The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-31
.FOUR DOOMED AS DE ERS IF
 AMERICAN LEGION
General Steiner In Speech
 Calls For Halt On Immigration


 Immigration
 sM0BILE, Ala. August 3O-CSpe- cial Leased Wire .)-Legionnai of sssElabama will center their attention cAjefly one three events Friday as the firth annual convention draws to a cpnclusion. One, and perhaps the More significant of the group from a Standpoint of keen interest among the Numerous delegations is the cleo won }of state commander and other offf9ers Another is the selection of a convention city for 1924 A third, thq outstanding entertainment fea- tuyre of the three days meeting, is the Pleasure voyage to Fort Morgan, (which will be made in the afternoon aboard the steamer Bay queen.
 These proceedings, together with other department business, will con tribute 10 the final scenes of one of the greatest conventions in lhe his tory of the organization. They fol- low a heavy business program Of Thursday, when the legionnaires eX perienced a whirlpool of action from early morning until late in the night and which ranged from routine com mittee reports to masterpieces of oratory and solemn ceremonies in memory of American soldier dead
 Congressman J. Lister Hill of Montgomery delivered a brilliant ad dress in Bienville Square late in the day, when the members of the legion and the women's auxiliary Joined in public memorial exercises following the termination of the business ses- sious, This service was held in honor Of the American soldiers who lost heir lives.
 Parade Is staged.
 Immediately before the exercises Iar rria Q ipartcipated in a parade which eN- tended over several of she city s principal streets and ended Tn the tsquare. Deep interest centersd about the forthcoming election of a state fcommander Tl%rsday night as seV- eral delegations prepared 10 stead- Easily support their faVorite candi- dates at Friday mornings closing business meeting. Earlier ind cations pf at least four candidates apparently remained unchanged on the eve of the election. r. Taylor Peck of Mo bile, Marion Rushton of Montgomery, fG. C. Blantoa of Selma and Kirk sNewel1 of Auburn compose the quartet whose names have been per sisteutly mentioned in connection possible that eleventh hour candi- vtates may be placed in the field. Tuscaloosa is making a strong bid for the next state convention.
 IIlOflS 10 duOpL d rule 10 CIlfnindle the candidate receiving the lowest vote on each ballot, after the second met defeat in the assembly Thurs day afternoon by the sCanty margin of one vote. The count was 4 to 4G. Proponents of the motion sought roll on the question after the move was lost, but Gen. k. l.. Steiner, department commander, who had previously informed the dele gates that a roll call would be or dered on the original vote if de- Sired. over ruled the request on the ground that it was too late. Mo piles delegation was a chief factor in the defeat of the move for the Elimination of low vote candidates.
 Several addresses, including that of the state commander. were delivered in the forenoon. Among the speakers, in addition to General Steiner, were Ii. C. Feibelman vice chairman of the program and publicity commit eei Mayor k. V. Taylor and F. Taylor Peck who delivered addresses Of welcome, Congressman Jeffers Of Anniston Commander Spotswood ot the Mobile camp, United Confederate Veterans and D. C. K. Roe of the Grand Army of the Republic The Mayor was introduced by Mir. Feibel- man.
 General steiner speaks.
 In his annual message to- the Les 10 IudlItS NTtUtIdi steiner I0uched a number of topics includ- 65nei the French occupation of the cRuhr, the Tuskegee hospital situa -tion. the allied debt adjusted com- pensation, immigration and business questions of interest to the Alabama department of the American Legion. General Steiner near the close of his remarks made a statement to the ef- feet that he felt sure the Legion
 wants to send word" to Grover -Tr... .T sshat 1t has not abandoned hope that che will be brought back to America sseo pay the penalty of a draft dodger. -- The commander said he had found it the consensus of opinion of Legion naires that admission of foreigners ;so the United States should be cur ..eailed until about 14.00O.O0O already in this country can be Amerfcanized skl0n ngressman Jeffers asserted that spblitical football has been made Of The soldiers compensation bill He xHrged the American Legion to make eefforts to increase it's membership stating that number is an important force in securing recognition. Con- gressmah Jeffers praised the Amer ican people for their unceasine. loyalty and support of the soldiers in the American eNpeditionary forces during the war. Part of the credit for the victorious campaign of the soldiers is due to the backing thag Neult liOui Ddtk uhllts ne SdlN. r The convention unanimously Adopted motion of Capt. Leon Schwalz of Mobile to cable greet Sangs to Alvin Owsley, national com nander of the Legion who has gone to Europe. This motion followed the reading of message from the na- tional commander.
 Congressman Hill paid a fitting etribute to the American soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice in the rr,.lI .T-e.
 aprlal exercises. Taps were sounded .by Bugler Don Barbour at the close rof the addresses. Capt. James J. fAlvarez presided. The program eopened with the invoca ton by Com 1nandant Tom Dimberline of the sSalyation army and closed with ben 5fdlction by Legion Post Chaplain Fl. eNs Lofquist. Patriotic music was -furhished during the program.
 It had been planned to make the trip to Fort Morgan on the U. s. s. Tallapoosa, but the cutter was or dered Thursday to the gulf. Conse- quently, the voyage will be made sstboard the Bay Queen, leaving the ea'Uot of Dauphin street between and s'5.S0 o'clock D. m. The exact hour for e-the departure will be announced at the business meeting.
 The adoption of resolutions on several significant subjects among 1them one urging the enactment of @the seaport bill to enable greater de- aSelopments at the port of Mobile gsdenstituted one of the features of the .tbusiness. session of the Alabama de- partment of American Legion Thurs day. Capt. Leon Schwarz of Lamar Y Mcleod post No. 3 of Mobile in- ~3roduced the resolution on the port ilsgislation.
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