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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
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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 . I 1
u c serveu at tne rumanu iiuici. i iic
party will leave on a late train Sun-1 eternally grateful to my friends for
dfty-n,ipht for Seattle. their support.'
McADOO IS DELIGHTED
Nomination of Cox Pleases Candi
date, Who Thanks Friends.
HUNTINGTON", N. T., July 6. When
William G. McAdoo was informefl upon
rising this morning that Governor
James M. Cox of Ohio had been 'nom
inated as the democratic candidate for
the presidency, his only comment was:
"I am relieved and delighted that
the call did not come to me."
Mr. McAdoo showed every evidence
that he was pleased.
Mrs. McAdoo, who was by her hus
band's side, said:
That's great."
Before leaving for his office In
Manhattan in his automobile, Mr. Mc
Adoo called the newspaper men and
asked :
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GERMANY GETS DEMAND
IMMEDIATE CUT IX ARMY OR
DERED AT CONFERENCE.
Lloyd George Causes Dramatic
Tension by Expressing Doubt 4'
of Good Intentions. -
SPA. Belgium, July 6. (By the As
sociated Press.) Whether the con
ference on the peace treaty breaks up
tomorrow depends upon whether the
Gernans present a plan for disarmni
ment, the immediate reduction ef the
German army from 200,000 to 100,000
men and the surrender of upwards of
1.500,000 rifles in the hands of the
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. Premier Lloyd George, speaking for
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eion. presented what may be called
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The German ministers are in ses
sion tonight at a villa three miles
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mans" will be held tomorrow. Dr,
Polish forces between the Beresina
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bolsheviki. says a Moscow statement
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Northeast of Rovno the Poles, the
statement ays, have been flung back
behind the line from Beradna to Kos
topol. Further south, near Ostroga,
the. bolsheviki have driven the Poles
from their positions and have inflict
ed heavy, losses.
. In the direction of Proskirov, fur
thei south, the soviet forces are pur
suing the Poles. '
CONSTANTINOPLE, July 5. (By
rhe Associated Press.) Greek trbbps
hove swept the country west of Bal-
oukessar clear of Turks as far north
as Adramit. They also have landed
large forces at Chardek, on the Dar
danelles. Consequently they expect
to eliminate the Turks from the prov
ince of Bigha shortly.
Observers who accompanied the
Greeks during their attack on Balou
kessar and who visited Pandemia af
ter the Greek occupation of the city
say the Turkish forces offered little
resistance.
It was found unnecessary for the
Greek forces to shell. any towns, aa
all hoisted the white flag when ap
proached.
Turkish civil officers in the terri
tory surrendered have been continued
in office
' British observers predict that the
nationalist movement will collapse
within a fortnight.
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