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
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