The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, November 20, 1918, Page 1

THE WEATHER, GENERALLY FAIR, weeeewoemeee enc eees THE BI MARCK. TRIBUNE THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR. |) \BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20, 1918. PRICE FIVE CENTS FLOOR LEADER OF LEAGUE IS NOT RETURNED Rep. C. P. Peterson Stubbed His Toe Trying to Climb Into Gibbons’ Job MAY BE SCRAP FOR DESKs_. “Of course there will come a reac. Speakership Offers Alluring Pos- sibilities to Ambitious Young Non-partisans a Rep. C. P. Peterson, league floor- leader in the last session, when he-re- Presented Towner county, will not be among those present when the roll is called January 1. Rep. Peterson aspired to a seat in the upper house, and he picked out Senator A. S. Gib- bon’s job, That veteran solon took “Peterson of Towner” to a very neat cleaning, altho the whole strength of the league was lined up behind the legislator who had served the No- partyites so well in the lower house. Gibbons is one of the strong, inde pendent and conservative pillars of the Senateand his return to that ody for four.years more is a sub- ject of general rejoicing in official circles, The defeat of Senator D. H. Hamil- ton in McHenry county was some- thing of a surprise, Altho McHenry is strong league territory, it is said that. Hamilton’s successor is an in- Pependent republican, Hamilton was a democratic hold-over in the last session, but he voted with the league and was one of the orators who held the floor for some time in defense of House Bill 44 before that’ measure was interred in the senate. Porter is an Anti. Porter, who succeeds McLean as senator from Cavalier county, is said to be a strong anti-leaguer, instead of a Jeague man, as reported origin- ally. Henry McLean, repuDlican, was defeated. for renomination in Cavalier county, and the independent republican support then was switched to Porter, who is a democrat, ¢lect- ing tim bya safe lead over the league candidate, who ran as a republican. On the other hand, Rep. Storstad, wno defeated Senator Kowe for re- election’ in the tenth, is reported tto ‘be a leaguer instead of an anti as originally stated. This readjustment would give the antis one“more member ‘in the upper house than appeared in the original tabulation, having asserted. in its state organ that.it will have 75 to 30 membeds: in’ the house, out: ofa: total of 113, and from 30 to 36 members of the 49-in the senate. Sargent county turned down the Jeague nominees for reclection : and is sending two antis to the house: Pearce county, altho it defeated Sena- tor Gronvold, an anti, for reelection to the upper house, is sending two jn- dependent representatives. m \\Faces Demand. The league in the house is li i) feel the loss of Anthony Walton of Ward and C. P. Peterson of Towner, who are not coming back at all, and E. A, Bowman of Kulm and Howard R. Wood of Deering, who go to the upper house. Rep, Church {s another power in the league who takes a seat in the senate, and Representative Ol- son,, Storstad, Noltimier, Webber, Ward,, Liederbach and Oksendahl, all veterans of at least one term’s ser- vice in the lower house, will be lost to the league ranks there, having ‘been elevated to the senate. Walter J. Maddock of Mountrail, Del Patterson of Renville and L. L. Stair of Bottineau, and three hig leaguers who will be still in’our midst Any one of them may succeed How- ard R. Wood as speaker of the house, lor the mantle may fall on Rep. Lazier of McHenry, or Father J, R. Maddock of Benson, and then there are such likely youngsters os Fay Harding, (Kunked and Weld, of Wells and Weld ‘of Emmons, and the most popular choice of all. probably would be “Uncle ‘Jim’ Harris of Mercer, but, ‘because of his indepenrence, tho he is'a good leaguer, he is not in the least likely to land it. All of the others memtioned are leaguers and all were members: of the last assembly. ‘Some Who Won't Be. It is far easier to predict some: of the men ‘who will-NOT be — speaker. Among these may be listed Rep. Nils Tetterson of Gwinner and Rep. Burl Carr of Barnes, who served in the Jast’ assembly, and» Rep: James F. ‘Murtha, democrat, who comes in .as a new’man with a solid anti-league delegation from $tark county. Ram- sey also sends a solid independent delegation returning’ Kelly, a sarcas-) tie, fighting Irish son-of-q-gun who wave the league much unease-and in- nocent -bystanders much amusement during the last session. Olsen and Mikkelson are Kelly’s running mates from Ramsey, whose senator, Frank Hyland of Devils Lake, also anti, is a hold-over. CALGARY STILL IN FLU’S.GRIP Calgary, Alta, Nov, 20.—Despite the fight being made by provincial and municipal health ‘boards in’ the prov- ince, the epidemic of Spanish influ- enza continues to ‘rage throughout Alberta. In Edmonton, a city of som? 50,000 population, deaths have been occurring at the rate of thirty a day. That city, the capital of the province, seems to ‘be the center of the dis- ease. In Calgary, the deaths averaged, from ten to twélye a day recently, although the population is nearer 70,000. - 3 The order for the wearing of influ- enza ‘masks is being rigidly enforced in all cities, despite differences. of opinion on the subject. More thin » a hundred . Calgary citizens already ,Police court for | or American Bourbons. dy noticeable as we pass through it. ‘BOTH BOLSHEVIK AND BOURBON PERIL IF THEY ROCK THE BOAT BY E. C. RODGERS. . E. A. Washington Bureau, ! 1128-1134 Munsey Bldg., Washington, D. C. i DON'T ROCK THE BOA’ A legsilative explosion will come if the national pendulum is swung too far either way—toward either ex- treme—by either American Bolsheviki N But it isn’t necessary. All this comes from Rogers W. Bab- son, foremost American economist and noted labor ‘student. tion,” Babson began. “It is inevitable after a war. In this country it may be peaceful reaction, a gradual read- justment, and one which will be bare- “On the other hand, there may come an explosion. Not such as in Russia and Germany. It will be an explosion by ballot, a legislative ¢xplosion, so to speak. We do not need guns here to put the majority in power.” “What will cause the explosion?” “Either of two things, Babsen re plied. “The Bolsheviki in ‘this coun- try, or the Bourbons, If either at- tempts to swing things to either ex- treme, .there’ll come trouble for all. “For example, labor is at the throt- tle; capitak sits on the safety valve. The explosion may come from either end and the national boiler burst. It labor sits. heavy op. the throttle and machinery stops work. and capital sits heavy upon the safefy valve—an ex- plosion is,bound to some, “If capital attempts to go back to pre-war labor wages, standards and conditions, watch for the explosion. “If the American Bolshevik attempts to lower production—to ‘make work’— while at the same time demanding present or higher wages—watch for an explosion. ¢ “Capital must be willing that there shall be equal opportunity to all, and special privilege must go by the board. “Labor must learn that it can better itself only by increasing production; that the existing wealth if redivided ROGER BABSON would be a mere’ drop in the bucket. “Why? wealth produced each year is consum- ed that year.. During the last four years the world used up the surplus of the previous 25 years, “Capital must give a square deal to the worker. If it tries to put labor back to where it was before the war, by lockout, the explosion will come. “Bolshevism which. says, “Let’s do nothing but divide up what there is,’ is worse tham capitalism, because under such @ regime we'd all starve to death. “T am glad that there are so few in the United :States at either extreme. The vast majority of American peo- ple are in. the middle of the road. They want to produce. “They have a better remedy for their evils than bullets. It is the ballot, and there'll be congressional action— legislative exploston—mighty quick if either extreme tries to carry things too far.” 20 GERMAN SUBMARINES SURRENDERED T0 BRITISH Londbn, Nov. 20.—Twenty German subs were surrendered’ to Rear Ad- miral Terywitz, thirty miles off the harbor at sunrise this morning. These are the first U-boats turned over to the allies by Germany...Admiral Tery- wizt received the surrender: on board his flagship. The subs ‘will proceed to. Harwich under command of theit own crews. They will then proceed to ; GENERA STRIKE 10 BE CALLED TO AID MONEY it Seattle, Wash., Nov. 30.—After a protracted. session lasting until early this‘ morning, the Seattlo - metal trades council, representing 35,(00 workers, voted to strike to bring about the release of Thomas J. Mooney and codefendants convicted in the San Francisco preparedness day bombing demonstration. The resolution asks that Arthur Hendrickson, leader of the British labor party, ‘be asked to take similar steps to secure Mooney’s release. The resolution first fixed the date for the strike as December 1, but this was amended, and the date left open to be decided on ‘by national labor officials, in order to make the strike a general one. ~The American Federation of Labor will ‘be asked to recommend the strike to sffiliated or- ganizations. HEAD OF LAKES “MAKES RECORD Duluth, Minn., Nov, 20.—Thirty-four vessels with a total tonnage of 118,000 ¥a record of the shipbullding industry at the.American héad of the lakes from the declaration of war by the United States to the signing of the armistice. Six thousand men were em- ployed. ‘To double the output and complete 65 vessels is the program‘for 1919, asked by the emergency fleet corporation. i DRY LAW GIVES. NEW INDUSTRY , TO MONTANANS Helena, Mont., . Nov. 20.—Discov- ered! A new industry. It is converting saloon furniture and fixtures for other sorts of commercial and private use. How to save something out of the wrecka, when Montana's liquor empor- iums close, Jan. 1, has long been a question. One brilliant idea is to form a company to reframe mirrors and sell them’ either to stores or to pri-| vate individuals for home use. The cost of mirrors has steadily risen of late years ‘until many thousands of homes have none worth mention, It is said that at a slight expense, pan- el mirrors from saloons could be con- verted to dresser glasses. \ A few saloonists, judging from com- ment, mean to continue in their busi- ness with soft drinks or 4ea parlors. BUTTE STORES WILL NOT SELL HUN TOYS Butte, Mont., Nov, 20.—Local stores. are: formally pledged not to handle German-made toys and reports indi- cate that nowhere in the state will a child receive a Christmas toy known to have been made in Germany. ~ Old: stock, bought before the war, was long since disposed of, it is said. Parkestén Key, hearhy ‘The Germans will leave the subs there and board transports for their return to Ger many. Three additional subs will ‘be sur- rendered ‘on Thursday and 20 more on Friday.’ The remainder of the U- boats to be: handed over in accord- ance with the armistice terms will be given up later. i INSURGENCY IN | KIDDER. CAUSING. NO BIG ALARM Nonpartisan lcague state officials at the capitol are inclined to regard with complacency the “insurgent” moveinent’ emanating from Kidder county. “ftis simply a plan to bring the leagie members closer together— to nake*them a solider force—it’s nothing ‘against Townley,” said one state official who ranks very high in league councils. x ‘North Dakota remains the one safe stronghold of the league, and it does not seem probable tliat Townley will release direct control to any other person or organization, in spite of the repeated rmuors to the effect that “So and So” is to be made state man-| ager for the league, and that the North Dakota Nonpartisans are to have an entity distinct from the na- tional organization. “Frazier for the United States sen- ate in 1920, and John N. Hagan for governor” is one of the most inter- esting conjectures heard at the state house just now. Hagan Says he’s not hankering for any office, but would be glad to return to the‘farm when his second term as commissioner of agriculture and. labor is completed. Howard. R.. Wood probably would like to be governor, and ‘tis likely he could be if the league are still in the saddle two years hence. Carl Ko- sitzky, state auditor, may also wax ambitious, though he seems well pleas- ed just now where he is. NEVER WILL SEE RETURN TO PURE . WHEATEN FLOURS Minneapolis, Minn., Noy. 20.—Local men who are prominent in the milling industry. are seemingly .of the opin- ion’that all wheat bread will never be as popular again as it was before the war. These millers have pointed out that the change to normal conditions which recently was permitted by the federal food administrator will not cause any disturbance to the flour throughout the Unitéd States. Only the small miller turned out mixed flours, they said, and in their opinion a number ofthese millers may con- tinue to produce the war time product. One reason for this statement, it is said, is the fact that small millers have for sometime been expecting. that the prohibition on the use of wheat flour would soon .be lifted. It is claimed that they took the matter up. with their customers and found quite a difference of opinion regarding the change. It seems quite certain, at least, ac- cording to milling men, that some mixed flour will be turned out for sev- eral months at least to satisfy the de- mands of consumers who “learned to like” the taste of war bread. Because 95 per cent of all; industry | BOLSHEVIKI WIN UKRAINE. PROVINCES Problem of Adjusting Russia’s Differences Becomes Much More Simple WERE GERMAN PAWNS| General Denekaine Subdues New Slav Republic—Formerly Commanded West Front Copenhagen, Noy, 20.—The Ukrain- fan government has been overturned and Kiev has ‘been captured from As- trakhan. The Ukrainian national as- sembly has_ fled, and a provisional government has been established by |: the captors, who are commanded by General Denekaine, leader of the anti- Bolshevik forces. A SIMPLER PROBLEM. Washington, }Nov, 20.—Reports of the overturning of the Ukrainian gov- ernment ‘by the anti-Bolshevik troops was received.here with satisfaction, tor officials said it will make the work of the allies in handling the Russian problem much imore. simple. It has heen believed for some time that General Alexis;:,the former Russian commander in chief; has a large force of cossacks, and news from Ukraine would ‘seem to:cbnfirm this, as Dene- kaine is a member of Alexis’ army. It was pointed.out,.that with the cos- sacks, many of whom are Ukrainians themselves in charge;.it will Ibe easy to reach. Russia: via the Black Sea iwth provisions and suplies. The Ukraine became a repudiie fol- lowing the overthrow of the Keren- sky government in 1917. The Ukraine government made peace with the Ger- mans at Brest-Litovsk before the Bol- sheviks agreed to the same terms. Austrians then entered Ukraine to carry out provisions of the peace treaty. The Ukraine government was overthrown . last July and General Scoppatadsky became dictator. but he had difficulty in maintaining order, al- though assisted’ ‘by eGrman' forces. General Denekaine formerly coni- manded Russian armies on the west- era front. Previously to that he was chief of staff. He is regarded as a very able officer. « : BOMBARD ALLIES. Archangel, Nov, 20.—The Bolshevik forces. along the Dyina, today were bombarding the Russo-Allied position on the left ‘bank of the river at Tul- ges. The allied artillery is replying vigorously.---Since late in. September. the Bolsheviki have been trying .stub- bornly ‘to drive the allies up: the. Dy!- na. The small amount of ice in the river at this time of year is helping the Bolsheviks’ gunboats. As loxg as the enemy gunboats are able to nove the Americans and British are com- vatting great odds, ‘but the enemy infantry is no. match for: the allies, the Bolshevik Joss being at least. tive % that of the allies. or} io... ‘ itheir-attaeck Nov. 11, the; bolshe, vi advanced the guy positions of the Canadian artillery. The guns continued to fire at them point blank and swept the Bolsheviki back into the forests. The enemy losses on that day were exceptionally heavy while those of the allies were small. The Bolsheviki bombardment contin- ued on the 12th, but were repulsed and the enemy was driven ‘back. ‘Airplanes obtained several direct hits on. Bolsheviki gunboats in the river. EXPRESS RATES ARE INORRASED Washington, Nov. 20.—General in- creases in express rates were an- nounced today ‘by Dirgetor McAdoo. East of the Missouri and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers the new rates on merchandise will be about 17 cents per hundred pounds more than at present. For the remainder of the country the merchandise rate will ‘be increas- ed about 10 cents to 12 cents a hun- dred pounds over the present scale, and the increase in food rates will be proportionately 75 per cent. The in- creases it is announced are due to increases in wages, and become effec- tive immediately. . READJUSTMENT IN. MONTANA NOT TO BE DIFFICULT PROBLEM Helena, Mont. Nov. 20.—Readjuet- ment due to the return of peace will not affect Montana very severely. Coper “mining continues, to. ‘be. the principal ‘industry, and that it is thought, will continue to ‘boom for many years, ‘because of orders for re- construction abroad and’ for delayed manufacture at home.. ¥ The second industry, agriculture, will, of course, be able to dispose of its maximum product. Lumbering depends largely. on min- ing, in this state, and in addition to ‘timber for the mines, a brisk demand for construction is expected. CONSOLIDATE SERVILES., ‘Washington, D. C., Nov. 20.—Con- solidation of the services of the Wes- tern Union and Postal companies un- der. government control was an- nounced today by Postmaster Gener- al Rurleson, effective Dscember 1. The following order wes issued: | MISSISSIPPI C YOUNGEST ACTUAL MEMBER OF GRAND | ARMY WAS BURKE In the death of the late former Governor Andrew Horace Burke, the “Grand Army of the Republic lost its youngest enlisted member, Altho not yet thirteen years old, Burke, an or- phan boy in Indidana, was regularly enlisted in. 1862 as drummer boy for a Hoosier company raised near Noblesville, Ind., and he served with this command until theh ond of the’ war. Others as young as he served at irregular intervals during the civil war with the union forces, but some ytars ago it is said to have been clearily established that he was the youngest man*actually enlisted in the northern cause. WEAKNESS OF “AUN NAVY 1S REVEALED On Eve of Surrender to Allies German Naval Critic Is- sues Statement INFERIOR TO THE BRITISH Prestige of Water Forces Rested Chiefly Upon Bluffing, Tac- tics of Von Tirpitz (British Wireless Service.) London, Nov. 20.—Dr. Persius, the German naval critic has chosen the moment when the final vessels of the navy are about to be surrendered to the allies to publish in the Tageblatt @ sensational article containing reve lations of the German fleet. Ho said the hope that the German fleet would ‘be able in a'second Skageratt battle to ‘beat the British, rested upon the vluff and lies of the naval autheri- ties. In August, 1914, Germany had about 1000,000 tons in warships, the writer points out while Great Britain had more than that, and thanks to the mistakes of Admiral Von Tirpitz, the German material was quite inferior to the British. In the Skagaratt battle he declared the German fleet was saved partly by good leadership and partly by good weather conditions. Had the weath- er been clear or the leadership less able,the destruction of the wholo Ger- man navy would have resulted. LOSSES ENORMOUS. As it was the losses of the German fleet were enormous, and it was clear to every thinking man the, Skagaratt ‘battle must be the only general naval engagement of the war. On all sides, continues the writer, Admiral Von Tirpiz was advised to construct only submarines, but he re- mained obstinate. In 1915, several naval authorities made an appeal, with the result ‘that an order was issued terminating the construction of bat- tléships, so the material might be used for U-boats. In the meantime such scarcity of material had arisen it became necessary to disarm a num- ber of battleships and take the metal. At the ‘beginning of this year, he states, the German navy consisted only of dreadnaughts and ‘battleships of the Helgoland, Kaiser and Margras type and some few battle cruisers. All the ships which Von Tirpitz had con- structed from 1897 to 1906 at a cost of innumerable millions had been de- stroyed and the U-boats that had been constructed had been unable’ to fight against British warships. WAR ON BEAVER MAY BE ORDERED Bemidji, Minn., Nov. 20.—B. J. Shaver, United States Game Warden, of Ashland, Wis., who has as his ter- ritory nine states in this section is investigating the beaver situation. He desires to determine whether it would ‘be adivsable to have the beavers trap- ped under the supervision of the state and have it conducted as a state pro- ject. : A few yeaf®. ogo several beavers were placed in the state park at Itas- ca and ‘the entire upper Mississippi country is now inhabited with them. It ig said that they are doing. consid- erable damage. Shaver has investigated complaints of settlers regarding the damage beav- ers are said to have done. IOKED WITH KAISER EFFIGIES Winona, Minn., Nov. 20.—Effigy after effigy of. William Hohenzollern —once an emperor—are floating down the broad bosom of the Father of Waters. The burial of ex-kaiser Bill was the leading feature of nearly every cele- bration in Mississippi river towns, after Germany capitulated. In most cases the “funeral processions” stop- ped at the waters’ cigs and the much mussed figure of the German autocrat was hurled into'the Mississippi. As other cities farther south probably held _similar, demonstrations, the poor old Mississippi has a fearfully large ‘number of Kaisers to get rid of. FRENCH EDUCATIONAL _ MISSION ON ITS WAY Northfield Minn., Nov. 20—The mission which is on its way to this country, is expected to arrive today “7 war. tion for this occasion. horse. SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE . STRONGLY G. 0. P. Pierre, S. D. Nov. unofficial réturns from the recent elec- tion show that thel919 South Dakota legislature will 'be more republican than ever. The senate has only two democrats and one Nonpartisan league members. Forty-two members are Re- publican. Last session there were nine democrats in that body. The house shows 86 republicans, 10 Democrats and seven Nonpartisan leaguers. The house make-up is prac- tically unchanged. There is a possibility that a few changes may be made when the sol- diers’ vote is received front abroad, as unofficial returns show that several legislators figured in very close con- tests. The soldiers’ vote must be re- ceived by December 23, when the ab- sent vote is to be canvassed. FRANCIS ‘TOWNSHIP BOOSTS WAR WORK Tebbo Harms, one of Burieigh’s most prosperous and progressive farm- Francis township for the United War Work drive, requests the Tribune to express his apreciation of the loyal and ready response which the-neople crops, sickness and bad weather. Al- though the combination of circum- stances was about as unfavorable as this township ever has known, $160 was collected during the drive and Chairman Harms feels that every- thing considered his community did very well and is to be congratulated. SNOW STORM HALTS ALL ROAD WORK W. |W. ‘Moyer, construction engi- neer of the state highway department, and F D. Hudgins, senior, federal engi- neer in the office of public roads at St. Paul, are making a final tour of inspection of Stutsman, Foster and Wells county federal aid highway work. The Foster and Stutsman coun- ty projects are practically complete except as to odds and ends, which must be left over winter because of the recent heavy snows. A blizzard following the same path as taken by last summer’s great hail storm cov- ered a large area with snow to a depth of two or three feet and necessitated the suspension of all highway work. DAKOTA STARTER TO or tomorrow, according to word re- ceived by President Donald J. Cow- “Tn order that the telegraph facil- ities may be used to the fullest ex- tent and transmission of messages ex- pedited Yhe telegraph systems shall hereafter be operated as one and ef- fective Dec. 1, 1918,. all telegraph. of- fices shall accept for transmission all classes of messages now adopted by any one of them at the prescribed tar ift rates. Sia oped ide eS ling of Carleton colfege,:the president of the American council of education. This mission is composed-of seven of the leading scholars of France. and comes by the*same arrangement as that which-brought the British edu- cational mission. now inthis coun- Its purpose is the promotion of bet- ter. educational relations between the United States and- France. BE MANUFACTURED BY - DEVILS LAKE CONCERN The Dakota Starter Co. of Devils Lake is a new North Dakota corpora- tion which is to manufacture and sell automobile starters, lights and other accessories. C. E, Gray, ‘M. R. Mayer) Coh and W. N. Nortz are the incorporators, and the capital is fixed_at $25,000. ers and who served as chairman in! of his township made in spite of poor; ‘omplete | ' i i FRENCH ENTER METZ WHILE ~ REPATRIATED POPULACE. HURL OVER STATUES OF HUN RULERS People Unaccustomed to Any Tongue But Ger- man Brush Up French to Welcome Liberators —Restoration of Lorraine Complete TO CROSS ON TRANSPORT Washington, Nov. 20.—Navy offici@ls said today that the peace delegates will cross the ocean on board one of the big troop transports. (By Associated Press) Metz, Nov. 19.—(Tuesday night)—The historic event. ac- complished at 2 o’clock this afternoon when Marshal Petain made his entry into Metz, the great stronghold of Lorraine and the pivot of Germany’s efforts to crush France, may be said more than any happening to consecrate the victory of the allies in this From early in the morning all the roads leading to Metz were crowded with Lorrainers on their way to the city. customed to any tongue other than the German for years began many days ago brushing up their knowledge of French in prepara- People unac- Other things German had disappeared over night,’ including the statues of the German rulers, which had been pulled down by the citizens. William I. had toppled over from his position on the CAUSING ANXIETY ; London, Nov. 20.—The situation in the east is causing anxiety in Germany, and the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin learns that a great |German army is marching eastward. 5 ADVANCE INTO GERMAN (By Associated Press) American Army of Occupation, Nov. 20.—Food supplies and ammunition and artillery are moving eastward with the infantry, and the American force is prepared for any eventualities. advance into Germany is regarded by both officers and men, how- ever, as nothing more than an ordinary march. The Germans ap- parently are retiring in full compliance with the terms of the armistice. In some sections of the line of the enemy retreat there are piles of thousands of rifles thrown down by the soldiers, who have declared they would not fight any more. The Americans shoved their lines across the German fron- tier today. Further north the Duchy of Luxemburg was entered. MILLION KILLED ‘ Copenhagen, Nov. 20.—Up to October 31 more. than one million German soldiers had been killed and the fate of two mil- lion more was unknown, according to the Voerwarts of Berlin, which states that more than 4,000,000 German soldiers were wounded two times or more during the war. ; TO DECIDE FUTURE London, Nov. 20.—The soldiers’ and workmen’s council at an animated meeting has passed a resolution against the summoning of a constituent-parliament,; says‘an Exchange Dispatch telegram. The soldiers and workmen’s council, however, favors the calling of a constitutional convention to be composed entirely of soldiers and workmen to decide the future of Germany. The WAR BONDS 70 BE SOLD ON -. ‘NEW PLAN Washington, Nov. 20.—Government war bond selling in the future will be along distinctly new features. The bonds will have short maturity, and ‘by these it is meant three to seven or eight years. The issues will be smal- ler than in the past. ui Var savings throughout the coun- try will assist in placing the ‘bonds jin more direct manner than in past campaigns. .The four and one-quarter interest rate may be changed, depend- ing on other terms of the securities. The heavy oversubscription of the Fourth Liberty loan with a total of $6,- 989,047,000 or 16.48 per cen more than the $6,000,000,000 sought will enable the treasury to postpone the next is- sue longer than otherwise. MENNONITES MAKE PEACE IN CANADA Proposals to Deport Conscien- tious Objectors Dropped Winnipeg, Nov. 20.—Dominion of- {ficials seemingly, are of the opinion that the Mennonite. Colonists, who caused the government much trouble and considerable concern during the last year of the war, will remain in the Canadian Northwest. During. the last ten days of the war the Men- nonites reached a sort of silent agree- ment with the government which halted threats to force them to leave the country. The intense anti-war attitude of this religious sect was responsible for most of the trouble. The Mennonites, who have long been considered re- markable farmers, refused to obey conscription laws and declined to con- tribute money to the government war fund. Newspapers and patriotic or- ganizations throughout the. Northwest urge that the Mennonites be banished from Canada. While the last act of the war drama was being staged, Mennonite leaders agreed to constribute to government funds, provided they were assured that their contributions would not be used for military purposes. The gov- ernment, it is understood, a; to disburse the Mennonite money for. re- lief work. ‘This compromise, it is be- lieved, has soothed public opinion to an extent that no further demands for the expulsion of the Mennonites will be_made. It has been. noticed lately that the Mennonites have’ been moving farther westward and it seems quite certain that their leading colonies will,be in British Columbia. It is understood that Mennonite leaders are to colonize large sections of. tum! they are