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i'OL. T,VIII XO. 18,39 Kntered at Portland fOreson F'owtofflce as Second-C.ape Matter. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1919. PRICE FIVE CENTS BODY OF LYNCHED RED IDENTIFIED lSnSwTEimill RED TAKEN TONGUE POINT PICKED FOR U. S. NAVAL BASE PORTLAND APPROVES TWO-MILL TAX LEVY FEDERAL LENIENCY BLAMED FDR RIOT WALL STREET STOCKS DROP TO LOW MARKS PHILADELPHIA VET WILL HEAD LEGION IN PORTLAND RAID SALE OF WESTMINSTER AND OTHER ASSETS URGED. DONATION OF 2 50 0 ACRES TO GOVERNMENT REQUIRED. VOTE OF 85 0 7 TO 6131 CAST ON EMERGENCY MEASURE. ADVANCE IN CALL LOANS GREATEST SINCE 190 7 PANIC. Radical Believed to Be Ernest Everetts. LANDLADY RECOGNIZES MAN I. W. W. Literature Among Dead Outlaw's Effects. PROSECUTOR NAMES AIDE Complaints Are to Be Filed Against 26 Men Held in Jail as Re sult of Shooting. C K.NTRAl.IA, WMh, Nov. 13. For- mer service men tonight entered a poo1rot,n here, lined op alxut 100 nat rons against the wait and searched them. I. AV. "W. card were found on 16. They were arretted. CENTRALIA, Wash., Nov. 12. The man who was lynched here Tuesday night was identified here tonight as Ernest Everetts. The identification was made by the landlady of tho Quten rooming' house, where Kveret's had a room for sev eral months, lie was working here as an I. W. W. organizer, the land lacy said. Partial bearing out of this identi fication came late tonight when the police went through the effects found in the room occupied by the man. These effects included receipts for I. W. W. literature, blank receipts for membership dues in the I. W. W. and blank red receipts of the I W. W., according to the police. No names were mentioned in a ver dict returned by a coroner's jury which early tonight held an inquest over the body of the man who was lynched after I. W. W.'s, it was charged, fired upon an Armistic day parade. The jury's verdict read in part: "W;e find that deceased came to his death by gunshot' wounds and by strangulation caused jby persons un known." For a few hours tpnight the body lay on the floor of the bridge near here, under which the man was lynched last night. Later it was re moved to the county jail. All last night the body swung from the rope. Early today someone cut the rope, al lowing the corpse to fall into the river. Later it was recovered and dragged back on the bridge. Local undertakers said they would not touch it. It is expected the coroner will dispose of it. Witnesses Dispensed With. No witnesses wert examined at the inquest. The jury returned its ver dict immediately after it examined the body. Justice of the Peace Charles P. -Hoss accepted the verdict without comment. Twenty-six alleged I. W. W. were in the city jail here and the Lewis county jail at Chehalis, near here, to night awaiting hearings on charges, the exact nature of which has not been determined. Nineteen were ar rested following the shooting and five were taken in today. One woman, Mrs. A. McAlister, was among the prisoners. Herman Allen, county prosecuting attorney, today appointed C. D. Cun ningham, a local attorney, as special assistant prosecutor to assist in the cases against the arrested men. Allen said early today that he would file complaints or information against the men before tonight. Late today no charges had been filed, however. Fourteen Are Cltlsens. Of the 26 prisoners an examination tonight disclosed that 14 are Ameri can citizens, three are Swedes, one Swiss, one Montenegrin, one Bohemi an and one Finn. The nationality of the others could not be learned. Tonight the veterans' death list re mained at four. The dead: Lieutenant Warren Grimm, Centra lia attorney, commander of the local Grant Hodge post of the American Legion - and former University of Washington football star. Arthur Macelfresh, Centfalia phar macist, veteran of the Argonne. Ben Casagranda, Greek bootblack, former member of the 91st division. Dale Hubbard, member of promi nent southwest Washington family and former service man. One of the wounded, John E. V. atts, a young Chehalis veteran, was in a precarious condition tonight. The other wo'inded were reported re covering. Two groups of former soldiers, most of them members of the American Legion, under command of Captain Lloyd Dysart, a Centralia war vet eran, returned here tonight from Men dota, a coal and logging town near here, where they searched for I. W. W. believed to have escaped after the shooting yesterday. They ' had in custody P. J. Nolan and an other man whose name was not learned. Brand ot Located. Captain Dysart said the posse failed . to locate Bert Brand, alleged I. W. W., who, according to A. L. Cornier, adjutant of the parade yesterday fired the shot that killed Grimm. It was thought today that Brand fled to Mendota. All of yesterday's shooting did not come from the buildings in the vtcin- XCunciudcd on aKw 2, Column 3.). Bold Proposal Made by Editor of Financial Journal Is Attract ing Much Attention. LONDON, Nov. 12. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Observers of Great Britain's financial problems attach significance to a suggestion made re cently that the main burden of pay ing off the huge national debt cre ated by the war should be laid upon the Church of England and the Church of Scotland, particularly upon the former. The proposal is that all their property, including Westminster Ab bey, should be sold and converted intc cash for the relief of the debt-afflicted country. The attention attracted by the idea is due largely to its source, it being brought forward by the Statist, one of the widely read journals of finance and trade. The writer of the article asserted that the annual interest charge of 500.000,000, which he esti mates England is facing, will hang like a millstone around the nation's neck unless some means is found to get rid of it. Hence the necessity of making a large hole in the debt "by one large sacrifice," with those who have the most money contributing the most in the emergency. "There is no reason,' argues the writer, "why the Churcn of England should be supported by the whole population. It is not believed in by the whole population, and therefore it has lost all right to exact support from those who do not attend its services. What is wanted now is that the whole property of the church, without exception, should be used for the freeing of the country from debt. "It has been suggested that very little could be got for Westminster Abbey. We differ entirely. We be lieve that a very large sum could be got for Westminster Abbey. The wise course would be to put the abbey up at auction and allow every great church to bid for it as much as they please." AUTOS WRECK 2 BRIDGES Vakima County to Spend $29,000 for Replacements. YAKIMA, Wash., Nov. 12. (Spe cial.) Two bridge contracts. awarded Monday by the Vakima county, com missioners and amounting to about $29,000 were made necessary by two similar accidents occurring within a short time of each other, and unlike any accidents previously known In the history of the county. In both cases, at the T'land bridge, in the Parker district, and at a bridge be tween Buena and Toppenish, automo biles running at high speed crashed into the ends of trusses, causing them to collapse. The two contracts for new bridges, $17,890 for the Piland bridge, and $7352 for the Buena-Toppenish span, together with a Lutens concrete span, costing $4500, near the latter steel bridge, were all let to the Union Bridge company of Seattle. FARMERS MINE OWN COAL Hard Roads and Motor Trucks Open Many New Fields. HOOD RIVER, Or., Nov. 12. (Spe cial.) W. A. Cass, University of Ore gon graduate, who spent the week end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Cass, while returning to his home in Portland from Butte, Mont., where he has been connected with paving contracts, just completed, says that motor trucks have enabled Montana coal miners to develop prop erties that have long gone idle. "Nearly every hill in some of those sections," says Mr. Cass , "has an outcropping of coal. Every farmer mines his . own fuel. But heretofore only those properties located on rail roads have been operated. . This fall the farmers have spent their spare time digging coal, finding a ready market for the fuel delivered by mo tor truck" RADICAL TALKER JAILED Scurrilous Attack on Legion Lands Mill Hand Behind Bars. BEND. r., Nov. 12. (Special.) Because Albert Lang, local mill work er, is alleged to have declared In discussing- the murder of ex-soldiers in Centralia that "it served them right for monkeying with the I. W. W.," he is in the county . jail tonight and charges against him will be filed with the United States -district attorney In Portland. Lang was arrested by Officer Tom Carlon, who found him at a mill boarding house in danger of bodily injury at the hands of incensed mill workmen. It was stated that a lynch ing might have resulted had the offi cer been a few minutes later. EX-KAISER TO MOVE SOON William Takes Formal Possession of House of Doom. BERLIN, Nov. 12. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The former German emperor assumed formal possession of the house of Doom, at Doom. Hoi- land, which he purchased some time ago. when the keys were handed over to him last Friday, although he will not take up his residence there until early in 1920. The first act of the new owner was to raise the salary of the gardener from 14 ti 15 florins ($5.63 to $6.03) a week, ,- Secretary of Hun Labor Party Is Arrested. ANARCHISTIC BOOKS-SEIZED I. W. W. Jailed; 16 Aliens Held for Deportation. CLEANUP OF CITY BEGUN Federal and State Officials Are Co-operating With View to Speedy Action . In a raid conducted by the police late last night under the direction of William Bryon, chief of the de partment of justice, Michael Kleiner, aged 42. a German,, was arrested at his home, 208 Fourteenth street, and a mass of anarchistic and inflamma tory literature was confiscated. Kleiner after undergoing interroga tion early this morning, was released pending further inquiry by the fed eral authorities. Kleiner is secretary of the Ger man branch of the Labor Communist party, a "red" political organization. He rienieri membership in the I. W. W., although an I. W. W. membership card, fully paid up for the current year, was found In his desk. He de nied its ownership. The membership was made out under another name which police believe may be an alias. Russian Literature Found. Among the German papers found in Kleiner's home was a membership card in some workmen's benefit or ganization, in which the applicant was compelled to take the following oath: "Will you pledge yourself not to join the regular United States army. United States navy or the army and navy of any other country, state mili tia or police force In any form?" This particular oath had been erased with black ink, which ap peared to have been applied lately. Pamphlets by Lenine, Trotzky ard other bolshevists and anarchists were found in Kleiner's possession. Kleiner was born in Germanay, but was naturalized at Boston in 1904. He is a sausagemaker, is married and has two children. Police Lieutenant Thatcher re ceived information yesterday morn ing that a jubilation meeting bad been held at the home of a butcher in the neighborhood where Kleiner lives on Tuesday night to celebrate the I. W. W. atrocity at Centralia on Armistice day. Kleiner admitted to 'Concluded on tPage 6. Coiumn 2.) aarV m v i Appropriation of $7,500,000 Rec ommended ; Astoria to Start Campaign for Funds. To assure a naval base at the mouth of the Columbia, a site of 2500 acres at Tongue Point, valred by ita own ers at $100,000, must be donated to the government, according to a tele gram received Tuesday from Repre sentative C. N. McArthur by B. F. Stone, president of the Astoria port commission. A campaign to raise the $100,000 for the purchase of the eite so that it can be given to the govern ment is to be Instituted at once, Mr. Stone said yesterday, though a defi nite plan for the campaign has not as yet been formulated. In his telegram to Mr. Stone. Rep resentative McArthur says that a spe cial board consisting of Admirals Parks and McKean and Commander HIckson, who recently visited this city with Secretary of the Navy Dan iels, and inspected various sites for the proposed naval base, has recom mended the Tongue Point site in its report to Secretary Daniels, and that this report will be appended to the secretary's report to congress in De cember. Purchase Is Recommended. The report or the board, according to Representative McArthur's tele gram, recommends that the . govern ment acquire all of Tongue Point and all the shore line and submerged lands lying between Tongue Point and the John Day river, and that a mini mum of 12 destroyers, six submarines and the necessary aircraft be detailed to this base. The project also in eludes the dredging of anchorage space for a division of dreadnaughts near Tongue Point. "The board recommends an Initial appropriation of $1,500,000 and the eventual appropriation of $7,500,000 for the Tongue Point establishment,' telegraphed Representative McAr thur. "I am quite sure the naval af fairs committee will not sanction the purchase of additional lands at this time, so if we are to have a naval establishment at Tongue Point in the near future, all necessary property must be donated." The site desired by the board in eludes all of Tongue Point and all of Cathlamet bay north of the mouth of the John Day river. It is owned prin cipally by the Hammond Lumber com pany, the Van Duzen interests, the D. K. Warren estate, D. H. Welch and the Columbia Investment company At a meeting at Astoria last Satur day of the principal ownera. accord ing to Mr. Stoae, a price of $100,000 was agreed upon. At the request of the owners, Mr. Stone telegraphed this price to Representative McAr thur. The telegram from Mr. McAr thur, stating that the naval affairs committee would not sanction the purchase of further property, followed his receipt of this message from Mr. Stone. Portland Aid Promised. The Portland Chamber of Com merce, represented by H. B. Van Du- zer. president of the chamber, and (Concluded on Pass 2, Column 2.) IT'S UP TO CONGRESS. Threatened Deficit of $550,00 0 in Municipal Finances Averted by Action of Electors. The emergency 2-mill tax meas ure, submitted at the special city election yesterday, was successful. Complete returns from 353 out of 380 precincts gave the measure a major ity of 2541 votes. 8821 having been cast in favor of the proposal and 6280 against. The vote was eaid by city officials to have been the lightest cast at any recent city election, although the late returns indicated a heavier vote than earlier reports had indicated. The largest vote was cast between 5 o'clock and 8 o'clock when the polls closed. In many of the Drecincts less than 20 votes had been cast prior to 5 o'clock, but complete returns showed from 40 to 60 votes finally cast. Reg istration figures showed that the vote cast was about 25 oer cent of the registered strength of the city. Deficit la Prevented. . The measure was presented to the voters by the city council when it was found that the city was facing a de ficit of about $550,000. Increasing costs of materials and labor and de creased revenue to the city from va rious sources were held responsible for the financial stringency of the city. Because of the lack of funds, the campaign conducted by the city was confined to addresses and talks by members of the city council and city employes and invitations to all civio organizations, clubs and individuals to study the city's books to learn the city's financial difficulties. Follow ing searching investigations indorse ments were returned in favor of the measure, and this feature of the cam paign is crediated by city officials in bringing about the victory scored at the polls yesterday. Smnll Vote Ct. The vote yesterday was the smallest cast at any recent city election, ac cording to city officials. Election officials began bringing ballot boxes to the city auditor's office 15 minutes following the closing of the polls and from that time on until midnight a steady string of officials with re turns entered the office. Probably the smallest vote was cast at the precinct at 34 Eleventh street north, where but six votes were cast, five in favor of the special levy and one against. Here not even all the Election officials used their right of franchise and thus probably gained the record fof- the lowest vote cast in the election. Honors for te strongest affirma tive vote were divided between pre cinct 140H at Brooklyn and precinct 15 at Second and Oak streets. In both these precincts 31 votes were cast with 30 of these votes for the measure and cne lone vote cast against the special levy. An exceptionally light vote was cast in the hotel district, as is shown in the case of the precinct at the Ramapo hotel on Fourteenth and Washington, xvhere but 13 votes were (Concluded on Page 2, Column 4.) Northwest Congressmen Attack Policy. . FIST IS USED TOO SELDOM Poindexter and Johnson Call for Deportations. PUBLIC PATIENCE GONE Democrats About to Be Caught in Own Trap on Plans for Fill buster; Cloture Probable. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, Nov. 12. Congress and the federal government came In for much criticism today as being pri marily responsible for yesterday's bloodthirsty assault by the I. W. W. upon members of the American Le gion at Centralia, Wash. Representative Albert Johnson brought the subject up in the house in a short speech which caused the tragedy to be cited by Representa tive Blanton of Texas and other mem bers as a good reason why the rail road bill, now under debate, should include a strong anti-strike provision. Mr. Johnson read a telegram from Hoqulam Post No. 16. Hoquiam, Wash., calling atention to "the wan ton and deliberate murder of four of our comrades at Centralia," and de manding "final action by congress to cure all enemies of the flag." Traicedy Shadow Lens 6een. "For a dozen years we of the Pa cific northwest have seen this com ing, said Mr. Johnson. "We have known what Victor Berger and men of his stripe have meant when they have preached revolution to be fought with bullets and not ballots. We have endured much destruction of proper ty, practice of sabotage, burning of buildings, and interference generally, but when our soldier boys are singled out and shot down from ambush dur ing a patriotic parade in celebration of the world war, while bands are playing and flags flying, we have come to the limit. 'Every alien agitator who is work ing might and main to overthrow this government must be sent out of the country. Poladexter niamea Lealeney. Senator Poindexter placed the blame upon the federal government for Its leniency in dealing wjth rad lcals. He said: "This detestable outrage Is the fearful penalty which Centralia has paid for the over-lenient policy of the national government toward an archists and murderous communists. Instead of proscribing, deporting and otherwise punishing, as the law pro vides, this miserable human vermin which- seeks to destroy civilization tne government nas shown man; favors. "This miserable and cowardly crime is very similar in its character to the murders committed by Thomas J. jiooney in tne isan Francisco pre paredness day parade. It is to be hoped that the active assistance which has been given by the federal government in behalf of iiooney.'con- victed by overwhelming evidence of the crime, will -not be extended to those guilty of the Centralia out rage." Republican reservationists may in voke the cloture rule tomorrow to end a filibuster in the senate and expedite action on the treaty. The filibuster which has been blocking the progress of the treaty for the last two days originated on the democratic side and has since become a bi-partisan plot with somewhat different purposes than the democrats had in be ginning it. Walsh Stars Trouble. It began when some administration senators were in a hole and thereby led the treaty to the brink of death. The plan took expression in the amendment by Senator Walsh, demo crat, Montana, offered to the third reservation, which relates to article 10. By this amendment the United State "releases all members of the league from any obligation under ar ticle 10, and declines to participate in any proceedings by the council au thorized thereby." The effect of the amendment would be to destroy article 10, which has been called the "pillar section" of the league covenant. The purpose of Walsh and his dem ocratic colleagues was to split the majority, wnicn nas Deen a unit up to this time, feeling confident that Borah, Johnson of California, Gronna, La Follette and McCormick, republican irreconcilables, would jump at this opportunity to render the league cove nant impotent. Joke May Be Tragedy. That was the Walsh conception of & joke, but it has proved a most se rious joke, because Senators McNary, Kellogg and Lenroot called on him and some of his colleagues yesterday and told them that they were "tick ling death with a straw." "If you are going to make a joke of this treaty, your joke will prove a tragedy." Senator McNarv told them. i "If you put such language into this reservation it will not go out later by any help of those of us who have sought as true friends of the treaty! Concluded on Pate 2.' Coludin LI ... Pressure of Federal Reserve Board Causes Severe Impairment of Quoted Values. NEW TORK, Nov. 12. Under pres sure 'from the federal reserve board I and other powerful financial Inter ests Wall street today adopted more vigorous measures to put its house in order. ! This was accomplished by further! w.,airmeni or quotea va.ues, ol in u r o man z.ow.uuu shares the year's record and an ad vance in call loans to 30 per cent a rate unparalleled since the panic of 1907. Altogether the session witnessed the most severe purging the stock market has experienced since Wall street entered upon its period of post war prosperity. During the decline, which began at the outset, speculative favorites reg istered losses of 10 to 25 points, their minimum quotations being 30 to 60 points below maximums of the last fortnight. The reaction encompassed every va riety of stock issue, although United States steel, high grade rails and the copper shares finished at relatively nominal losses. However, rails as a group forfeited virtually all the im provement made in the previous month. There was little calling of loans. but only small sums were available on call at the opening rate of 14 per cent, while time money was scarcely obtainable except for short dates at 7Vi to 8 per cent. Banks which specialize in loans to brokers stated after the close of the market that loans had undergone very substantial reduction. While no fig ures were mentioned, it was believed that events of the last two days had curtailed brokers' accommodations by no less than $250,000,000. The mechanism of the stock ex change was taxed to a greater extent than at any time in its history. LABOR TO LAUNCH TICKET Chicago Federation Backs Move for Presidential Candidate. CHICAGO. Nov. 12. A national la bor ticket for the coming presidential election will be nominated in Chicago by a' convention tnat will meet No vember 22, John Fitzpatrick, presi dent of the -cnicago Federation of Labor, announced tonight. Twenty thousand delegates, repre senting the non-partisan league, farmers' organizations, granger so cieties and state and local unions, are expected to attend, he said. ALLEGED PROFITEER HELD Chicago Realty Operator Charged With Deal in Sugar. CHICAGO. Nov. 12. Gust Patsios. a real estate operator, was arrested today by federal authorities on a charge of profiteering in sugar. It is alleged that he bought 2000 pounds at 11 cents a pound and sold it at 20 cents a pound to a restaurant dealer. According to District Attorney Cline the sugar situation in Chicago is growing worse instead of bright ening. IMnPY OF TfinAY'i MFWQ The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 47 decrees; minimum, 37 decrees. TODAY'S Probably rain; moderate east erly winds. Foreign. Let church pay war debt, British editor's plea. Pase 1. Nat ional. Northwest congressmen blame federal leniency with red, ror Centralia mur ders. Page 1. Each bill is- attempt to "shackle labor," charge railway employes. Page 2. Wall -street stocks drop to low marks. Page 1. Refund by railways to government opposed In bouse. Page 2. Senate prepares to choke treaty debate. Page 3. Many miners ara not yet at work. Page 4. Domestic. Smaller newspaper urged by head of pub lishers' association. Page 5. Senator M3rtin. democratic leader, is dead. Page . Distillers win in injunction suit in federal .court. Page 3. Grange master calls for war on reds. Page 6. Philadelphia veteran heads legion. Page 1. Pacific Northwest. Satan's crew must go. says Governor OI- cott. Page 7. Lynched Centralia red identified as Ernest Everetts. Page 1. Spokane I.eglon demands deportation of all I. W. W. Page 8. Coroner's jury at Centralia mentions no names during Inquest. Page 1. Sports. Lincoln high defeats Commerce football team. 40 to 0. Page 14. Bill Snyder, ex-guard, arrives to coach U. of O. Page 15. Football fans pick University of Oregon to defeat O. A. C. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Arrest of radical labor candidate may up set election plans. Page 12. Dog owners of Portland to be required to pay double tax in 1920. Page 9. Famous Holsteins arrive from Hollywood farm for livestock exposition. Page 13. Court of domestic relations releases child Involved in habeas corpus proceedings. Page 11. Alien reds taken here may be deported. Pase 6 Pretty brown vetl Is. oh! so bad. Page 12. Tongue point chosen for government naval base. Page 1. Commissioner reprimands 'phone company for poor service. Page d. Big crop of candidates out for places in legislature. Page 4. Roads booster opposes Clackamas bond is- . sue. Page 4. N. B. Coffman lays Ills of society at church's door. Page 8. German red and x. W. W. arrested in Port- and raid. Page 1 city housing coda Is amended. Page 8. Portland passes 2-mlll levy. Pajje 1 Franklin D'Olier Is Elect ed Commander. WINNER HOLDS TWO MEDALS service in i-rance uiven in Salvage Department. OREGON SOLDIER HONORED William B. FoIIctt, Eugene, Is One of Five Vicc-Cliairmen to Be Chosen by Concntion. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. Nov. ir. The first annual convention of the American Legion tonight elected Franklin D'Olier of Philadelphia as its national commander and voted to have congress consider the advisabil ity of approving further bonuses for service mm. The Rev. F. A. Kelly of New York was elected national chaplain. D'Olier was the first candidate to be nominated. He was named by the Arkansas delegation. California passed its nominating right to New i'ork and Stuyvesant Fish placed the name of Hanford MacN'ider of Mason City, la., before the convention. The Virginia delegation nominated Leslie Jones of Washington, D. C, and Ken tucky named as its choice Emmet O'Neill of Louisville. Jr.ck Sullivan of Seattle, who was nominated by the North Dakota delegates, withdrew from the race, as did Chairman Henry D. Lindsley of Dallas, nominated by the Texas delegation. The vote was: D'Olier 366, MacNider 249, Jones 18, O'Neill 18. Lindsley First Past Commander. The title of past national com mander was conferred upon Mr. Linds ley. who had been acting head of the legion since the St. Louis meeting. The convention came to a close at 9:30 tonight. It was decided to open the 1920 convention at Cleveland. t, SeptembcrM!7. The convention prob ably will last three '.ays. Election of the national omniander followed a turbulent afternoon when a mass of resolutions and reports were considered. The convention for a time seemed split on the proposal to indorse a specific bonus plan and finally voted to place the matter it the hands of the national senate and house of representatives. Representative R. C. Johnson of Aberdeen. S. D., who served in France, supplied the inspiration which decided the bonus issue. Called to the con vention stage late in the day. he urged the delegates to ask congress to "rec ognize and relieve the financial dis advantages" incurred by persons who made sacrifices to serve their coun try. (entrails Trasjedy Diseussed. . A broad vasiety of subjects. Includ ing the Centralia tragedy, industrial unrest and the national non-partisan league, were touched upon. Delegates from northwest states drew up a reso lution assailing the activities of Pres- ident A. C. Townley of the non-parti- san league, but it was tabled by a l vote of the convention. The request I was made by Jack Sullivan of Seattle, chairman of the committee. I Declarations placing the American Legion on record against anti-American propaganda and activities were adopted this morning. Resolutions adopted include: Demanding adoption of a federal constitutional amendment barring from citizenship the American born children of orientals and others not eligible for citizenship. Demanding deportation of alien slackers and enemy aliens interned during the war; with selective ad mission of foreigners. Authorizing appoint -ent of a le gion .committee to spread the teach ing of the legion's doctrine of "100 per cent Americanism" among vet erans of the war and aliens in this country. War Department Rapped. The convention asked hat war de partment officials responsible for "tender treatment of conscientious objectors who were aliens be sum marily dealt with." After an hour's stormy debr.'.e on the question of due- and supporting the American Legion Weekly, the programme calling for national dues of $1 with state dues additional was approved. Shortly before final adjournment of the American Legion convention to night five vice-chairmen were elected. They are: Allen A. Tuckey. Omaha: James O'Brien, San Diego; Joyce P. Lewis, Long Prairie, Minn.; Alden R. Cham bers, Wlnthrop. Mass., and William B. Follett, Eugene, Or. Among the resolutions presented to the convention just before its close was one fixing the salary of the na tional commander at JtiuOO a year. Al though Mr. D'Olier, the new national commander, announced he would ac cept neither salary nor expenses, members forced the resolution to a vote, but were defeated. Country's Good Is First. Commander D'Olier issued the fol lowing statement shortly after his election : "The American Legion lias an enor mous amount of constructive work iCoucluded. on Pase 4, Column 4.) r, 1 102.0v r