EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY
CITY
EDITION
THE WEATHER
PORTLAND AP) Ore
Ron: Cloudy and unsettled
tonight and Friday,
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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
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