville, Mrs. Hurry Hug. Kl ein und Mrs. W. 11. Gibson, Gal enas, Cat., 1 5 grand children und 13 great grandchildren. PUZZLE ANSWER the number taking hMry. r,:n,'i had cli't-n American history. I'itin If more popular than any other foreign hmguagc. there Im ing a total of fi 5 r r HitidentH taking tjilin iim uKainst 2"44 enrolled Tor l-'rcnch himI ".' 3 In rpanih. I Iflet ii Stmliiita Othl. fif the litin siudeitt.H. 4l'"i are .ttudying Ijitin I, i';;7. I'wMiir. rb . ro. fiS Virgil nnd but I . Ovid. Klght hundred ighle. n and ttudlng urn)'-, U2 printing. 4i? art. I.'.H Hible. f,;t;.7 l M wrtHng. I 233 p' nmaiiMblp and Sim lling. 4 2 Joiirnali.-m. .".019 domett ie nrl. 171't douieniic wlence. 74 social problem. I) nihleflctt. 24 il'niun ing. 144 blaekrnll hing. 5i prhol ogy. ;; put die npeiiklng. 1 4 teachen ti-Mini.ijf, s;i' bookkeep ing. 127S commercial arithmetic. 19.454 mathematk-a. 14.717 wience and but four mechanical training. iMA fp Ha-, sir i i Ir AIT e 10 1- 3JHllli4Ap L v to i aTm rHfT o!o B'-'MIj e p B f iJSBSTt mf pq aiu t pii Bi Opp-npHf; f ' t ' " U B OiUB AfellQiPIE' g A " B-I&7 X-Word Sox Tills lilcliiic kIiowk MKs Ks U'lli! IliiKllcy wrariiiK llm lulfst IhlliK III 'iw-uml liii.tli' slcK'k liiB'. 'I'lii-y'iT ki'IIIii? lo !' iillo n riul down in Ailmiia i licit .Miss nrmlli-y lives. That I'm la (raiulc muiileipul luiml is gaining state vlde mid mow vUntiif rceogiiiliiiii tliruiighniit the northwest was tiroven this nmrning when An drew .1 lamey jr.,. leader, was cfucsled to bill mi a lvui' lu Itofsc. April 1(1 Tur t liue nm iilcJiml celebnitb.n. . The who wn HMi-lvcd from Ihe INtrtlaml oi l ice of the Uli-.ui White MautaiHiiji and ciitci talnnient burcuii. That the hand should recelvo notice rroui 1111 firguiiluition such ns I JHmiii ami White which lius n rcptitiilhui ir hiring lilgd cIhhs talent is in Hsclr n tribute to the work iH'lng done by the hand. The cfMiteniplated contract is ft ir rurii M ling rji organ Iji t ion or rrom '27, u :tn nnisiciaits in ltui.se fn April 111. Ml. Jjoney has ruriiK.ictl his contract price to the. I:IIImiii Whlto jteoplc nnd and Is Ut he notified later. VNIVKItSITY OK O It K li o N. Kugen, i m-. (Kpetial -- J mrls Parker, u senior enrol bd from North Powder, is .the I'C'u winner of the lOdlsoti Marshall short story pri." of rti. Twenty undeigradu alcs nub m it ted as itinny mauu scrids lit Ihe coiile.st. Tills Is the seventh year the award litis been mad". The judo's who named the best story were A h-xaudcr 1 1 (ill, short hIihv writer, N'-vl'ig: (letli enllne Keller llirscli, Portland, and lr. Amln w Kish of the I'nlverslty of ( i re poo faculty. MisH Parker's story, eiilllled "A Problem In MatcheH," dealt with a girl thrown into a gay young st. bent upon pleasure at anv crust. Th heroine conies 1 1 trough un seat hed. saving herheir Ihroimh h"r own innate good sense, and abb d by a young man who doe-; not go In for "wild parlies." The conl 'Hi winner is enrolled in Prof. W. I-'. C. Thjeher'a art- vanced short Ntorv course. Hhe Is a major in Ihe f-chool of physical ediHul bn, jdayed class and Intra mural Imskelball, ami was on 1 fir claj-H svlmuiing duni. Ma Par ker Is u fneifite-r of the Orchciifl and the ilermian clubs, physh-al ,einea)ion Foeiiaj(.M. Misi Parker lis ulfo a member ( I'-Mh 'A'Ut sororit v. VAks Here (o Initiate ' 1.) New Members Tonight ! The Ctitlrle lodg. Of Hie . ; I', o. Kikx Aili imiiiito i ; new ineuite-rs into the ifder this even ing. Tlie 1 v -motib-H tonight wilt i be rolldliete.l by I in I'M ill decree lea III. X- short lne-ileM Ness ion ! will be Iieh prifidiiiu' He- bihla , tion. I Jiulnml I lore l'i-h ' LONDON' AI") TIm .nK.utity of ; t tnii landed ut ports In Kni;'"Md and i Wabs durini? ttie y-ar l'.2t was jivlued at t .a,75i."MQ. This is a iti(.rc8- of r. "U,f-t')'f over 1S-J3. BAND OFFERED BDiSECDHGERTl WORTH POWDER UWi SUPPLY OF WHEAT, CORN ALL POWER 1 3 LOWER BRIEF SAYS Government Statistics , Gives Comparisons with Last Year OREGON'S GRAIN FIGURES GIVEN One Percent Less Wheat) Kemaining on b amis in This State Than on March 1, 1J21 I'nlU'd Watt's farm Miipl!t-N of wheat und corn on Mareh 1. lit-ti. wit very nuiti'rliilly lower than a yenr hro. or two yearjf neo. ui-I cordlnir to n'porls compiled hs-Ihe Lroti lteportliiK Hoard, li. S. tmrlment or agriculture. Oat show un increase or ul.oul lu per cent compared with last year, and l.ar- ,'ya" JUy "i"1'1" ""' rially dirrerent rrom last year o'' JI.tl.IO MfetJ. Percentages of Ihe Oregon grain crop of remaining on farms t Ma rcli 1 , 1 K Jo, u re report ed, as follows: I'orn, II per cml; wheat. 9 per cent; ouls, per cent; bar ley, ) per cent: hay. Ill per cent. (In Mni'fl. 1 lU'U uiitifl(..u ii r 1 1.. 1S23 crop on hand were: I'orn. 7 percent; wheat. 10 percent; oals. p'r cent ; barley. I ii per cent : hay. 15 per cent. it is jtrohahle I hat the fnrerohin- riiritreH Include considerable grain not actually on j farms, but still owned by growers and stored In warehouses at shij ping points. I. S. 1 igtires. The i;nied Hlatea figures are as follows: The amount of corn on farms March 1, 92i, bused upon report ed percentage appllod. o tho- en tire crop, was about 80 1 .(iOy.tiOO bushels or 83. D per cent of the P.C4 crop, comiiared with March 1, 1 tt 24. stocks pf J , 1 5 n . 847.000 bushels of 38.7 per cent of the litL3 crop, ami MUIUII J. ikd "lUUBfl UI X,V lldiil'in,- 000 bushelH or 37. (i per cent of the 1922 crop: the 10 year uverago llu to 1U24 being 38.1 per cent. About 17.7 per cent pf tho crop will be .shipped out of the coun ties where grown.- compared with 10.7 per cent of the PJ23 crop and 17.9 per cent of the 1!I22 crop ro shipped; thu 10-year average be ing 1 8.7 per cent. 'Tim proportion of the 1924 crop which is merch antable is about tit.3 . per cent, compared with 80.8 per cent of the 1923 crop and 88.3 per cent of the 1!I2H crop; Ihe 10-ycar uv erag'i being 81.2 per cent. W.U'Ut .NintiMIc. The amount or wheat on farms March 1. I92f, was about 113, 928,- 000 bushels or 13 per cent of the 1924 crop, compared with March I. 1 1124 rtoeks (revised figures) or 137,717. U0U bushels of 17.3 )wr cent of Ihe 1923 crop, und March 1, 1923 stocks (revised figures) of 1 ftti. 087. ooo bushels or 18 per cent of the 1922 crop; the 10-year av erage being 18.3 per cent. About 71.8 per cent of the crop wilt be shipped out of the counties where grown, compared with fi 3.4 per cent of the 1!23 crop and 7.3 per cent of th" 1922 crop so shipped; the 1 0 year average being GO. I per cent The amount of oats on farms March 1. 1926, was uboul G5II.34 ooii bushels or 3ft. 7 per ceul of the 1924 crop, compared wil h March I, 1924 slocks of 447.3Uti.000 bush els or 34-3 per cent of the 1922 crop; the 10-yeur uveruge being (Continued on rage 6.) Money Cannot Purchase Happiness, niH.'AOt (U I lir- AMMlnletl j () .11 r, htokes denied all uceiivnlinie. nmUn-t her hy Sloki and tw(i I iillmnn ffimltirturs nlui tollfhil bin- IrmMitl tvr niicht with n mole euipsiiimi. she ileiihil tin hail 'cr Ih-ii mi bundle ut Ihe JArrleljcli tlnh. (Ily Ko Olhlsm-) t i HI At; (NKA H--riI - Ji'ini .iry and May "'" mrre many, iiiuuv veins aeu. j Nw Muy. In the (uiH- i.r Mr. Helen Ktnood M'oken. HtaudM meta-j phoi-hstiy iipiui Hie i-Bii.-H of herj ties. I intp'-n erMvniH mm hearl that su'thlnif romf'-rt that r umen "only lo tliow ho ore In love." Hhe SJJfM. ) This n outaii. ho has pul her 'multimillionaire "Junuary" hiin- i.and on erimlmil trial here for be. xuiliehiuif her ehHrHeter, in .niueli the feminine und has yeui niitc :IihI only the fiininine en have. Klie apoke to the writer In th' iuet of her room nfter a btmy day In court where V. K. D. Ktokes. (Continued vo Page l ) STATE HAS Oregon Files Answer in Supreme Court on School Law PAPERS ATTACK COURT OPINION Appell. eiiant Declares inat Action Filed Against Measure Should Have Been Dismissed. WASHINGTON Hy I lie Assoel atetl rreN)--The Htale has supreme control over education of children ...nidine nithin tlielr borders, the ;aul of oigon said today in de-,KU,, ,.lllH ri.py hrM fUvi lu ,,, , iU;il ,slat,.s Bu,,rumu court n j(H IlL.UoM (o ,, ,ts c,puisory ,; M.hou ,(lK. Tl'- '""let said Ihe lower court should have dismissed tho nclion fftl.wl nofilniil HiA ln liw llwt Nlulnl'B of Holy NaiueH of Jesus und Mary and the Hill Military Academy, C'usi Made I'lcnr. Asserting that the oppOHitlon was "devoted to arguments relating to the wisdom of and not lite constl- l'"'""""' "f law." the brier ,B:IU" ""- "Muestlon or tlie wisdom O I I lie in'Kull hi iiuui inn IB nut Ut.- fort' the supreme court." Tin- killing of ilobert Krauks. t'liieago school hoy by l,oeb nnd iuiioiu.- wnn i.iuubih. imu the school law controversy by Urn Misters as illustrating the need or religious and moral t ruining. brought from the state (he reply' that lioi'h and Leopold had bevn educated in private schools. Tin brief disputes the conten tion Y'f the private and parochial sehtAVi operating under charters thai they have tiroperty. rights which cannot be taken away. Tlie first real snow slorm of March arrived hi Ihe CranUo Itonde valley this morning nnd ut noon was still merrily bringing hack memories of the hit" winter, which hud supposedly passed on. When ,a (irande residents woke up this morning they found nearly half an inch of snow hlunketlng the eat-lli and Ihe white covering still being added to. ltt'-r tn the morning the snow began to tu'lt nearly us rapidly as it fell. I jtst M'hursdav afternoon some parts of the valley received a alight snow, which lu Ui Grande was more or a rain, tinged with sleel. I Miring the pas I few days several cities in Oregon have reported snow but In all cases, the tempera ture has been little below freezing. Some furmers, who hud begun their spring work. w're forced to hull temporarily during the snow storm which mude work highly dbiugreeable. Dr. Sun Yat Sen Again Reported to Be Dead I'lIKINO (Hy Ihe Associated l'rcss)- I ir. Hun Yut ln. r,3. Kouth China leader, died today or cancer of tlio liver. Woman Says The Good Old Days "Hip O barrier ho rm-Drd tinnier-fill tt iiiipliMienl oil Hie nrhin4 nrtlelt nptH'arhiK from Hint1 lo lime rehiiinx old Ore s' hi lif-fort and reeonlliiic ph iiiht hNttiry hi Oil-. Mt-lioti. oil w ill fhitl lbe-e e-pt isllv hitere! lux anifiMK thetn are feiiliitt'w IIihI are ii n ii If a I . Natch for IImiii, and oii nitl pppreeiHie .till another iravm hy The Oh-rrr I- Kaiiihi (oirdnullv In iiMinln'r f rend er' flmm;h)ut ll trrrltory. "Obserrr Ad-rrl Jhii; A MenhnnilKlMK Hervk-e SPRING GIVES ' UP TO WER Defending HAPPY F. SINCLAIP Harry I. Sinclair is Uofcmling; thu Icoxw lie liottls on Ton pot 1 IHmio against charges of the government that tho Icasch worv ohlalmMl by ftuiid, In a court licaiiug at Chcynmc, Wyo, BRieSll GKNUVA (By the Assoclulcd Press) foreign Minister Chuinber lalii, or (Sreat DilUiln, today de livered Ills lone heralded discourse, explaining- Great Brlluin'ii objec tions to I lie security and dlsarma uienl protocol beroro thn council of (he leug-uo of Nations. : Ho declared that communication with tho dominions showed that Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of Houlh ATrlca and In dia were also unable to accept tlie protocol. ' fliambci'lnin ' said Hint Oreul Britain is In syinpulhy with efforts toward world peace, but that bis government did not believe the pro tocol "provides a suitable method for uttemptlng- this task." ' A lit M It t TDK I. K. H. SI'IAT- TLK (My Ihe AHMoelatcd I'reaH) Subiuarlnen, not. Hcrnplunes, "sav ed" th t'nlted HtuleM from Inva sion in the un'jitent naval manoeu vers ever seen in the Puelflc oceun. With Hie Amerlean nitvy. 109 ships of the line und tledr utixil arlen divided Into two fleetn, the "IMued" nnd the "IJIiifka.' the lal ter uttempthiK to estahllMh u base of operations on the .VD'xh-'an coast while th1 other defended. Th prrest "I""iype suiimarim'n, I'nele Hum's newest und mont pow erful undersell flKhtitiK craft dived Into the first emtaK'-mifit, on the side of Ihe defense, und wrecked tje Invaders' plans. Th "H" boats, tremendous un derwater craft, 3K feet, ion, nnd huvlnff u cruising' radius of thous ands of miles, euiiMi from I'snaina with the Mine scouliiifc Heel, und last nlH.it made out tlie Ulack -n-emy, ruelnt? throtiKh Dm moonlit sen to establlHh a hoatlle has of operutioiiji on Hi' M:xk'uii sen boa i d. An the lllaek f 11. a baekbone of Kt'tnt dreHdnaiiKhts protee'lliK Us Kut'ply fdiip. wMh ti frinpe of deHlroyern Mm protrremi nenred Ha KOal about 9 n'etoek, th utariti -was Hounded, but too hit". The Mllb uiarlueH of Die MIih-h had ulreudy peitet raterl I he LI I nek line, mid llH swift Itlue eriilSerM, eoillintc Up lu the rear of Die lllaek ttrmuda completed th- rnit. Dr. Walter Simons Now President of (icrmany IlKKJ.IN (Hy the A.ssoelateir ITchm) I ir. Walter Simons today look the oath HS president of the tier man republic succeeding the late ITtsldent fcbert. HOSTILE SHIPS SU BY SUBS Oil Leases C VNCMQ , oot vort v Al J XTRA .' IIANK nr,C.()UIK OFPKRHD ( hi;vi;nm; (Ai tii iwnk Hit'omit i-eoinls r fornHT Interior Secretary l''nll tc offered as part of the fourt aiinals tn the Teapot Dome 'aso uxlny. Fotlerai Jutlgn Keiuicly rusenvd Kie ruling to Uiclr admissibility. WANTS THKA'l'Y Xm'K . 1VASHI.(i'IXN (Al'l KPfinto Deinoerau, incetlnu; today to adopt a policy (o bo followed In a spe cial ftesMoti of thr Mnn(r, airrrcid lo press ror an parly tote on tlm Isle of Pines troaty and to Insist on making- Iho world court iitc (lon a special order early tn next coiiKress. '. HVY IS .MIKNIMi MIW YOltli (Al) 'Iim ow Ytirk Ametinm Unlay MiyH It Iiiih lcarnctl Or. Aniiafffuml Knr iraves whusn etdolts as an liiU'niatlunal spy won hint wurkl fnnm, has Ikmh nilshlrur siimn last Aiitfusl wlirn Imi startml a trip to St. I mils to Rl It er Itifornuiiloii ivincrrnlnc an al lejccil plot to rcsUms tlip Ilolien lullcms to Iho llironn In Germany. si;i;s wiiiTU liotsi: ASHINt.TON (AI) l'ttullna. mouth oltl daughter tt I'crpt'sciila- tivn ami Mrs. Meholas Iont(worth, saw tlm Whlto House t(Mlayt wImtc her pannes writ: iiuirrhil and Ihe homo of her irrandfol'iier, Tlim dorn ItuosDidl, .Mrs. ISMiKWorth culled ut the, state deortmeiit for her hndher, Hermit Itoosmndt. In tlm rear of tlm automobile was a market basket, which Mrs. lonu uoith wild cost OA cent. Llttlo I'liulluu was in the Imskt't. Amsterdam Will Relate The Mory of Its IJfo AMHTKitDAM, Holland CAP) Ureal preparations are afoot to eel el, rate jit ti'.oth anniversary this year of Amsterdam's status as u I city. It was In the ymr 127C that the municipality received Its first rhart'r as such from Moris V, Count of Motlund- Thn centej of attraction is lo be an inhibition In the famous Ityks Mureum und the f.'tty MiiHeum of all jiuiutinKS, prlntH, sculptures nnd ot'ier works of art having rctutlon lu Amsterdam during tho past tlx and n half centuries. Tilson Is Paradoxical May Unite North, South (Mr Harry It. Hunt) ' WASHINGTON tNKA speelul) A Tennessee Yankee. John Qulllen TIlHon hy nume, will succeed Nich olas Lungwort h as msjorlty floor b-uijer lu Die House when the sixty-ninth Vo1fST,'' convenes next lull. A Tennessee mountaineer by I birth, but a Yunkee by atfoptlon and a product of Old KM Yule In ed ueu tion. Tilson presents a sort of rompostte nationalism Dial .iliould enable him to unite the Ite publlenns of north and south, highbrow and lowbrow, behind PRESIDENT WILL FIGHT FOR I'IREII Resubmits Nomination for Attorney Gener alship to Senate BUTLER HOPEFUL OF CONFIRMATION Coolidge Throws Defi at Opponents in Action Taken Today After De cisive Conference.. WASHINGTON" (By the Associ ated Press) President Coolldgo threw down tho gauntlet to his. opponents In the senate today by resubmitting thn nomination of Charles B. Warren ror attorney general. . After a conforcoce with Warren, who was summoned after his nanin failed or confirmation by a single vote, the president decided to fight out the Issuo and give Republican senate loaders another opportunity to gain confirmation. , Hopeful of Passage Senator Butler, close ' personal friend of tho president, was pres ent at tho conference - and said that, he believed the ; necessary votes for confirmation could be ob tained in tho senate... !( WAHHlNQTOIV ( By the AbsocU uterj l'rees) Tho treasury han prepared for delivery tomorrow to Hen at or Cousens, of Michigan, no tlco of Arbitrary assessments on. profits alleged to have been mado by him In the salt of h la Ford Mo-, tor conipuny stock In 1919. LIPS OF BABE NKW YORK (By the Aanoclated Press) Many vorhal crocodlln team over . liabo Ruth'a financial and physical conditions were ahed today by rorrcspondcnU la dis patches to New York papers from Ht. PtHerahurir. Klu. I lube was happy as a lark, shag- . King flies, whon Informed of re ports that he Is stone broke and a physical wreck. Then at lunch eon, uccordtng to the New York Tribune, "tlie tang died on his hps and tears rolled down Babe's cheeks as biff as derby hats." Snake Found In Bananas. COIIVALI.IH, Ore. A snako two leot In lenKth was found here coll ed up in a hunch of bananas. It la a mottled brown ruptllo and appar ently suffered no ill effects from Its lunir Journey from the tropics. It was sent to the college for classi fication, after It had ueen on ex hibit all day In thu window of the grocery store where It was discov ered. Llmd (.corge IStiU Guarded UiNDO.V (AD Although no longer in office, former Prime Min ister Lloyd George Is still attended by a detective, says the Evening Standard. More than once ho lm asked to be relieved of this super vision, hul Dm government, mind ful of what happened to Hlr Henry Wilson Immediately after poltco protection whs withdrawn, hot! been unwilling to take the risk. party measures in the next Con ferret. Tilson wus born and reared In a log mansion on a farm near I'learbrook, Tenn. The phrasa "log mansion" muy seem para duxtrul, us does that of "Tennessee Yankee," but no other terms seem to fit. He's a sort of purudoxicat (tllow. While Tllson's boyhood homo was mude of logs. It wasn't a lot? t ubln. It was a tdg, spacious r'juuiy residence the blsgcst (Continued on Fage (MENS 1ST PAY U. S. TAX SONG DIES ON