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The American Legion
Netvs: Local? State. National
W. F. Deegan's Election
as 1st Vice-Commander
at Albany Convention
Now Appears Certain
Wade H. Hayes Refuses to
Permit Legionnaires to
Act as Watchers at
the Special Election
The American Legion Editor of
The Tribune will attend the state
convention at Albany and cover In
detail the deliberations of that ?body.
Albany will be the center of interest
?to members of the American Legion in
Wew York State during the next three
days, the occasion being the annual
department convention, at which it is
more than probable new legislation of
great importance will be enacted.
A total of 310 delegates and 310 al?
ternates will sit at the convention,
* sixty-two of that number representing
the first and second state districts?
comprising New York, Bronx, Rich?
mond, Kings, Queens, Suffolk and Nas?
sau counties. This group is united, it
is said, on several questions that are
to come up before the convention, two
of them concerning the election of offi?
cers.
To begin with, a determined effort
Is to be made to elect William F. Dee
gan, chairman of Bronx County, as
first state vice-commander. In addi?
tion to the sixty-two votes from the
first and second districts, it is be?
lieved that Deegan will have those
from the district comprising Dutchess,
Orange, Putnam, Rockland and West
chester counties, which will bring his
total to eighty-seven. His splendid
record with the Legion also assures a
strong support elesewhere, and his
election is almost certain.
Thomas F. Ward, commander of the
106th Infantry Post, of Brooklyn, tho
largest unit in the state, is a candi?
date for state comamnder, and will re?
ceive substantial backing from the
southern counties. However, it is prob?
able that a candidate from Western
New York will be so honored this year.
State commander Wade H. Hayes,
who is retiring with honors, will be a
candidate for delegate-at-large to the
national convention in Cleveland this
month, and his strength is unques?
tioned. Another possibility as his suc?
cessor is Hamilton Fish, who likewise
will likely be chairman of the state
delegation to Cleveland. A recom?
mendation is to be made, however, that
the new state commander and adju
?tant be chairman and secretary, re?
spectively, of the national delegation.
Several new announcements were
made yesterday regarding the pro?
gram for the Albany meeting. Not
only will National Commander Frank?
lin d'Oller attend, but a fellow guest
of honor will be Past National Com?
mander Henry D. Lindsley. This is
the first time they have both attended
the same state convention.
Russell E. Sard, past state com?
mander, will present the state organi?
zation with a stand of colors
Major General John F. O'Ryan will
be a speaker in place of Major Gen?
eral Leonard Wood, who originally
was scheduled to appear.
Delegates will find representatives
of the War Risk Insurance, Federal
Board for Vocational Training and the
Public Health Service offices on hand
to instruct them.
No Veterans at Polls
An effort by the Honest Ballot Asso?
ciation, through its acting director,
J. D. Sears, to have members of the
American Legion volunteer?with their
oflScers* consent?to act as watchers at
the polls on September 16, the day
for the special elections, has met with
a prompt rebuff from State Commander
Hayes.
The association first sought the con?
sent of the county chairmen to put
through this project, but were re?
ferred to state headquarters. What
Commander Hayes replied has not
been revealed, but it is known that it
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Legion Twice Honors
Mrs. Julia W. Wheelock, com?
mander of Barbara Frietchie
Post of the American Legion, has
been chosen treasured of the New
York County organization, a del?
egate to the state convention at
Albany, and in alfcprobability will
be a delegate to the national con?
ference at Cleveland. She was a
delegate last year to both the
state and national meetings.
As president of the Barbara
Frietchie Post, Mrs. Wheelock has
been a leader in Legion affairs,
and her appointment as treasurer
has been fully indorsed by her
comrades.
was brief and to the point. The Le?
gion will not take over the job.
New York Leads Nation ?,
A source of great gratification to
'Legionnaires should be the fact that
the New York Department has passed
all other states and territories in the
matter of membership and consequent?
ly will have the largest delegation at
Cleveland.
Last year there were 45,717 members
in New York. On August 28, 1920,
there were 72,920, and about 2,000
have been added since then. That
gives the state a representation of
seventy-eight?seventy-three delegates
and five delegates-at-large. Illinois,
which was leading a month ago, is now
second, far back, and Pennsylvania is
third. Massachusetts, which held the
post of honor last year, is in fourth
place.
Political Restriction Doomed
Apropos of the refusal of Com?
mander Hayes to ask New York Le?
gionnaires to watch at the polls, which
is forbidden by the Legion constitu?
tion as it now is written, a statement
sent out by the American Legion
Weekly is interesting. This reads in
part:
"The attitude which the Legion will
take toward politics and political can?
didates will be one of the paramount
issues to be raised at the national
convention. Strong sentiment through?
out the country in favor of amending
the political restrictions clause in the
constitution of the Legion is the most
striking feature of a nation-wide sur?
vey just completed.
''The sentiment is widespread that
a too narrow interpretation of the
present clause will work injury to the
Legion by excluding it from participa?
tion in public affairs. Many prominent
members believe the existing clause
should stand as it is, but that a more
liberal interpretation be agreed upon."
Attention is called to action taken
by Indiana, which adopted a resolution
to the effect that each post in the state
should obtain and disseminate data
regarding the stand taken by members
of the Legislature and other public
officials on all matters pertaining to
the welfare of the Legion. Further at?
tention is directed to the statement by
Commander d'Olier, in a message to
Basil Stockbridge, commander of the
Georgia Department, concerning a fight
the Legion there had been waging
against Thomas E. Watson, candidate
for United States Senator. Command?
er d'Oiiet said:
"Members of the American Legion
of Georgia owe it to themselves and
to the memory of fallen comrades to
use the full power of their ballot to
keep out of public office any official
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or individual, regardless of party,
whose record during the war was dis?
loyal or unpatriotic. This can be done
without conflict directly or indirectly
with either the letter or spirit of our
constitutional restrictions against
partisan political activity."
Appeals for War Orphans
Arthur Woods, chairman of the Na?
tional Americanism Commission, Room
621, Hotel Pennsylvania, has issued an
appeal to the Legion to adopt more
trench war orphans, The cost is $75
a year, and each post is asked to adopt
at least one. Checks may be sent
either to Chairman Woods or to the
National Treasurer of the Legion at
Indianapolis.
POST ACTIVITIES
Woodhaven Post will hold its next
meeting on September 20. James
Pasta, post commander, who will be a
delegate to the Albany Convention, will
report back to the post at that time.
Walter Heckman Post will resume
activities on Monday evening, at the
Valcour Club, 1906 Bathgate Avenue,
the Bronx. The auxiliary will meet
at the same time.
"Fossil" Cataracts Found
Falls in Adirondack? Dried Up
Centuries Ago
"Fossil" cataracts, so-called, have
been identified in the northeastern part
of the Adirondack Mountains. They
dried up thousands of years ago, when
the great ice sheet of the glacial period
withdrew from the northeastern part
of the United States and from eastern
Canada to the Arctic regions, where it
gathered its forces. These cataracts
were in a stream that emptied a gla?
cial lake that since has vanished, which
covered a forked area in the valley of
the east brance of the Au Sabio River. !
The front of the glacier dammed
the waters melting from the ice and
prevented their outlet north, but they
were able to flow in a channel extending
south for nine miles through depres?
sions now not occupied by any impor?
tant streams. It is in these channels
that the "fossil" cataracts are found.
Some must have been impressive falls,
for they existed long enough to gouge
out large plunge basins, now represent?
ed at their base by small ponds. The
streams which now occupy these pre?
historic channels are too small ever to
have produced this effect. ? Detroit
News.
Huerta Urges
IL S. Support as
Aid to Mexico
Recognition of the Legality
of Present Government
and Its Actions Called
Best Way to Help Country
Indemnity the Only Issue
Provisional Executive Says
Protection of American
Life Now Being Extended
By Georg?e E. Hyde
Special Cable to The Tribune
Copyright. 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 8.?Provisional
President de la Huerta, at a luncheon
given to the foreign correspondents,
yesterday, said that the best way for
the United States to assist Mexico would
be "by recognizing the legality of the
present government and the legality of
its actions and legislations."
Asked whether he considered the
recognition of Mexico by the United
States an essential to the life of the
Mexican government, he said: "Well,
we are still living." He added, how?
ever, that it is incumbent upon the
United States to state whether she de?
sires to be friendly to Mexico.
De la Huerta said he considered
that the only international question
between the United States and Mexico
was the indemnity for damage suf?
fered by her citizens and the protec?
tion of American life and property,
which is now being extended. He said
that the oil question was not inter?
national, being simply the result of
erroneous information given by oil
producers to the American government
and public, making them believe that
Mexico was attempting to confiscate
vested rights of Americans in Mexico.
Admires Wilson
The President commented on Sen?
ator Harding's statements regarding
Mexico, saying he considered these
"imperialistic." He eulogized Presi?
dent Wilson, whom he termed the
greatest man of the present day, but
said he had made a few slight mis
takes in policy regarding Mexico. Ho
declared he considered President Wil?
son's work the only thing which has
saved the United States from ar ever
whelming revolution.
Huerta indicated that the single tax
idea is more the tendency than the im?
mediate intention of the government
and that ?taxes would eventually be
arranged with this end in view.
He said that what he considered the
most important question facing the
government at the present time was the
industrial situation.
"Social evolution is inevitable all
over the world," he said. "Any gov?
ernment attempting to obstruct this
evolution is due for a cataclysm, and
the only way to avoid this is for the
government to direct this evolution.
Mexico has been prepared for this
evolution by revolution and will di?
rect developments along peaceful lines
because the tendencies of the govern?
ment and the tendencies of labor are
parallel."
De la Huerta said he did not be?
lieve that labor problems would de?
velop revolutionary tendencies in Mex?
ico, in view of the attitude of the gov?
ernment, which was showing advanced
tendencies. He had not expected that
he would have the ability to conclude
necessary legislation during his tenure
of office, but had merely hoped to be
able to start things along the right
lines. He said the several factions
represented by each of the parties in
Congress were sympathetic to this pro?
gram and he was confident of its suc?
cess.
Held in Security Theft
Former Brokers' Secretary Ac?
cused of Receiving Stolen Bond
Robert Moorhcad, of 255 West
Ninety-fifth Street, was arraigned yes?
terday before Magistrate Schwab, in
the Tombs court, charged with crimi?
nally receiving a stolen Liberty bond
worth $5,000. The bond is alleged to
be a part of the $100,000 securities
stolen last February from the officer of
Deering & Deering, 135 Broadway, for
which several arrests hr.ve been made.
Moorhead was held in $5,000 bail for
a hearing next Monday.
He was arrested at his home Tues?
day night by Detectives Brown and
Mayer. Formerly, it is said, he was
employed as a secretary by the broker?
age firm of Smith & Co., at 7 Pine
Street, and prior to that was in the em?
ploy of the Carnegie Trust Company.
He is charged by the detectives with
having received the bond on September
4 from Claude Lasell, now under ar?
rest in Philadelphia on a charge of
grand larceny and burglary.
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Garcia Drives Officials
Of Colima to Mountains
Contention TTiat He Was Elect?
ed Governor Disputed by
State Legislature
Special Cable to The Tri&tm?
Copyright, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 8.?Alvarez
Garcia, who saya, he was elected Gov?
ernor of the State of Colima, has de?
posed the Governor and State Legisla?
ture there, and they are now reported
to bo fleeing to the hills?
Garcia contends that his party elect
'ed its entire ticket. The old Legisla?
ture also contended it was re?lected
and refused to recognize Garcia as
Governor or yield the seats in the
Legislature to Garcia's partisans. Pro?
visional President de la Huerta has
been asked to intervene, but has or?
dered an investigation before acting.
Numerous strikes are breaking out
in all parts of the country. Two thou?
sand farmhands on a large estate in
Michoacan have taken over the prop?
erty and expressed their intention of
forming a soviet. Other landlords in
Michoacan have become alarmed and
appealed to the capital for aid.
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Third Arrest Is Made
In $200,000 Bond Theft
Another arrest was made yesterday
in the investigation into the alleged
theft of railroad bonds valued at $200,
000 from the mails. Two men already
had been apprehended, one of whom is
said by the police to have confessed.
The third prisoner is Aaron Still, a
negro, twenty-seven years old, of 42
West 136th Street, who was arrested
by Detectives Browne and Newman, of
Police Headquarters. The detectives
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horn?? containing postage stamns valued
at $542.
James Johnson, mail truck driver,
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fourteen months, waa arrested several
days ago as a result of several thefts,
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