The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-09-17

NJ. Lands in an address to the
American Legion national con.
vention here this afternoon.
st. Paul, Sept. 17.-Omaha, Me-
braska, was selected as the 1926 ma
tional convention city Of the Amer
lean Legion at today's session of
the sixth annual convention here.
The dates for the 1925 convention
will be set before adjournment Of
the present gathering. The unoffi-
cial vote was: Omaha, 504; Fl.
Worth, 453.
Selection of the next convention
city came after hot contest be-
tween the Nebraska and Texas ci-
ties, the only two presented to the
convention as eligible on time and
place.
The convention also accepted the
report of the time and place COM
mittee recommending Philadelphia's
invitation for the 1926 convention.
When Commander Quinn intro
duced former Judge Kenesaw NJ.
Lands ''as man who had given him
the counsel of father in the past
year," demonstration without par
allel in the convention. broke loose.
1ndiana's delegation started the
parade to the platform and soon
every state and other department
standards were grouped around the
judge on the platform.
st. Paul, Sept. 17.-(By the "A. P.)
| With the annual parade out of
J the way, organization politics came
in for some consideration today as
delegates entered the third day of
the national convention of the Amer
, lean Legion. Scant attention was
given politics previous to the par
ade-as preparations for this pag-
, cant, a stirring march of 25,OOO men
occupied idle moments Of delegates
time.
Talk of General Pershing as sue
cessor to National Commander John
j. Pershing continued today, but
there appeared deeper current in
evidence pointing to others. Among
| those normally familiar with conven-
tion politics the name of James J.
Drain Of Washington, D. C. is figur-
ing prominently while others, in
| cluding j. j. Burlington of Illinois,
also are being mentioned. Many
predict dark horse" will be chos-
en-.
Addresses by former Judge X. NJ.
Landis, baseball commissioner. and
George L. Berry, president of the
International Pressmen's Union, were
, among the scheduled events of to-
days business session.
An elaborate fireworks display at
the state fair grounds tonight and
public wedding there, will share in
terest with the boxing card at the
auditorium in the evenings enter
tainment.
Miss Ruth Masters of Truman,
Minnesota, and Erling Maine, a Le-
gionnaire of Winnebago, Minnesota,
will be the principals in the we'd
ding. Eighteen chaplains of the Le-
gion will take part in the ceremony
and band of more than 5000 pieces
will play the wedding march as a
squadron of airplanes scatter flow
ers over the wedding party. This af-
ternoon the bride-to-be will fly over
the city in an airplane distributing
invitations to the wedding.
Story of Parade
Police estimates of the crowds
that witnessed the parade placed the
number in excess of 100000 and most
of these watched through until the
last unit had passed. 1t took a few
minutes less than three hours for
the column to pass given point.
In the reviewing stand with Com
mander Quinn were Governor j. A.
o. Preus of Minnesota; w. B. Halde-
man of Louisville, commander in
chief of the United Confederate Vet
Grams; S. R. Van SAINT and Eli Tor
rance of Minneapolis, past command
ers of the G. A. R., and former Judge
X. M. Landis.
Troops from Fort Smelling headed
the parade, and the first legion de-
partment in the line was Florida,
followed in order by Mexico, Ten
nessee, Wisconsin and on down the
line, in accordance with membership
increase ratings. Seventy-one de-
partments were represented.
AS the procession wound through
the downtown loop district, where all
business was at complete standstill,
armistice day scenes were re-enact-
ed.
Spectators in office windows high
above the streets sent confetti show
ering down on the legionnaires, pa
per streamers shot out upon them,
and just plain paper by the ton,
seemingly, filled the air.
Overhead, six airplanes of the
Minnesota observation squadron.
whirled in varied formation, at times
skimming low over buildings, but
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