THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, OREGON
SATURDAY, JUL'
TICKET HAMED TO
ATTEMPT DEFEAT
OF LE
Bytarl R. Goodwin
Astoria. July 31. Thoroughly dis
gusted with . what they, believe axe
"steam roller" tactics by the admin
istration of (he state department of
the Amjriean Legion in ita efforte
to choose its own successors, a croup
of prominent leglonaires, represent
in? posts from every section of the
state, met Friday night in the Wein
.hard hotel here and unanimously se
lected comrades for the various of
fices to be filled.
William S. Gilbert, for many years
chaplain of the . Third Oregon infantry,
a veteran of two wars and one of the
most popular , men in -Oregon, was
unanimously named as the harmony
. candidate for department commander.
Paramount at the meetings was the
desire to name a man who successfully
could effect a fusion of the disconcert
ing influences that are working -in the
; state organizations A candidate for
. adjutant has as yet not been selected.
. but those who are behind the movement
are determined to secure a runninc
- mate for Major Gilbert, who is equally
as acceptable to the state at large.
A rumor has it that Jesse R. Hinman
of Astoria is . the likely candidate for
- the office, but other candidates are con
sidered, and the definite selection is not
to be announced until time for ; the
nomination on the. floor of the conven
tion Saturday. -
Some of the Legionnaires who were
. instrumental in calling the emergency
meeting Friday night, and who ; are
largely responsible for the resulting de
. clsions are Harry L. Kuck of Pendle
ton, W. Carlton Smith of Salem. Fred
K. Kiddle of La Grande. Ralph Cewgill
of Medford, Karl Blackaby of Ontario
and Eugene S. Shea of Albany.
GEABY WOULD WITHPBAYT
Strengthwas added to the prospects
-of the .."'harmony candidate when Ar
thur M.' Geary, of Portland post No. 1.
. who has been mentioned as one of the
prominenti- candidates for commander,
declared v Friday night that he would
withdraw from the race and would nom--.
inate Major Gilbert fjor the highest honor
obtainable at the hands of the state
convention.
'Factionalism and politics are gnaw--.
ing at the very ,-tal of the American
- Legion in Oregon?2 and it Seems that
some radical step mBM be taken to save
the organisation .from dry rot, if not
". total extinction, ;ald, Harry L Kuck,
editor and publisher j?f the Pendleton
.' Tribune,,, who is one6fsthe prime movers
' in the effort to secure election of Major
Gilbert fas state commander.
MEMBERSHIP DECREASES
-"Membership in the Portland post has
dropped from 6000 to a mere 2800 dur
ing the past few months, as a result of
l: the internal quibbling and sectionalism
. within the post, and here in Astoria we
find the Seame .Influences at work," con-
tinued Kuck.
"No sooner had the delegates from out
side posts boarded ths special in Port
land than they were approached to line
up with the leaders in the administra
tion during the past year, and to help
dec' Goodell of Portland etate com
,. mandsr. - .
"We,, who came to 'Astoria from the
. four corners of the state, with only the
best Interests of the legion at heart, be
came unified in our desire to lift the
state organisation once and for all from
the realm of politics and ambitious. of
fice seekers. We were sorely perplexed
to find a way, in face of the carefully
planned campaign for the election of
Goodell and the determined opposition
of, 10 of the 13 Portland delegates to
his candidacy,
GILBERT IS CnOSEK
"Finally we decided that our only sal
vation was to do some Inside' work
ourselves, and' center upon a man who
is big enough, strong enough, capable
enough to override the-handicap of a
tottering regime.
"We chose William S. Gilbert, and we
j are confident that his election Saur-1
. of sterling worth, of recognised capa
bilities, and although not a candidate
, for the honor is too-: big a roan not to
, answer the urgent call of his comrades
'j, their hour of need."
Sentiment among delegates from the
Willamette valley and Eastern Oregon is
practically cemented along r the convic
tions as expressed by Kuck. Before the
convention convened Goodetl's election
to the chief office of the department was
practically assured; now his defeat. is
.everywhere predicted.
MAT BE trifAIflMOUS
It I even rumored that Major' Gilbert
will be the unanimous choice of the con
vention. It was entirely without Major Gil
bert's knowledge that his nomination for
state commander was conceived, and he
no doubt will be as surprised to learn
of the movement in his behalf as will
many of his friends, both in the Amer
ican Legion and out of It, because of the
fact that he never has aspired to anx
position of honor in the organization.
but always has placed his services andJ
w i .. . i. I t i. i , i W
Friday afternoon's session was a tor
rid one. but Saturdays gatherings are
expected to surpass even the wildest ex
pectations. . Defeat of an amendment to the con
stitution, providing for the appointment
of state adjutant. Instead of by election;
as heretofore, clearly shows that the ad
ministration's power Is waning. The
vote was a close one, so close, in fact,
that but one ballot separated the two.
The eountwas 13 for election and .11
for appointment- The Portland post
delegation voted 10 for election and IS
for the harmony" ticket..
Army flyers Are
Forced to Land On
. Journey to Alaska
Edmonton, Alta.. July 31-(U. F.i
After proceeding 70 miles from Edmon
ton today, the four army airplanes fly
ing from New York to Nome were forced
to return to Edmonton shortly before
noon.. . r-'f
Low-hanging, thick clouds made flying
vnsaxe. -
Captain Street, in command, announced
that the squadron will not attempt to
proceed until favorable weather U re
ported at Jasper, Alberta.
Girls1 Pet Alligator
Presented to City
Too vicious a pet fer her to control
any longer. Miss IS.. Ward; 47S East
Forty-sixth street north, has offered an
alligator. 48 inches long, to the City
park soo. Park Superintendent C P,
Keyser accepted the offer Saturday
morning and the pugnacious reptile will
be duly incarcerated in Ua tank
Monday morning.'"
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closed SaturOay. From left Dr. A. jr. Ridges, Salt Lake; Dr. Cnlle n F. welty, San Francisco; Dr. WJ
G. Reeder, Chicago; Dr. A. H. Andrews, Chicago; Dr. Fred Stanf f e r. Salt Lake, and Dr. Wilson John
ston, president, Portland. . ' - : "' ''1 .
SSoO?OUNDS
ON TRIP TO COAST
Demonstrating the feasibility of
aerial transportation,' tha - Oregon,
Washington & Idaho Airplane com
pany's Seagull, in The J6urnal's "sea
plane express service, carried a 900-
pound load to 'Astoria and Seaside
Friday afternoon. :
Besides Pilot Pred DuPuy -there were
K. J. Jaeeer of Portland as a passenger.
nearly 400 pounds of newspapers, early
afternoon editions of The Journal and
a considerable quantity of baggage. The
Seagull went equipped with ' a new C-6
Curtiss motor of 160 horsepower. Victor
Vernon, general manager of the com
pany, tested out the motor In the morn
ing before the flight to the beach was
started. . i
A8TOEIA, FIRST STOP,
The plane lifted from the landlna
basin of Lewis and Clark field at 1:10
p. m-, reachlnic Aatoria. after combat
ting head winds, at 2 :S0. Here, because
tne city has as ? yet provided no ade
quate landing facilities, the plane was
delayed S3 - minutes while the papers
were being taken off in a rowboat. j
v Flying- over Seaside, Jaeger dropped
a wrapped Journals aiming at the front
porch of his cottage. ! Whilo DuPuy Is
not prepared to say ; the paper hit Jae
ger's front porch, he is certain It hit
someone's porch.
The plane flattened out on the Ne-
canicum river at 1:80. DuPuy left
again for Portland at 4:15 and reached
Lewis and Clark field at 8:30.
Two planes are making the flisrht to
Astoria and Seaside Saturday after
noon. Pilot Victor Vernon, with two
passengers in the Seagull, will carry
The Journals to Seaside and Pilot
Archie Both, in an F-boet, will make the
Astoria delivery.' Both afterwards - will
ny to seaside ana Vernon will pilot the
F-boat back to Portland, Both remain
ing at the beach with the Seagull over
Sunday. "- . ; v ;
E- J. Jaeger will fly back to Portland
in onf of The Journal's seaplanes next
week. : ;
While the Seagull was going toward
the beaches, Victor Vernon, piloting an
Oriole, one of the big Curtias land
planes, with G. F. Emery ss passenger.
was flying over Mount Hood, surveying
a new trip for persons who have ex
pressed the desire to see the mountain
from above.
Leaving Portland att 9 the- Oriole
circled the east side, then headed In a
bee line for the . mountain, - climbing
steadily from an altitude of 8000 feat
over the municipal field to 12,000 feet
when over the mountain. - The Bull Bun
water reserve was traversed at an alti
tude of 4000 feet.
The mountain was completely circled
once at this altitude, and a number of
photographs were taken. A number of
persons want to make the flight over
Mount Hood and now that its practi
cability has been demonstrated some Of
the trips will be arranged immediately.
The mountain flight consumed' just i
hours 80 minutes. -
ABERDEEN .GETS ITS TTRST
AIRPLANE MAIL DELIVERY
Aberdeen. Wash.. July 30. Captain
Frank Harding arrived here late yester
day afternoon in a Curtiss seaplane.
coming from Portland to Astoria in one
hour and 10 minutes, and flying from
Astoria to Aberdeen in 40 minutes, cap
tain Harding delivered Journals that
were off the press at t c m. in Aber
deen at I p. m-, the first time mail or
newspapers have been delivered here by
air route. Captain Harding will remain
here for a week" making dally flights.
He. will be accompanied back to Port
land by A. C. Gtrard, the photographer,
who has been talcing snap shots today
of the harbor cities. , -
SIDELIGHT PATTER
(CesUsuad Fros ran Oseli
dentally stepped on qpe of the stage
electric globes and he, along with mine
tenths of the other attendants, Jumped
a foot high at the loud report.
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The hospitality of the Astorians Is all
that could be asked. Everyone Is hav
ing a grand time and the weather has
been perfect.
"
The parade' Is one of the main fea
tures of Saturday .afternoon and a big
turnout from all posts of the state 4s
expected. -;.
: Captain P. H. Allen, now of Portland
LEGION SESSION
SPECIALISTS HAVE
but late of ths Fifth battalion of Al
berta and Saskatchewan. Canada, known
as the "Prairies," is the official recorder
of the meeting. He told Commander
Follett . that since he had joined the
American Legion he had never been
able to do anything for the organisation
and he wanted to be the "court reporter"
of the occasion, and gratis, too. When
It is taken into consideration that the
lowest bid that had been received for
the same duties was In the neighborhood
of 3373, it means a whole lot. None
have been able to talk too fast for the
captain to get all that Is said, although
at times bis pen gets hot. t
e e
Governor Ben VT. Oloott was given a
big hand when he was introduced at
the opening of the second annual state
convention of the American Legion yes
terday morning. Mrs. Olcott and the
twins are with the governor, taking in
the eight
- .- ' . e e .
Wilbur Henderson of. Portland made
a motion to adjourn during one of the
few . dull moments in the morning ses
sion but the yells of "No'' that greeted
the proposal made Henderson refrain
from anything like that again.
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H. W. Scott of. Astoria' Invited the
members of the session and their friends
to be sure and take In the clam dinner
at Seaside Sunday. He urged that
everyone stopeatlng from now until the
clam bake. (
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Big- preparations are being- made for
the Central Door Lumber company
baseball team of Portland which will
meet the Astoria Centennials of the In
tercity league of the Portland Baseball
association at Seaside tomorrow after
noon in a double header.
-The committee appointments as an
nounced ' by Comamnder -Follett were ; , j
Constitution, J. M. Williams, Eugene;
Cassius R. Peck, Portland; Edgar Har
rison, The Dalles ; Robert Dillard, Marsh
field; Guy Patton, Elgin. ; s
Committee of aides to disabled sol
diers: Jane Doyle. Portland; Chester F.
Bernihg. Antelope ; Dr. J, H. Rosenberg,
PrineviUe : L. J, Belleville, ftJcMinnyille ;
Ben F. Dorrls, : Eugene. ;
Committee on relief and employment:
Leland R. Gilbert,- Astoria ; Albert 8.
kelson. Yamhill ; W, W. Gilbert. Al
bany ; Arthur M. Geary, Portland ; H. p.
W. Pineo, Hood River- .
Legislative: John 8. Rankin, New
berg; G. A. Codding, Medford ; W, W.
Woody, Corvailis; M. B. Huntely. Eu
gene; Harold J. Warner, Pendleton.
Besolutiona : Arthur A. Murphy. Port
land; Eugene Shea, Albany; A. L. Cul
lander. Independence ; Fred S. : Kiddle,
La Grande; F, A. Fessler, Prineville.
Americanism 8 Jesse R. Hinman, As
toria; Edward W. Van Horn.. Lloyd
Harding. Oregon City; Harry Conro
North Bend. 5
Next meeting place: William A. Bus
sell. St. Helens; Bertram Bates. Roee
burg; Lake M, BechteU, PrineviUe t C.
G. Schneider. Gresham; Arthur Van
Fleet. La Grande.
Finance: Malr C. Davis. Marshfleld :
G. S. Newton. Milton; B. P. Cowgill,
Medford; Presoott W. Cookingham,
Portland; Perry D. Idlemen. Pendleton.
Rules of convention : Earl Black ah v.
Ontario; J, A, Buchanan, Astoria;
Charles W. Erskine, Bend; Walter B.
Gleagon, Portland ; James Spencer, Ash
land. Credentials : Thomas Sweenev.' ?ir.
land; Raymond Kerr, Cottage Grove;
Fred Westerfleld. Klamath Falls; Claud
Nyburg. Sherwood ; Bobbin L. Day. Sa
lem. . : '
The special train which bmue-ht
Portland delegation and many other rep
resentatives from UD-state nests will
make the return, laavine Astoria at ii
o'clock Sunday night.
Quite a number motored dawn to at.
tend the meetings here, prominent among
wem img uo-w v. Walker and Arthur
A. Murphy, ...
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Jesse R, Hinman, chairman lot the
committee in charge of the convention
aoUviUes in Astoria, is a mighty busy
roan. He is directing 'everything and
getting by in fine shape. It has been a
Strenuous week for him.
E. J. Eivers. present state adjutant, is
up for reelection, but he is to receive'
some stiff opposition, it is rumored.
Hinman is said to be an opponent and a
dark horse is likely to make an appear
ance at the pole Saturday afternoon.
Searoh for Bodies
;0f Six Victims of
. Cigar Factory Fire
' Philadelphia. July Jl XI. P.) Search
was being made for the bodies of six
persons believed to have lost their lives
in a fire which destroyed the eigar fac
tory of 8Innttnd C. Mayer Ce., last
night, with a loss of $500,000. The bodies
of a girt and a man were recovered
shortly after the blase was checked.
Four persons were injured. ;
Th coroner was expected to investi
gate altered IhHnn nt amn.
Heavy wire screens on the windows were
o nave prevented four women
en the third floor from making their posi
tion known to firemen.
SHOP TALK
vention at trio Multnomah hotel
STATE COMMITTEE
G. 0. P. SECRETARY
Up in the the northwest corner
of the Imperial hotel, too high up
for any prying prowler of the com
mon , herd to get a glimpse of the
mysterious rites carried on behind
the close drawn curtains and tight
battened transoms of rdom 209,
Ralph Williams, national committee
man. Tom Tongue, state .chairman,
and other members of the "commit
tee of 21," which ' bears no other
than generic kinship to the commit
tee of 48-boiled the jot of Re
publican politics Friday afternoon.
Seeping out through the .copper riveted
secrecy n't that star chamber's close
guarded keyhole there have crept some
announcements, and some surmises. It
was announced, for instance, tiiat Clar
ence R. Hotehkisa, overseas veteran and
first choice of Colonel David M. Dunne
for secretary of the Republican state
committee, had been elected to that of
fice. ' It is surmised that the colonel,
who was not present, emitted solitary
chuckles of delight when tne news was
telephoned to him' over at the rWiloox
building, and, vice versa, tnat Jack Day,
chairman of the Multnomah, county cen
tral committee, who was also not pres
ent, rwallowed what chortles he might
have harbored. What Vernon Parsons
of Eugene. E. K. Brodie of Oregon City
and Walter L- Toose Jr. of McMtnn
vllle, a member of the inner circle, all of
them ambitious to be secretary, all of
them absent, may be thinking now, is
too painful for surmise, .
JOXES BLCTB TREASURER
It was announced,, also, that Arthur
Jones .was ' reelected as keeper of the
campaign sack for another term, but
how burdensome thaWreceptiele of the
coin la now, or how bulgms it soon wilt
be, is another surmise. -
It was announced, furthermore, that
O. C. Letter, campaign manager for Her
bert Hoover in the recent primaries, was
elected publicity manager for the coming
battle. Whether that official recognition
will carry the Hoover vote along with
Letter is another surmise, not an an
nouncement. . .
It was announced, too, . that Sanfield
MacDenald state manager for Hiram
Johnson during the days before Wallace
McCamant arose like David of old to
wallop him between the eyes, was al
lowed to talk. It is surmised that what
Sanfield told the inner guard tinkled the
belle of harmony though every tintin
nabulation bruieed the saddened fibers
of his heart.
it was announced still further that
there is to be a bureau of speakers, a
bureau of publicity and a bureau for the
organisation of -Republican clubs, and
it -may well be surmised what Charlie
Lockwood .will think of the last. .
STA9PIELB HAS SAT
It was announced, finally, that R. N.
stanfleld. candidate for United States
senator, who had been herded in the
lobby like the bell wether of. his own
wide grazing flocks throughout the fe
verish afternoon, naa oeen aamutea into
the ell room to make a few remark.
What he said is surmised. Whether he
repeated his prior demand that the $25.-
000 fund raised in tne state for we na
tional campaign be split Z9-T5 between
himself and the national ticket, is sur
mise. Whether, if he did. the committee
told him he could have the 25 per cent-
is also surmise. Room 209 is even more
discreet than the fabled barber of King
Midas.
Finally, taking the public mto his con
fidence, the publicity manager gave it
out that the following- brethern and sis
ters of the Sphinx were in attendance
on the meeting; R- & Williams, national
committeeman; inomas .. tongue,
state chairman j Clarence R. Hotchkiss,
secretary ; Arthur Jones, treasurer ; J.
W. Cochran, the retiring secretary ; c. o
Huntley, W. P. O'Brien, Roy p. Smith,
S. S, Smith. J. C Punn, & E, Notson.
Mrs. F. O. Northup, Mrs, C- C Runyon,
Mrs. Lee Davenport, Mrs. C P. Bishop,
Mrs. A- M. Dibble, Mrs. PranK L. Cham
berg and Miss Anna Long.
. Grange la In Session , .
. Oregon City, July;,- 31. Abemetfty
grange is meeting Saturday at' the
grange, hall at Parkplaoe, attending to
business of the organisation. ' Dinner
was served at noon by the women of the
grangei
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Anto Xs Damaged
. Vancouver. Wash-, July tU-X car
belonrlrur to B." E. Norelius Of 8015
Kaoffman was somewhat damaged Fri
day afternoon when it collided with a
car driven by R- Grimshaw of Rock-
awayk Or. The accident occurred on
NAMES
HOTCHKSS
THQUSAr DS HGilUR
COX AT DAYTOil III
By Robert J. Bender
. Caitad Sew 8tfl Correcpeadent.
Dayton, Ohio, July 31. When It
comes to paying homage to a favorite
son, time, tidetemperature stay
no man. Hence, despite the fact that
it was nearly a hundred in the shade
here Friday and there ) was com
paratively no shade thousands of
people from this city and. the whole
Miami valley flocked forth to honor
fjlmmy," Cox.
A hot time 'was had by all probably
the hottest- by the governor himself. He
left home with a large, white handker
chief and he had ; the handkerchief
functioning over his features all of the
time as he stood in the reviewingretand.
It served as . a fan. an eye shade, a
means of i saluting passing delegations
and floata.and, when not otherwise en
gaged, was devoted to removing : an
ever-increasing ' perspiration from the
uncovered head and smiling countenance
of the Democratic nominee. ,
SrfiE JDIMPS DAT .
WhUe the celebration was a strictly
honorary non-partisan affair to all in
tents and - purposes, it obviously was
"Jimmy's" day in Dayton. The whole
city : quit work at noon and shortly
thereafter began marching in review
before him. But. through miles of
marching- men and women -and a score
of floats, that stepped or rolled down
the main thoroughfare of the city, at
tention was fixed by the. great "throng
along- the way on ; the governors wue.
They wanted to know how these two
acted. In the role of possible White House
residents, for it was the first time many
had an opportunity of seeing them close
up since the Democratic, party honored
them both. J .-;
Tha eovernor. In a dark suit, stood
throughout the ceremony at the front
of his section of the reviewing stand.
Slightly beWnd him and at ms srae
stood Mrs. Cox. dressed in a summer
frock of oale yellow and wearing a pic
tun hat of lirht lavender shade. She
ran a close second to the governor in
the matter of smiles for the paraders.
THEY APPEAR TOUSO
"How vounr they both .are." was an
exclamation frequently heard from the
crowd. '
Friday's event differs from raccept-
ance dav." Ausrust J. .in that the latter
will be strictly a party affair. Few of
th Democratic leaders ewere on - hand
to participate with; Cox in the celebra
tion Friday. '
The stand waa occupied merely py
local celebrities- Lengthy political
soeeches were taboo. It was Just i
old-fashioned Jollification with fire
works, pink lemonade and everything-
sort of a cross between a circus day ana
the narade - opening an annual Elks'
street fair In any medium sized Ameri
can eltvj :. '
From a distsmce came tne regular
boom of cannon In salute to the execu-
tlva. Overhead airolanea whirled their
dervishes, mocking the sweltering crowd
below.
It was all nice and homey and the
eovemor and Mrs. Cox liked-it. They
showed it all over their young beaming
faces.
BANNERS TELL JIOW HEARTS
F PEOPLE BEAT FORCOX
(United Nw)
Davton. Ohio. July 80. Heard and.
seen In the demonstration given Oover
nor Co bv the Miami valleys -
"Jimmy got his start this way," reaa
a sign carried by Cox's newsboys, who,
about SQO strong, yelled as tney passea
the stand, We want Jimmy."
Another newsboy sign bearing a pic
ture of a donkey proclaimed that ''There
were no kicks on Jimmy's route."'
"Cox a doodle, doo" was another, ana
Be Cox sure in November, read ; a
third. '
One feature of- the paraae was a
printing .creea in actual ope ration, run
ning off hundreds of Cox pictures. A
sign on the side said ; "A printer for
the White House."
''Do you remember what we were
doing 37 years ago ' todayr aia a
tanned farmer who rushed up to Cox,
"You and I were out In the field shock
ing oats," the - man, Frank Burke of
Middletown, shouted proudly.
As the parade passed there were cries
of "Jimmy." "Hello. 1 Boss." "How's the
boy." "Go to 'em," and Cox called back
to scores of them s Hello Bill," "Glad
to see you, oeorge," ana even, -ji.
Tom.". - '
From the top of a big float where tne
sun had sent the temperature about the
100 Xpark- a loud voice shouted, "tiei
us hacls our beer, Jimmy." ,
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MEET IS WIPED OUT
fCeaUaaed Press Pats OmI
Ham B. Follett, but that is the way
things are -lined up.
It was a merry assemblage that broke
up and everyone expressed satisfaction
of the outcome. After , the parade.
scheduled for 1:80 o'clock in the after
noon, few of the delegates will ' be
brought Into the confidence of those who
have been responsible in bringing about
the ' harmonious atmosphere afte the
turmoil of theJast two days, until nom
inations are called for;
There is little doubt that Major Gil
bert, who is a veteran of - two wars,
will be the unanimous selection of the
body.
EUGENE WINS MEET
Arthur M. Geary of Portland had
been announced as one of the leading
candidates, but as soon as he heard
that the Astoria ex-service man was
being considered, he immediately de
clared himself out of the race and went
to the support of the chaplain of the
Third Oregon infantry.
Goodell's backers were the best organ
ized among those who contemplated run
ning. for it is said that a systematic
campaign had been launched in bis be
half. 'With the Portland man doing val
iant service for Major Gilbert one of the
big moves for : harmony has been ao
complished.
Eugene was selected for the 1921 meet
ing place, winning from Baker by a vote
of 89 to 75. W. H Oxley f Baker ex
tolled that city's pretty girls and brought
forth applause with his statement that
1600 recruits has been secured there.
Bne Dorris of Eugene told of the vir
tues of the university, picturing" the
grassy can as oi tne w luameiie ana tne
committee roam In the convention hail.
which would be well supplied with, type
writers. ' ".
"BOLLAK MARX SCOBEB s. '
Chief among the committee reports
was that of the committee on. American
ism. of which J. R. Hinman of Astoria
was chairman Th resolution held that.
HOWiE CELEBRATION
DBS
NSIQN AT LEGION
as there was no time for dollar patriot
ism during the war, there is no time for
dollar patriotism during the period of
reconstruction. - It urged the appoint
ment of a special committee to investi
gate the activities of radical organisa
tions in the state. Other recommenda
tions were : Education of the foreign
born, suppression of the Japanese men
ace, the selection of the best method to
combat radicalism, a plan lo combat the
i. w. w. propaganda and the securing
of an immigration passport from the
nearest American consul by European
immigrants. .
v continuing, the resolution said s "No
foreigner should be admitted to : this
country who cannot be assimilated or
wno cannot be taught the principles
upon which this government is founded.
OSE UNOCAOE CHGED
After urging that the Legion continue
its fight for the parallel column for for
eign languages newspapers the report
added, "There is nothing that tends to
keep the alien attached to his native
land like the foreign language news
papers." ; Strong indorsement was given
K- J. Langoe. editor of the Northman.
for-his stand on the foreign language
newspaper question. langoe . recently
issued his paper printed completely in
English.
After much discussion the budget pro
viding for $10,000 for next year's - ex
penses wu adopted. Dues win be ?5
cents monthly and per member a special
assessment.' or 60 cents was madu on
each. post. The report of the executive
committee asked that radical changes
be. make in the courtsmartial of the
United States; that ex-service men be
given the preference in granting etat
lands and that the congress be urged to
adopt th Legion's four-fold plan for aid
to ex-service men.
The courtsmartial resolution wa3 of
fered by Gresham post. 'jr f
CONSTITUTION IS CHAKGED
1 By a vote of 81 to 82 the convention
Friday afternoon voted to amend the
new constitution of 'the organization to
provide for the election of the state
adjutant along with the state com
mander. , ,
The decision came only after a sen
sational fight on the floor of the con
vention .had taken place, in whieh Clatsop
post and Dallas post led, being Opposed
by Cassius R. Peck and a large portion
of the Portland delegation and scatter
ing delegations. ' v is -It
was known that Clatsop post was
to stage a fight over the section and it
may have been - that reason - which
prompted Commander Follett to leave
Astoria delegates from the . resolutions
and constitution committees. However
as soon as the constitution was reported
by Peck, J. A, Buchanan of Astoria
voted to strike the resolution providing
for the appointment of the adjutant by
tne commander. -
NEW POSTS PLANNED
Erskine of Bend saUied to the aid of
the state commander, Boyd of Portland
made a motion to make the position an
honorary one, but 'lost it by an over
whelming -vote. Kuck of Pendleton took
up the battle for the negative, while
Geary attempted to swing the Portland
delegation to the affirmative. Toose of
Dallas spoke for the election of the ad
jutant and a roll . c&U was demanded.
The victory by the Astoria and Dal
las posts, with the aid of other posts,
is taken hers as an indication that a
dark ' horse will be put up for com
mander to oppose the Portland steam
roller, which failed to put over the ap
pointment of the adjutant.
- After the main issue had been set
tled the battle began around the pro
vision in the constitution as reported by
Peck to the effect that any 15 ex-service
men in the state might apply for a
charter whether there was already
post of the legion existing in the same
vicinity or not.
Murphy of Portland moved to strike
the section and substitute to the effect
that the nearest post in the vicinity from
which the application came be notified
and be given a hearing before the grant'
ing of the application. The motion was
lost. ' ;
FEDKBAL AID TJBGED
Chief among the reports of the com
mittees was that on aid for disabled
service men, Tha committee? through. Its
chairman. Jane Doyle of Portland, urged
the passage by congress of laws provid
ing for sub-offices of the war -risk in
surance - bureau : being established
throughout the country particularly in
Oregon, free medical service for ex-serv
ice men for one year, the employment by
the state organization and the posts of
war-risk Insurances officers, and the
establishment of a state hospital for tu
bercular and diseased ex-service men.
The report of the committee was
adopted.
A . second committee report adopted
as that on employment, which asks
the appropriation by the state legislature
of a sum of money to establish employ
ment bureaus, in Oregon. ;
The commander announced - the ap
pointment pf M. B. Huntley of Eugene
as sergeant at arms for the convention.
He will select four assistants from the
delegates.
LEGION TO JIECEIVIS REPORT
TJTtGING PREMIUM REDUCTION
Washington, July 11. When the
American Legion meets in Cleveland in
September for Its second annual conven
tlon it will receive a committee report
favoring the reduction of premium rates
for government war risk insurance and
recommending legislation that wUl per
mit the veterans Uv keep up their "term
insurance indefinitely, instead of merely
for the period of five years after the
proclamation of peace.
This report is understood to have been
completed and the legislation recom
mended already has been drafted by the j
Legion's legislative committee, with the j
aovice ana approval or. senators ana i
representatives on the committees to (
which the bills will be referred. That tne
report and the recommendation will be
accepted by the Legion In convention is
taken for granted. .
Hungarians Raid "
Austrian Border;
Mobilize Troops
Vienna. July L N. S )News
was received here today that SOO Hun
garians had crossed the Austrian bor
der near Fuerstenfeld, raiding 4 mu
nitions depot and escaping with 8000
rifles and machine guns. The weapons,
together wUh a large suply of ammuni
tion, were ISSded on motor trucks and
carried Into Hungary. The Hungarian
government 1s reported to be mobilising
all available troops.
Jersey Club tn Session
f Oregon City, July Jl. Members of the
Clackamas County jersey aine emu
are meeting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Hart near Sandy in. all day
session. Professor E- B. ntta of O. A.
C. an expert on dariying problems. . is
a speaker. :
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U. S. TO BE LEAGUE
ER IN YEAR,
; By Pavld Lawrence
- (Coprriehfti. 1920)
Washington. July 31, Both the
Republican and Democratic can
didates for the presidency may talk
as they like concerning the League
of Nations as an issue in the, pres
ent campaign butevidences are mul
tiplying that the United States will
within a year be a member of "the"
League of Nations, as provided 2or
by the. treaty of Versailles.
Senator Harding may keep his posi
tion ambiguous In order to keep the votes :
of the Hiram Johnson following, and j
Governor Cox. may talk about reserva-
tlons in order not to alienate the people
who didn't like Wilson's insistence on an
unqualified treaty. 4ut the presence of
Elihu Root and Dr. James Brown Scott
in the meetings now taking place abroad
to form a court of international justice
Is looked upon In Washington by Inter
national lawyers and abroad by diplo
mats and statesmen as the forerunner of
Republican policy in the event that Hard
ing is elected. " ;
ACTIONS SIGNIFICANT V
Documents which have Just come to
the writer from official sources abroad
describe in great detail the part that Root
and Scott are taxing in the meetings of
the advisory commission of jurists who
were appointed - by the council of : the
League of Nations to establish a per
manent' court of international justice. .
That the United States," says one
of these documents, "though not a
member of the League of Nations,
should have a dominating influence In
the formation of the permanent court
of international justice, . which is, to be
the cornerstone of the league, is the
great anomaly of the meetings being
held at The Hague. It is both unex
pected and unusual that a nation which
has so seriously damaged the Idea of
the League of. Nations should never
theless see Its own viewpoint and ex
perience largely predominant In one of
the most vital fields of activity of the
league. .
INFLUENCE EXERTED
"The reason is not far to seek. It
lies in the personality of two men.
Elihu Root, former secretary of state, and
James Brown Scott, tormer solicitor of
the state department and now head of
the Carnegie Endowment for Interna
tional Peace at Washington. To their
tact and Judgment is due much of the
direction which the whole committee is
taking, as well as the fact that the
court which eventually evolves from
the deliberations here will be a court
wholly In line with American ideals and
experience.
"These $wo men hold in the minds of
European jurists a unique position. It
cannot be, too strongly emphasised. that
they do not represent the United States
government in any sense, for they have
been appointed directly by the council
of the Ieague of Nations on the basis
of their very high standing among the
leading jurists of the' world
0 EQUAL FOOTJ5G
"They are. ' therefore, on the same
footing a, the . other members of the
committee, . namely, eminent jurists
summoned by an international wf
izatlon to perfect plans for world
court,-'-
"Nevertheless, their position as agents
adda significance to their presence, for
the eta teamen, of Europe are only too
willing to recognise the bigness of spirit,
and viewpoint which allowed Mr. Root
especially, with his well -known political
alignments in the United States, to ac
cept an appointment by an organisation
(the League of Nations) Which his own
country and even his own political party
has axnressed such vehement opposition
to. Of course, the fact that he has been
willing to serve la taken, wnewer rigniiy
or wrongly, as an indication that this
foremost of American statesmen accepts
at least-the broad lines ff the, existing
League of Nations.
"The committee had not been sitting
a week before It was possible to forecast
that the court would follow exactly the
lines of the supreme court of the United
States. This result followed net only
from the. logic of the situation but also
from the presentation of the analogy of
America's court oy Mr. Root. It Is
possible that the same results would
have been reached without the presence
of Mr. Root, but -it cannot be doubted
that , they were greatly expedited."
It is a curious commentary on the
situation that only by the failure of the
Lodge reservations in the last congress
was it possible for Root to go abroad,
for one of these reservations forbade
any American from accepting any posi
tion under the League of Nations with
out the consent of the senate, and made
no provision for recess appointments in
the event that the senate was pot In
sesslcn.
j Perhaps the most interesting excerpt
from documents discussing the meetings
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FOUNDATION FIRM
"The League of Nations is building
strongly but not at all spectacularly. A
wholly new method of international co
operation is going to come out of It. , It
wiUtiotofcourse.be either the creator of
the raillenlum, as so many of its friends
say, nor the creator of a superstate as
its enemies feel. . Quite on the other
hand, it will be a very practical and es
sential working medium through -which
the nations, can meet regularly on all
matters of common Interest and draw up
a program to be submitted to their re
spective states for approval or dlsap
provaL" The League of Nations, therefore, is
a going concern, flex table enough in its
organisation to permit modification of
Its constitution and - by laws bo that
America can enter It without fear of
being outvoted or compelled to t go to
war at the behest of other nations. And
when the present political campaign is
over, whether Mr. Harding or Mr. Cox
Is elected, there ere going to be modi
fications to reassure the American pub
lic. American membership in the league
looks "more HkelyHoday with the promi
nent part Mr. Root Is playinsrtln its
deliberation than at any time since the
controversy between President Wilson
and his opponents began to becloud the
issue. . . . .. r
FACE DIFFICULTIES !
EARLY IN FIGHT!
By Robert J. Bender
Dayton, Ohio, July 31. One thing'
certain about the respective cam-(
paigns of Governor Cox and Senator j
Harding has been that Cox was go- j
Ing to run his own show, while Hard-;
Ing- was going to let Republican ;
party leaders stage- his for him.
L And already the difficulties attending,
each course are beginning to reveal
themselves to the respective candidates.;
Even as Cox Is facing delicate diplomacy-
in centralising the direction of
his political efforts, so is Harding
threatened with "too many cooks' in
his decentralise tlon alma. t
CANDIDATES JTERVOCS , -
Democratic leaders are frankly wor-1
rled over the Impression that has gone'
abroad that the White House Is running;
Col "d th Cox campaign. Repub-?
lican leaders are equally disturbed overi
some differences that have developed
among the leaders of tne llardlns; forces
as different friends of the senstor eeelc
to take things m their own hands.
Will Hays, chairman of the national;
committee, some of his friends oomplstn.j
is being virtually ignored in decision
reached by others of the Harding cam-,
palgn leaders. Of course, as tho cam
palgn gets under way, all of these dlf-j
ficultles will be Ironed out by the re
spective party nominees. ?
Cox. according to his friends, haiKarr
understanding with President Wilson)
that at the proper time Cox's leadership
of the party will be unequivocally,
acknowledged at" the White House. - "
DOUBT EFBESSED
They are not a little disturbed, meanf
time, however, af, tha effect or tne rev
nt Cox-Wllson conference in wasn
ington, which has been construed y
some as Indicating Cox would J olio w
the president's mandate on ' isuee and
campaign procedure.
It Is hoped by Cox supporters that the
president will personally act to null if y,
this impression, but should he fall to,
do so, it is certain that Cox will show
clearly he la running his own campaign
His diplomacy will be put to the tea.
because he must realise that the wes
will expect him to follWHson rathe.
than Tammany HU 1jt A rlK machtn
"bosses," while at the fV r- " tt
east is aireaay criticizing .QX wein
too pro-Wilson. ' . X
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WEST IS CE5TEB
As things stand today, Cox unquein,
tlonably will center a big portion o
his personal campaigning to western,
states and Ohio. He will tour the coas
from end to end, and will start out Just
as soon as his campaign managers cai-,
arrange an Itinerary following his speec
of. acceptance. Every day's mall la fills
with scores of invitations, but up U,
the present time he says be has acceptor
absolutely none.
He unquestionably will speak In Chi.
cage, St- Louis, Kansas City, Los An,'
gsies, San Francisco, Portland and Se.
attle at an early date, however. If th,
plans of his friends are approved. &t.
Paul, Minneapolis. 1 Milwaukee ana
points In ' the Dakotas will hear f rot,
him also before the campaign Is Ion -under
way, it was said.
Brasil has a river from which It is ee.
timated 20,000,000-horse power could bi
derived, but It is so far from Industrial
centers its harnessing Is not feasible un
less some means can be found for ueinc
the electricity produced. - '
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