6 TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1920 DEBATE WAXES HOT AT LEGO SESSION Reorganization Plan Submit ted to Committee. SPLIT THREATENS POST "Dying of Dry Rot" Charge An nvcrcd With Demand That All, Xot Few, Carry on. Task. Discussion which threatened to split Tortland post of the American Legion into bitter factions erupted at a meet ing last night when Henry T. Boyd, whose accusation that the Legion was dying of dry rot injected "pep" into a meeting a month ago, broached a plan for reorganization of the post. Before the temperature of the ses sion had lowered, James R. Bain, vice commander of the post, who was pre siding, announced that his own resig nation and that of James O. Convill, post commander, had been in the hands of the executive committee for several weeks, for acceptance at any time tne post was not satisfied with tho acts of its leaders. Boyd insisted that he meant no re flection on the present officers or past officers, and that his plan did not con template the change or removal of any officials of the Legion. The up shot of much argument was that an amendment proposed by Arthur M. Geary was adopted and a committee ot 12 will be named to present a re port on at least two plans for reor ganization at the first meeting in Au gust. Post Is Held Too I.arire. Simons said to the Associated Press tonight: "We do not yet know what wo will do. The situation is too serious for me to make a comment on it. I would rather you did rflPt press me." The impression among observers is that the Uermanu will present a plan. The German delegates do not appear unwilling for their people to see how difficult the position is. The most dramatic moment of the session was when Premier Lloyd George said: T do. not believe that the Germans intend to execute the treaty." The German foreign minister im mediately interrupted, saying: You have no right to make any such remark. "We are trying to exe cute the treaty." Chancellor Fehrenbach, invoking the name of the Creator, cried: "We are loyally trying to execute the treaty."- The question o" execution of the military, naval and aerial clauses of the Versailles treaty was taken up immediately after the formal meeting opened at 4:30 P. M. Minister of Defense Gessler ex plained the German situation, in sup port of the contention of the German government that it must have an armed force of 200,000 men to main tain order in the republic. He said there was little difference whether the force was labeled army or police, provided the men were under control of the central government. Herr Gessler insisted that the al lied plan for 150,000 police, broken up Into small bodies under local control and without co-ordination, was in sufficient to deal with the present situation in Germany, which, he said. resembled somewhat that existing after the 30-year war. Armed bands in various rjarts of the country were pillaging and killing: they were armed not only with ordinary weap ons, but with machine guns, which they knew how to use. RAIL RATE HEARING ENDS INTERSTATE COMMERCE BODY TO DECIDE BY AUGUST. Boyd's idea was that Portland post Shippers Argue Rise . Will Aggre- was too large to function as a unit unless subdivisions were formed with common interests but component parts ot the whole post. He sue- ges-ted that they be designated "Dug out No. 1," "Dugout No. 2," etc., of Portland post, one comprised of 91st division veterans, another of Third Uregon warriors, etc. He said that he thought this would revive much interest and develop the social side of the American Legion. Turning over the chair to Arthur a. Murphy, Bain made a heated reply in which he reviewed the progress of the American Legion in Portland, due to the hard work of a few men, and not the listless indifference of many. saying that if there was any dry rot in the Legion it was due to th fuel that there was too much of the "Let George do it" spirit. He also referred to Boyd's admission that he had at tended but two meetings of Portland post ana had never accepted commit tee work or been active in any of the nairs ot me Legion. Sunday Picnic la Cited. Bain said that there could not be proper development of Portland post wnue the average member left all tne grief and hard work to a few. MR. DODSON'S VIEWS 31 SHIPPING Portland Man Is Urged New Board Post. for BACKING IS HARMONIOUS Portland Chamber Working With Ios Angeles Commercial and Shipping Interests. gate 55.5 Per Cent if Road and Labor Demands Granted. WASHINGTON, July 6. Hearing were closed tierore tne interstate commerce commission today on tne railroads' application for increased freight rates, which had been de scribed by shippers and carriers as the greatest single proposition in its effect on the American people ever ubmitted. Decision by the commission is ex pected early in August in order that the new rates may be effective when the government guarantee expires September 1. It is generally assumed that the forthcoming wage award of the railroad labor board will be taken into consideration without further hearings in adjusting the new schedules. The railroid3 under the provisions of the transportation act ask rate ad vances which would yield an added yearly income of $1,017,000,000 to pro vide the 6 pr cent return permitted by the law. In addition the expense tn Yin proate.! bv the expected award The picnic at Crystal Lake park last of the railroad labor .board, estimated Sunday was taken as an instance in at between $5,000,000 and 1. 000,000, which 10 men did the work of 50 and 000 must be met by further increases, ot ibj persons attending not more the carriers claim. than 150 were Legionnaires. Of 6000 I Opposition on the part of shippers postals sent to members asking their was confined mainly to- the rates of preierence on committees but 135 had 1 Increases asked by the carriers, su replied, and of those only five were I per cent in the east,. 31 per cent in wining to act aa pallbearers at funer-I the south and 24 per cent in the west W. D. B. Dodson. executive secre tary of the Portland Chamber of Commerce, at the solicitation of ship ping men and representative busi ness men of the Pacific coast interest ed in foreign trade and shipping de velopment, is a candidate for ap pointment as a member of the United States shipping board, created under section 3 of the merchant marine act of 1920. Prominent shipping men are identi fied with the movement to obtain Mr. Dodson's appointment as one of the two members to be chosen from the Pacific coast. It is a foregone conclusion that one member will be named from California, probably San Francisco. The second member would logically be either from Oregon or Washington. The position of Mr. Dodson as favor able to an open-door policy of ship allocation ha9 been clearly set out in recent communications to the ship ping board on this subject. This is the attitude of the Portland Chamber of Commerce and is in harmony with that of the Los Angeles commercial and shipping interests. United Support Prenented. The Portland civic organizations headed by the Chamber, have all joined in recommending the appoint ment of Mr. Dodson, as also have the port bodies and clearing house asso elation. A united support has been presented in the indorsements for warded to Secretary Alexander and to members of the Oregon delegation in congess, ana in which tneir co- peration has been asked in obtain- ng the appointment of Dodson. In recent communication to the ship ing board the Portland Chamber of Commerce set forth Mr. Dodson's ews as follows: Establish firmly and permanently on asis insuring progress and expansion the inerican merchant marine. Make the merchant marine serve in the most practicable fair way the nation's lor- gn trade. Organize the fleet now controlled by thte government to this end, in a manner that ill give the maximum support to the two great principles set forth above, and he same time insure to the government vry fair opportunity for thp best rea- aunttuiB return upon inn invesiment 1 1 hi , i , - In merchant ships during the war period and thereafter. To achieve these objects, the new ship ping board should be composed of men who M-ork to encourage the largest possible operation of allocated ships and ultimate ownership in various porta and by all companies able to prove a reasonably Bound business opportunity, present or prospective. Encourage foreign trade in American i bottoms, stimulate widespread interest among American investors in shipping se curities, prevent control of tho govern ment fleet from falling into -the hands or financial or operating monopolies, and , work to develop to the maximum the use of American ships, and thus establish liv- ng selling prices for the government fleet. giving the operator and prospective owner lair chance to maKe good. "W. D. B. Dodson, a native of Arkan sas, migrated to California when years old and for 11 years rode the' ranges of northern California and gatheed such an education as was af forded in the cow country of Lassen county in the '80s. He came to Port land in 1891, when in his 20th year, and diligently applied himself to ac quiring an education. He was an indefatigable worker and occupied his spare hours in Teading.. He entered a law office, took up court referee work, studied law and was admitted to practice, but never en gaged actively. He served for two years as secretary to the chief or police and then took up newspaper work as a reporter on The Oregonian. when the Spanish-American war came he enlisted as a private and went to the Philippines, in the third battalion of the 2d Oregon regiment. As the accredited correspondent of The Oregonian and in work of the Associated Press covering the activi ties and movements of the regiment be achieved notable results. He was wounded twice in one day in an engagement. After he left the army he went to China on a commercial mission, where he spent 2H years, during which he gained a familiarity with the busi ness and shipping situation. Because of his knowledge of trade and conditions in the oriental coun tries ne was invited to Decome trade commissioner for the Portland Cham ber of Commerce. When the Chamber and Commercial club were amalga mated he was elected to the position of executive eecretary, a position he since has occupied. GUARD STARTS TO GUMP FIFTH OREtiOX TO SPEXD TWO WEEKS IX WASHINGTON. als of comrades, he declared. licsionnaires even went so far, pointed out -Bain, as to believe uecause they were members the Le gion kitchens during Shrine week, de- which. It was .irgued, were too hig-h. The necessity rcjr some advance was generally conceded. Closing arguments for the roads to day, A P. Thorn, general counsel for signed to raise a little money for the the Association of Railway Execu organization, should have fed them I tives said -hat when ..the labor ifratis. . board's decision was handed down the W. A. Ekwall flared up in support carriers would ask that part of the of Bain and demanded to know who further rate advance made necessary nan ever seen Boyd at a Legion picnic or helping sell "hot dogs" for the ben efit of the organization. Dow V. AValker Lends Suppert. Dow V. Walker supported the con tention of Bain that only in unity va.0 mere strengtn, saying that inter sHould be borne by the passenger traffic. The carriers heretofore had asked that tne entire advance be placed on freight. Clifford Thorne ot Chicago, in the final argument in behalf 'of the shippers, declared that the total in nal politics would result and nrohahln crease in freight rates would aggre uiMHLCBraiion irorrt the adoption of I pci lll kL LUC i-vuo u ruuroaa laoor were sucuussiiu in getting all they are seeking, and that f labor got one-half of its demands and the carriers all of theirs, the freight advance would be approxi mately 41.53 per cent. - If shippers computations are cor rect, Mr. Thorne contended an advance of 16 per cant on freight would take are of the present necessity and re- uee the burden in freight traffic by $386,000,000 annually. the Boyd plan. josepn Hammond supported the Boyd plan as a practical solution of region difficulties. Thomas R. Ma honey, Arthur M. Geary and W. H. Maguire also spoke on the motion. - Twenty-three delegates will be cho sen at tne meeting Monday, July 19 me o.aic 'uiiveniion or tne Legion hi Astoria. xne following nomina tions were made last night: rrar.it a. sever, ueorge A. White, G. L. i-ooueii, wiiour Henderson, T. Henry Boyd, JJow . Walker, J. J. grossley. Thomas R. -nanoney. frescott W. Cooklngham, Thomas Sweeney, Ben Morrow, Frank Moore, James R. Bain, "W. A. Ekwall, J. Coffey, Arthur M. Gearv. Earct V. I.n. rd, James F. Alexander, Jerrold Owen Clarence R. Hotchkiss, W. H Magulre Arthur A. Murphy. Milton R k-lon... Harvey Black, Joseph Hammond, William c. Norton, ueorge H. Lewis, Hal- vor rt. Kasch, Sidney J. Benedict. George iuuau, v,rtsius xt. recK, w. j. Morris, Ed wara j. ,ivers, L, L. Davies. Walter B. Oleason. . M. Phelps, James O. Convill, " narnson, tjnaries (bedstead John .Kennedy, Merle Campbell, Fred M. vei. jane v. uoyie, Altred J. Monteith, ireea c Hammond, John Mowry, Orton R. Goodwin. Karl R. Goodwin. Anne Bcnneiaer, George L. Rauch, L. A. Bow man, franklin F. Korell, Mary Cronin, Jane Kenney, Margery Bell, K. A. Walton, Airred behild, Leonard 1. Kauffman, James M. Varran, Harry c. Brumbaugh, Henry omen, jonn Ageie, J. Guy strohm, Ht M. vj i c "D a n u I t rey Alien. Bain announced the election of rank S. Sever of the executive com mittee of the post to the position of post adjutant, replacing James W, Crawford, resigned. F. M. Phelps suc ceeded Sever on the executive com- mi ttee. 1 No more entertainments will be given with post meetings until th 18 BOLSHEVIK CAVALRY REG I MEMS BROIvEX UP. Poles Defeated on Long Line Greeks Sweep Turks From Large Area. LONDON, July . The British war office today gave out a message say ins; that the cavalry of General Wran gel, anti-bolshevik commander sotithern Russia, had encircled a bol shevik cavalry corps consisting of 1 regiments. The message declares only 150 the bolsheviki escaped, 1000 prisoners being taken and the battlefield left covered with dead. In addition 40 guns were captured. The message adds that a second bolshevik cavalry corps, with its staff, post is in its new home. Sixth and Ash als0 was caPi.urea. Dy wrangei 3 army streets, wnicn will be after August 1, TWO GO TO MEET S0L0NS 15 Units of Infantry and Three of Coast Artillery Are Under Colonel C. C. Hammond. Promptly at 9:30 o'clock yesterday morning, without any hitch in the programme, more than 700 members of the 5th infantry, Oregon national guard, ' and three companies of coast artillery troops, entrained at the Un ion depot for the annual two weeks' training and practice at Camp Lewis, Wash. Colonel Creed C. Hammond, formerly of the 39th C. A. C. is In charge of the troops. This is the first of the annual train ing events for the 5th. However, there are many veterans in the mus ter roll who traveled fast and far in the late war, and in the ranks are many men who are privileged to wear gold chevrons. Included in -the Portland units are B company, D. D. Hale commanding; E company. Captain Harry Hanson; F company. Captain Eugene Libby; H company, Captain Leo J. Prioni a company, Captain Fred M. West: machine gun company. Captain Ed Elvers; supply company. Captain Ray mond K. Conner, and headquarters company. Captain L. A- Milner. Cap tain Milner is also adjutant to Colonel Creed C. Hammond, commanding 5th nrantry. Six of the 15 units comprising the 5th come from outside of Portland. They are: A company of McMinnville, Captain James C. Shirley command ing; C company of Eugene, Captain H. G. Kenney; D company of Medford Captain H. A. Canaday; I company of Woodburn, Captain Grover Todd; M company of Salem and K company, Captain Le Roy Hewlitt. Captain Raymond K. Conner left two days ago to prepare the camps for the coming of the Oregon con tingent. 'According to schedule, camp will break July 20, but no return ar. rangements have been made. Members of House Appropriations Committee Arrive Sunday. P. Hetherton, assistant to the ex ecutive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, and. Alfred A. Aya, who will represent the chamber In en tertaining members of the approprla tions committee or the house on their visit to Oregon reclamation projects and Crater Lake - national park, left last night for Klamath Falls, where the committee is due to-arrive today, The party will travel Sunday from the Deschutes country to Portland, leaving the train at Multnomah falls early in the afternoon to meet a local reception committee. The house mem bers will be escorted to municipal terminal No. 4, after which dinner will , . i . . 1 n . 1 a . 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