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DAILY EKITION VOL. VII., No. AM, wmmm cmm e i gem mo WEI11 CABINET I W!LUAM iCALDERgaa rt i u a R f SIR' l-A RT I IlR F n ' " " fl: geeral mm ASK E1IM0H 0FFI6HTING ; BV THE TEUlllliS ill Dirid Uoyd-Gecrgc Expected to Be Named Engbi's Premier to Succeed Asqcith Who Resigned Yesterday London, Dac. . A. conference whos final decision will undoubted ly moan fh substitution of a fight ing government for the diplomatic fomiinMt which haa guided Knit Hod In the war to data, was In pro gres at Buckingham psts-e this aft ernoon. Announcement of David Lloyd Omw, leader of the aggressive fore- of the empire, a premier. wss ex ported momentarily. King George, seeking a concilia tory agreement between the Aiqnlth faction and those lupportlng Uoyd George, summoned the entire rablnet to Buckingham palac. 1 iKvA-finr. about whose, head the entire cabinet crisis haa whirled, vti lummoned to a private confer ence with the king during the morn ing after Andrew Bonar-tjiw had formally declined to accept the for mation of a new ministry. Premier Aaaulth later appeared at Buckingham. He waa aummoned to the general conference along with Moyd-fleorge, Arthur Balfour, Bon-ir-Uf, Arthur Henderson. 8amuel and other members of the govern ment. Asqulth waa one or the last to ar rive. Lloyd-George alto participated In this conference and political circles wtrt filled with various rumors aa to what the outcome might he. Those who continued to look upon the situation optimistically Insofar as the Asaulth government Is con cerned, expressed' the belief that a "satisfactory settlement" would b reached. With Bonar-Jw declining the premiership, however, London gen erally regarded IJoyd-Oeorge as the only logical choice for tha new head of the government. It la known ha 'would Insist upon a ministry back of Tilm of the most aggreealve type, finch a final selection would be a complete victory for those support ing tha fight against tha Asqulth gov ernment. PEACE IS OBJECT OF RESOLUTION WusliliiKton, Dec A resolution calling for an Immedlute uonfnrencs of the sonnln rommlttoe on foreign relations and tha house committee on foreign, affairs with the president to fornmluts plans to bring about, peaoo ncKollHtlons nninnp the wnrrlug Wuroppun nations, was offered In the house today by Representative Lind bergh of Minnesota. In the event of (ullure to obtain apecdy action, to end existing war, the resolution requires the commit tees named to report hack, "so thut I'ongresS msy then proceed to In ugurate an Industrial plan for reg ulation of the commerce and buslnvss of th United BUtcs that the people will not, by roicn of existing olrcum atanees, be longer mado to contribute to tha expensive carrying 6n ot .the Inhuman and senseless war now raging." (i HANTS ' No Ot. Vrown in the" PUBLIC OPIti FORCED ASQUITH . OIII OF MET Loudon, Dec. (.-Premier As- qulth's fall was due to public opin ion, not to political Intrigue. Uoyd-Qeorge'a uncompromising attitude of the past few days an at titude In which ha was cordially sup ported by such of his former political opponents aa Andrew Bonar-Law and Sir Kdward Carson was simply the concrete expression of popular re sentment at the Ineptitude of the Asqulth coalition regime, It repre sented the profound and country wide conviction that an entire new deal was necessary If tha war was to be prosecuted Intelligently, en ergetically and efficiently. It was the concrete expression of the popular fear that England could not win without auch a step. The position of Indecision and vac illation regarding great war prob lems which baa characterised the ad ministration In recent months, hasj been curiously exemplified In' As qulth's personal handling of the cab inet crisis. He did not finally give up hope of averting It until ha re ceived an ultimatum from tha union ists late yesterday, The ultimatum followed Lloyd-Meorge'a definite re fusal further to continue aa a mem ber of the ministry, In It tha union ists unqualifiedly pledged their as sociation, summoning dionsr-Law, In stead of Lloyd-George, to head the new ministry. In tendering the pre miership to Bonar-Law King George followed constitutional precedent, which requires such a proffer should Wt be made to the leader of the largest party In the house of com mons.'' The whole situation today was a melting pot of efforts, It is prob lematical how the liberal, labor ancr Irish parties 'will line ' up. ;. Sir ttdward Carson' was credited with formulating speotaoular coup for tho 'purposa of enlisting support of ,no 1 rip)) nationalists, whereby the whole of Ireland, including Ulster, would .be offered home rule on the iiasis of consent 'by the nationalists to an extension ot oonsnrlptlon to Ireland, Conscription In; Ireland would add K6,0tip men to England's forces, It la , believed. Late today, however, Carson categorically ' de nied thnt he had made any such pro toaala. ' . 1 t', 5 ' , ' T.Vire I 'much peculation today aa to Asqulth's future, It Is thought possible he msy 4ar,oine lord chan fi'llol'.' .''.)'"Vij:1 wj M.V . vW v; 'v -'S ' v (7 VAh, JOHBPHINK COVMTV. OrtEGOJf, WEDNESDAY, DM'EMBKR fl, World the Size of Grants Pass Kisser's Steaa Rc!!er Cndes BzSua Stale, cd Fall . cf Cfciet Cty, Tcgetbr With Mtzi Cesier 31 Eifes North, Ccttb; Of Retreat cf tDcfeders in Th! DireclisD, Reported to Oicial Dispatches Frca Beriia Berlin, via Sayville, Dec. 6. Bucharest has been raptured by the allied troops of Germany and Aus tria-Hungary, a second official state ment announced this afternoon. The capture of Bucharest complet es the first phase of Germany's new Balkan campaign, brings the last of the Balkan powers under German domination,' and opena the way tor the movement of Austro-Oerman force on Odessa. Roumanla declared war on the central powers a little more than three months ago, on August St. The" Roumanian forces advanced into Traaaylvanta, but were soon busily occupied In reslstlnf a determined at tack by the Anstre-Germen armies. The advance of the Teutonic foro- ea was sure and steady. Town after town was raptured and the Rouman ians steadily withdrew. For the past two weeka the Roumanian army has been la imminent danger of being entirely surrounded by the armies of the Teutonic all lea advancing on them from two sides. The Roumanian campaign haa been conducted under the direction of General Falkenhaya and Field Marshal von Mackensen. Bucharest, the captured capital, is -knows aa the "Paris of the eaaL" It la located on both aidea of , the DlmbovlU river, which Is spanned by a half dosen Iron and atone bridges. It waa surrounded by a ring of forts. The city haa a population of upward of 100,000. , According to Berlin figure the 1). S. GETS BIDS OH ' BATTLE CRUISERS t Washington, Dec ' 6. Bids ' for building four battle cruisers to be the speediest In the world, were sub mitted to the navy department today on the basis of actual cost plus a percentage profit by the - Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company, Union Iron Works ot San Francisco. Fore River Shipbuilding Corporation, and the Wm. Cramp & Sons'' company, Philadelphia. , Congress appropriated $25,000, 000 tor each ship, $16,600,000 to be spent on each boat exclusive of ar mor and equipment. The Newport News bid was actual cost plus 10 per cent profitwith completion In SI months. The Union Iron Works and the Fore River offered to build full .machinery and equipment, with electric drive; In 48 months at actual cost, plus 15 per cent, while the Cramp bid specified no time limit, but offered to construct one at eot plus 10 per cent.' " U The Union Iron Works nnd Fore River company both pointed out that the high cot of labor and material made It difficult to put on a flat price limit, but agreed to let the federal trade 'commission determine a rea sonable not il of It charge if the 15 per cent wts not acceptable, Both concerns offered alternate proposals of building on battle cruiser each. Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. Roumanians already have lost 150,- 000 in killed and wounded and the Teutonio armies have made ' more thiyi '140,000 Roumanians prisoners. 1 Berlin, via Sayville, Dec. (.The official news agency thla afternoon declared that It "was officially re ported that Bucharest and Ploesti had been captured." Ploesti la a railroad Junction it miles due north of Bucharest, and on th main railroad from the Rou manian capital north. ' ' la the early atatement of today, the Petrograd war office admitted Ger man progress around Tsrgorlacea and Ploesti. From ' the wording of the Berlin atatement It la not clear which ot the ; encircling ' German . ad raneertnls conquered the Rouman ian capital. . The Berlin eUtements have men tioned there aeparate thrust at the capital.- Of these the southern army, which crossed the Danube end waa located in official statement of yes terday at GradUtea about 11 mllea due south of Bucharest, propably waa th army which conquered the city, according to the Berlin official statement Carl W. Ackerman, United Press staff correspondent,. In a . despatch received today, wrote on 8unday, Deo. 3 that "Bucharest's fate was a matter of only a few days." He also mentioned "sewing up" of the Rou manians. The Berlin statement earlier In the day declared the Ploesti railroad was (Continued on Page 4) VILUSTAS STILL Kl Paso, Dec. 6. With 5,000 men. Villa 1 making Ms headquarters in the vicinity of Ban Andres, west of Chihuahua City, according to a code message received todav h mining men here, United States authorities here believe Villa will divide the loot taken from Chihuahua City, re-equip his men and scatter them into' bands i until he la ready for his next move. ', 'Authentic Information has reach ed the border that Vllllatas are still I holding Parral. Several hundred bandits under Colonel Beltran are In possesalon of the city. A shake-up In government military and civil de partments of the state or Chihua hua, was put into effect at once fol lowing Ye-occupatlon of Chihuahua City by Carranxlsta forces.' Both the Trevlno brothers were demoted. Arnulfo Gonxales was made civil gov ernor of he state, while General Morula was placed In charge of the campaign against Villa. By observers here of the. Mexican situation,' Jealousy on' the part ,' ot General Murgta Is said to have been responsible for the fall of Chihua hua City. By retarding the march of his column and delaying Its ar rival until after the evacuation or the northern capital by tho , hard pressed garrison, Murgla saw the means to accomplish the downfall of the Trevlnos' power, observers declared, 1BI 1 -A ,V "J ' vIlSOIITO DIRECT LEGISLATION Oil FOODSTUFF PRICE ? Washington,' Dee. "t. Action by congress on any food price legtslf tlon will :rlt' tte 'recommendation' ot President Wilson and hU cabinet, Buea executive . recommendation will bis based, on the reports, some of which the president haa already been receiving for some days, from various government department con ducting investigations. This plan, It waa claimed today on best authority, haa the approval and will get every ounce of support of the democratic house and senate lead era. .vv ' . Special Assistant Attorney Gen era,! George Anderson, In charge of the department of justice probe, ar rived here today and at once held a conference with Assistant Attorney General Todd, at which, it is said, plans were formulated to Investigate produce associations of the 'country. While administration officials and congressional1' leaden'1 admitted frankly today they do not expect '"a macadamised road", as fruition to their plan, they believed food em bargo agitators and other Individual member who have plans and Ideas of their own, could "be taken care ot" until a carefully considered and detailed plan had been decided on. "Satisfying progress" is being made In the various . departmental steps under way, it was said today. Special Assistant -to the Attorney General George Anderson, la charge ot the natlon-wtde department of Jus tice probe Into high living costs ar rived In Washington today to confer with departmsmt heads hore He will Interview Secretary Houston, Secretary Redfleld, and representa tives of the interstate commerce and federal trade commissions. He prob ably will see the president also. According to reports now before the president, the department ot Jus tice la planning to call a special grand Jury in some district, prob ably New Tork or Chicago, In an at tempt to ascertain whether attempts- being made to control prices are in violation ot the Sherman law. The prealdeut has not yet decided whether to embody his recommenda tion when formulated Into a special message to congress or take It up In dividually. with leaders of all parties. His final action will depend largely on the situation In congress. The president will confer this evening with Chairman Henry of the house roles' committee relative' to clearing the track ns rapidly as posalblo for the railroad levtlslntlon 1n order to make room for tho food stuff discus sion later. - .... v. -..'.., WHOUB KXXBER !!. Ccstad PresArp-: Asseszci fcr A delegation of dtisens waited ae on th county court, in session at tk court, house1 Uti forenoon, and pre- ' aented argument favoring the levy- . Ing or a quarter mill tax for county library" purpose. The" lead in tk discussion waa taken by Meedaasea Klocker and -Hair, of the city library hoard, and numerous cltlsena' treat various parts of the county adranceaT their views. The request for U levy waa aupported by petitions that bat been largely signed by taxpayer, over 1500 residents of the county harts endorsed the move through this meth od. A second appetetasest waa Agfa by the court irttarttoa in charge V the library campaign to meet at tar o'clock Thursday afternoon wheal re ports of the operation of the Grant Pas municipal library will ' pre eated aad aa outline of the plan ore poaed for th operation of the coaaty library wUl be eobmttted. .-.." The member of tk city library commission who were present statad that it waa expected that It the coalt made the requested levy, the city li brary would be merged with the coaa ty library, the city to continue a levy to meet the amount now pat Into tk city library, about $1200 per year. The quarter mill levy aaked of th court would raise about 12.300 per' year, hut as the city would also a called npoa to meet it part of the county levy., the, elty levy would he reduced till the . amount produced within the city, Including it portion ot the county levy', amounted to taw present sum ralaed. ' . If the county library Is estabUsted It is proposed to have branches la all . centers of the county, , and , supply tnem with books from tne central library in Grants Pass upon a drcw latlog plan." The facilities of the state library would also be available 1 and special volume could thus be ob tained upon request. . . ,' SEATTLE HAH KILLS TWO AfiD SUICIDES Seattle Dec. 6. A double murder 1 and suicide was discovered this morn ing at Isstquah, a mining town near ' Seattle when a little girl delivering milk, called at the home of Frank. Dergen, 40, a coal miner. Denea. some time during the night, shot aad killed his wife and her two-year old boy and himself. The tragedy . followed Mrs. Dar ren's threat to bring a divorce suit. according io neignoora. ine count had been married only alx month. Mrs. Dergen, formerly Elisabeth. Lehman, recently arrived from Ger many, wltii her boy. In destitute cir cumstances, she quickly accepted. Dergen's otter of marriage, th nelgW bora say, only to discover he waa a. hard drinker. A few daya ago he beat her up so that, running out at the house, she fainted on the street. The divorce threat cultmlnatod In th triple 'tragedy. , 1 . ,
