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Show BANKERS ELECT NEW PRESIDENTS Association Selects Oliver J. Sands to Head Nationals and C. B. Hazlewood for ! Savings Banks. i CHICAGO, Sept. 2G With the Avqrk of all the sections cleared away, the actual convention of the American Bankers' association, its forty-fourth anuual gathering, began today. By previous arrangement unanimous consent con-sent of the convention will be given to adjourn tomorrow instead of Saturday Sat-urday as provided by the constitution in order that the members may hurry to their homes to take part in tho fourth Liberty loan campaign. At the final meeting of the national bank section Oliver J. Sands, president of the American National bank, Richmond, Rich-mond, Va., was elected president. At !the closing meeting of the saving bank section C. B. Hazlewood, vice-presl-Ident of the Union Trust company, Chi- cago, was chosen president. ; Bankers Pledge Fortunes and Lives. I Charles A Hinsch, president of the American Bankers' association addressing ad-dressing the annual convention of that organization today pledged the fortunes for-tunes and lives of Its 19,043 members to continue the war until the last armed arm-ed German is beaten to earth and a victorious peace assured. Re-affirming the loyalty of the nation's na-tion's bankers to President Wilson in his prosecution of the war, he declared declar-ed that they will keep on fighting "not to tho last dollar but to their last unit or credit." Pie said that "no peace that Germany Ger-many will approve will satisfy America. Amer-ica. We must not conclude a negotiated negotiat-ed peace. Nothing should be considered consider-ed but an unconditional surrender." In its prosecution of the war, Mr. MInsch said, the government instead of restraining business, is encouraging encourag-ing it, and he expressed a hope for a continuation of this policy after peace. "Out of the chaos into which the nation na-tion was plunged is coming the sem-blence sem-blence of order." he added. He advocated universal military training as essential to commercial cx- pansion and industrial growth. j, Speaking or social 'conditions, Mr. I jH MInsch said that "the so-called Non- ' Partisan league is the extreme mani-festatlon mani-festatlon of unrest. The avowed pur- i jH pose, which is now strong in sixteen j states, is political control by a class . jH for a class and co-operative selling n and buying. ( . "They arc loo shrewd to launch a t new political party; . their scheme is to secure control of the dominant poliU-cal poliU-cal party of the city, county and state where they are operating. With the millions at their disposal this plan has i been easy of accomplishment and they are now practically in control of the r slate of North Dakota. This movement ) should be curbed before it assumes the proportions of a prairie fire." oo |