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NO. 220
Fortv-slxth Tear.
Dally Eleventh Year.
RAPITAI (IF AMERICAN BUILT "
Unl llllL Ul ninn mnnrnnrn
RUMANIA IS
Teutonic Allies Under Mackensen
Take Bucharest Ploecliti, Impor
tant Railway Junction' Northwest
of Capital, Also CapturedRu
manian Forces Retreating in . Con
fusion Many Are Taken Prison
ers by Invading Hordes.
ISKrjLIX, Dec. fi- Itui-tmrost, enp
ilal iif Iiiimiiuin, 1ms been captured,
it wan officially iiniuuiiiccd today.
Ploecliti, llio hnportunl railway
junction town, 'Mi milt's iini'lhncst ul'
llnrhnrrst, nlsn has been taken.
The dipt we of Plncohli, on I'"'
main railway lino running north from
Iliiclwiri'st, cuts the main railway line
of retreat for the Hiimanian armies
operating in tho Iluohnrest "region.
Tho official statement does not in
dicate whether the entry of the Teu
tonic, forces into P.uchnrost and
Ploecliti was simultaneous. The cap
ture of Ploecliti before that, of the
capital would ho far more serious for
the riimianiniis. Jinny military ob
servers looked for tho Itumaniuns
not to attempt n defense of the can
Hal ht-tho lst; eNpocling'nh'evaciiii
tion in lime to save the forces de
fending; it by n withdrawal hy the
railway route roninining; to tliem.
Tho taking of Bucharest virtually
completes the conquest hy the Teu
tonic forces of the southern seclion
of the Kumnniun kingdom, embracing
territory of more than oil, 0110 square
miles.
CAPTURED
From Three. Sides.
WITH TUB (IKKMAX A KM IKS
KKKOliK UlTIIAliKST. Kumania.
v,' Dee. 4. The armies of Field Mnr
' sbal Von Mackensen and (Ictirrnl
Ton Falkenhayn, after a campaign
the rapidity of which has been almost
unparalleled in military history, have
swept through half of Kumania, have
crushed the resistance of the Hu-
manians nt one point after .mother,
and now, having drivel ihe IIusso
li'umniiin forces beyond l!uolinro-t.
both to the north and the south of
the capital, are clamping their tent
ai'lcs on the Itumnniun city from
three sides.
The Germans, with the aid of Aus-tro-IIunjrnriuns,
Unitarians and
Turks, have battered their way
through western Kumania to their
present concentric, position around
Ilucharcst within a wonderfully short
time. They have breasted the nat
ural fortifications of Ihe Transyl
rniiinii mountains and the Danube
river and have healen llicir way
through the strongest kind of soien
eifie defenses obviously prepared
iis 'limit in advance.
Armies Tliinivn Hack.
They have thrown the Kumaiiian
(Continued on Paso Four.)
FOXHALL KEENE
IUI.TIMOKE, Mil., Doe- 0. The
condition of Foxhall P. Kcene, the
widely known sport-man of New
York, who was seriously injured yes
terday while riding- in the annual
joint hunt meeting at the Hartford
Hunt club near Karmington. Mn was
rciortoi! to be unchanged this morn
ing. He rallied early today lnng
enough to ask for something to eat.
and niter being siren sumo milk n.iraii'
lapsed into the semi-conscious state
in which bo had lain all night.
I.nter the doctor said that Jlr.
Kccuc was sul Coring I'mm rnnous-inti
of the brain and that his condition
Ma too serious to pcrinit his bring
rciinived from the clubhon-c. It i-de-ircil
t brim: him t a Dalliuiorc
'"'-pita! as soon as possible.
w UtttUUV
ISLE OF WIGHT
Steamer Joiin Lambert, Built for Sale
to French Line, But Not Turned
Over to Purchasers, Sunk Without
Warning by German Submarine
French Flag Hoisted.
NEW YOIIK, Dee. (i.- Tho steam
ship John Lambert, listeil in the Mar
Mine Hcgister as an Amorlcan ves
sel, was shelled and sunk without
warning by a Gorman submarine off
Ihe Isle of Wight on November 22,
according to members of the crow,
Americans, who arrived hero today
on tho French lino steamship KspiiK
ue from Bordeaux.
The .lohn Lambert was one. .of
twelve vessels which were built on
tho Great lakes, tho French line
agreed to purchase. According to
the arrivals today the vessel had not
been turned over to the French Inter
ests hut was on its way to Havre for
delivery there.
Off Isle of Wight.
Tho attack took place at 4:"0 p.
m. when the ship was 25 miles south
of the Isle of Wight, members of the
crew, -said. The engineer, Kdward
Harrison of this city, said that the
t'-boat first made its presence known
by sending a shell crashing through
the John Lambert's bridge and that
Hie firing continued during t lie time
tho crew was taking to (lie boats,
Iwolve shots in all being fired.
The crew, numbering sixteen, all of
whom arrived hero today without
(heir captain, said they rowed forty
miles to the French coast, being on
the water twelve hours und that
shortly after the John Lambert went
down they saw the submarine attack
and sink two unidentified vessels a
steamship and a bark.
The John Lambert was the last of
the twelve Groat Lakes craft to be
taken to France for delivery.
Eighty members of the crews of
four of the vessels were passengers
on the F.spagne today.
Flew French Flas.
John Hernardus, second officer of
the John Lambert, said that Ihe ves
sel flew the French flag when she
went down and had been using that
flag although not yet formally turn
ed over to the French.
He said lie w-as on the bridge at
teh time the attack hesan and that
the first shot struck the water about
Ion feet ahead of the ship's how. The
second, ho said, hit the bridge.
'"As soon as the submarine opened
fire on us, I ordered the French flag
run up and the men to take to the
boats.'' Hernardus said.
The John Lambert left .Montreal
October 21, reached Falmouth, F.ng
aliid, November 10, putting in Ihere
because of engine trouble and leav
ing November 21. It was tho follow
ing day that she was sunk'. She was
in command of Thomas Harris of
-Montreal.
GETS 15 YEARS
SAN FI1AXCISCO, Doc. B. II. U
Wilkin, the $r0,000 bank note coun
terfeiter, who baffled the secret ser
vice and banks for several years with
his own sill; threaded currency, was
sentenced to 15 years Imprisonment
on -McNeil's island, Washington, to
day by Judpe Maurice T. Doollns of
the T'nlted States district court hete.
He pleaded guilty,' Two accomplices
!are under arrest in New York city.
BILL TO PROHIBIT
BETTING ON ELECTIONS
WASHINGTON. I,lf-. C-Prohibition
it.'' betting (in I'ti'ftinrt wn- pr"-Kt-cd
in ;in imtudiiu'iit to the cor
rupt iiMi-lire-i hilt ntTcjvd totbiy by
Sciiiitttr Kcn.von. republican (' Imvn.
I'l-ttiriL' wwifd be tmidc piniUluihle by
a line ul f.'il'H iur oin li ott'eiiM?.
m jBHai ' jj ' j " I jjj j 8681
PEASANT WOMAN IS GIVEN A MEDAL: HER ONLY SON DIED A HERO IN BATTLE
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K In- r 'iA Ik , y
COST OF LIVING '$Mt filli
REPORTS SfODIED I feVvI AMON'G SPONSERS
BY PRESIOENII ltel CARPENTER FIGHT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. The gov
ernment's investigation of the rising
cost of living began assuming defi
nite outlines today in conferences
between officers of the department
of justice, tho federal trade commis
sion and United States Attorney An
derson of lioston, Into whoso hands
the attorney general has placed di
rection of the werk. -,
I'reslilent Wilson also began his
study of such reports as already have
boon made to him and will await
others before making recommenda
tions to congress.
The Investigation will center at
first in the chief cities. Jlr. Ander
son will he nided by a special force
of department of justice investigators
and by all federal district attorneys
from whom ho may request assis
tance. Such organizations as the Chicago
board of trade, the New York Pro
duce exchanges and exchanges where
coffee, sugar and other foodstuffs
are dealt In, may come within the
scope of tho Investigation, it was an
nounced, although it has not been
determined definitely when they will
be investigated.
Alter a conference villi President
Wilson today, Chairman Henry of tho
house rules committee said he
thought an invc.-tiualion would he
made by i;ri's of the high cost of
liin;r. He declared the president ap
parently had not finally made up his
mind as to what should bo done, but
was sliiilyim? the question thor
ougblv. MADRID, Spain, Dec. (I. One hun
dred members or the crew or the
Spanish steamship I'io IX from .New
Orleans tor Varcelona, were drowned
hy the sinking ot the vessel In a
storm 2 00 miles off the Canary
Islands. Twenty-two members of the
crew were saved.
The I'io IX, laden with cotton, car
ried no passengers. The steamship
Huenos Ayres, which was In the vi
cinity, was able to Rive hut sliKht
Distance on account of the IiIkIi seas.
XKW Y(ll!IC, Dec. fi Ync in
hu-ine-s di-lrict ol' Dn.ol.lvn ti
t In
ula v
dc-lnivcil tlie fmir-story brick build
in:: occupied by the I'litbu-h Slur
n ac company, burned part of llio
-Irinluic lioii-iii!.' the piano I'aclorv
ul' Krc.-bi.ni (;. Smith and sliirhtlv
lianiaini; iidioiuiu prnicitip-. wilb
an i-limalc, h.-s ot .f.'iim.nmp. (Inc
piiliccmnn was injured. The collap-e
of a wall led to a mi-tnken rcporl
that six liri'iiicn were killed.
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W iiiJt
Amid Ihe rlirers u' lluninnds
jjatlieuMl in Koine tn witness award
ing of nu'diil-, ;i poor little pcasunt
woman, who jjnvc her only on to lier
country, is rerrivinjr a mediil I'lom
Ocncrat Aliirini oi' the lliiliau army,
because her son was killed trying to
rescue a wounded comrade under
heavy fire. s
XKW VOI.'K". Hoc appeals
that Iwclvc men in Ibis city are o
mauipulatiiii: lhc food markcl that
they e-tablih trices for the entire
country, .o.--h Harliiian, I'ommi---iimei'
of weight - and mea-lircs, said
today in a MutriMcnl rccutmiicuilinu
Ihe calling of a federal land jury
to iii'-lialo tin situation with a
view to indicting men who miht be
unilly of niainlaiMim: an cccmvoIv
!iii:h co-l of li iir,r.
.lohn J. Iiil!.., i. -Inlc c
of foods anil m;iikcts,
that eerlain ilciilc- wcic
order that cub! -I.il'.ie
marked ami tliM lie w
evidence In i-iiv ..) -tab
and iir'c pro-.-fin i..u. I
niuii--ioner
nmiiiuuccd
ilcfvimr his
c'- be so
nld submit
e authorities
le said he
Wilson sus-
had written I'lc-ideiil
Lie-I in na I i.itml
cold .-loi'ac an.
L.'i-hilion ,'cpuliitilm
nrjinL' sit n tn In rili z;i -
lion in packing j. ml t'rei:hi rales.
An eeir br.vc.lt movement was
launched in more I Nan a s"nre f.f up--tnte
cilii s today in rcpon-e to prue
lamiitii.ns i--ucil by their mnvnrs.
JO u. s.
xi:w
VllllK. I ice (i. Additional
receipt
of Uriti-li -'..lil from Canada
were nuni.ulli-i-il by .1. I'. Mori-all &
Co. loilay, .:l.OIIO.nilll l.iiii-; -cut I..
I the
a ay ul I ice an. I I l.lino.lMill In
the H.ibtdelphia mini. Tin- make-
il total of al I s.'.'i.llllll.lUlll received
thus fur tbi- wc.-k. and a L'raiid to
tal from all -ouieo- llius far llii.
ycar of about fi S,iioo,iiij).
DOZEN IN FIX
PRICE OF FOOD
FOR ENTIRE NATION
MOW YORK Dec. 0. The propos
ed ten round no decision hoxliiK bout
between Cieorse Carpentler, hoavy
welKht champion of Kurope, und .less
Wlllard, tho American chumtilon. has
nmouK its sjionsors Miss Anno Mor
Kun and .Miss lillzabeth Murbury, It
was learned, today. -Miss Morpan Is
treasurer of the American fund for
tho French wounded, under the aus
pices of which It is hoped to brlnK
Carpentler here. Miss Mnrbury, who
Is also actively interested In the
French fund said that her Interest In
the proposed bout was solely to seo
that the $.".0,000 which she hopes the
fund will receive from tho proceeds
was properly handled.
"Miss Anne Morgan and I willingly
consented several weeks ago, when
approached on Ihe subject to sec that
the funds, whether amounting to this
sum or mo.ni, be forwarded to Franco
for the purpose intended," Miss Mnr
bury Is quoted as saying. "Cleorgo
Carpentler is badly needed at the
front these days, for his duties are
such that his place would be hard to
fill. It will take much effort If tho
I I'rench officials are finally prevall
:ed upon to extend him leave, al
I though they may be told that a few
months here would mean much for
French women and children,
j "If he finally does come over and
: the bout Is held, the public can be as
sured that the monev contributed
through the purchase of lickols will
( he used for the purpose staled, that
il wish to repeat Is Hie only reason
I Miss .Morgan and I are Interested at
: all In the proposition. "
CIIICAdt). Dee. (i. A .-cries of in
formal hearing- were held here lodav
in eoniiccfion with the fourth nation
al conl'ereiiee of tun rkci ing and farm
credits to collc-i evidence concerning
the condition of (lie livc-tofk indus
try in the Knifed Stales.
Speakers a cried that proa I
ehaiu;cs are under way in the indus
try and that the producers and feed
ers of catlle hale failed lo orgniiie
thcm-elves effectively lo meet the
changed condition at purchasing cen
ters and an economic waste lias re-j
tilted. Much of the di-eitssion cen-j
tel'ed on pos-ible solutions of '(he
problem ollcrcil by Ihe ileeline in till'
nation's meat supply. j
Milo I). c,i,n,bel. Coldwiitcr,
Mich., prc-iiii-nt of tin- Xational Ked-I
eri.tioii Mill. IWurcr-i of Amer-j
icii. organized lu-t night, -aid lodav,
that state and local or-janizatimi Willi
be started at i.tii'i- and a national j
hcnd-pialter- will be c-tiibli-heil for
handling the win k of the new oi'j-au-izullon,
whii-h plan- eo-oiierat ive
marketing ot' milk t hi on.liout Ihe
I' nited States.
..: GUILTY, MURDER pcniorn Tn
U SECOND DEGREE
Monlana Newspaper Reporter Who
Shot Politician Convicted Pen
alty Is' Ten to Twelve Years In
Penitentiary Says She Should
Have Been Acquitted.
TllllMI'SOX KA1.1.S, Mont., Dec
li. Mi-s Kdilh t'olbv Was found
guilty of murder in the second de
gree here today I'm' .-limit iny: and hill
ing A. ('. Thomn.-. The penult is
Ion to Iwolve years in the pcnilcll
tin ry.
Motions for a new trial were mail
and cliort was adjourned until this
afternoon, when sentence will be
piisM-d.
"I should have had an acipiitttd,"
said Miss Colby lifter Ihe verdict had
been returned. ''That was whnl I
expccled."'
forty llnllols Taken.
The jury received the case al. 8
o'clock last night and reaehed a ver
dict at 4 o'clock this tnorvuine; lifter
forty ballots had been taken. At
first, acconling to the foreman of the
jury, two votes were fur ucipiittal.
Mo-I o' the ballots were east in an
efforl lo determine tjie punishment
.Us, Ihe .judge .Jiiiii lieil 'Hfn"jrlrv to
do. The jury fixed Ihe punishment
almost ni llio minimum, of ten lo
twelve yours in Ihe penitentiary.
The (rial of A. W. Ainsw-orlh,
owner of the paper on which Miss
Colby worked, who i also charged
with uiuriler, is sel for Thursday.
Special Prosecutor li. K. Wheeler
told the court today thai ho had uol
decided what lo do with the Ains
wnrlh case.
Story of Miii'dcr.
Miss Kdilh Colby. II yours old,
shol A. C. Thomas, a prominent
Monlana politician, on the main
street of Thomp-on Kails on the
inoiiiin.,' of September 'JH last, n fler
Thomas had passed wilhoul heeding
her demand Ibat he apologic for nil
insull -he alleged he had given her
the day before. Th.-tuas was shot
four times and died soon after ho
was taken In a hospital at Missoula.
Mi.-.s Colby, who was arrested,
charged with mnriler. alleged thai
TI as had called her a "red-light
woman' when she reprimanded him
for withholding news when she vis
ited him in her capacity as a reporter
for a newspaper in Thompson Kails.
She iis-citcd thai .film C. Maniro. ed
itor of Ihe paper, and A. S. Ains
worlb, ils puhli-hfl, had urged hel
lo make Thomas apologize, and both
were nrrr-ted on charges of baling
instigated the murder of lhc politi
cian to whom tlicy were opposed pol
itically. Manila was aeipilllcil be
fore Miss Colby was brought to tlial.
Ainswnrlb's ca-e still is pending.
XKW VOUK, Dec. (I.--Charles A.
Wax wa- identified ul. Ihe I'nileil
Stale- attorney'- office here lodav
by .laiitc- W. O-hornc and his wife,
logelln-r with Kilvvin Willcox, an as-si-.tiin!
in his office, as "i ilivcr Os
borne," the man who won the al'l'ce
tiotts of line Tanzcr.
Wax who uirixcd here from Chi
cago last night under arrest, was
brought lo Ihe federal building lifter
u night in the Tombs.
Mr. O-bnrne picked liiui out troiii
among a loomfuil of new -paper men
-hakiuu- hands cordially with him.
Willcox, who corrol.oraieil the
ideulilication, was the u i-lanl in
Mr. O-borne's nlliee who -aw "Ol
iver O-lloilie" whi n the laller vi-ited
Mr. O-borne lo lell him he wu- the
wooer of I'uc Tan.er. Mi-s Tauzcr
had claimed that Mr. O-boiuc wu
"t Ilivcr" and bl oiu;ht suit ugaiii-l
him for breach of promise.
Asquitli Rcsifins, Bonar-Law Offered
Formation of New Ministry, But
Declines Lloyd-Georye Sent For,
Also Declines, and King Tries to
Compose Differences Among Mem
bers of Cabinet by Anrecment Upon
Proposed War Council. j
I.OXDOX. Dec. (i. -A. ltonnr-J.rtw
today declined the invitation of King
tleorge to undertake the iormtaion of.
a new minisliy ami (he king then sent
for David-I.loyd (icorge, who is be
lieved, like Mr. lionnr-Kuiv, lo have
informed Ihe sovereign of the diffi-'
cullies which he would have to face
if he uudcrluok lhc const ruction of u
cabinet.
This ufleinoon Ihe king initialed
migolintions in the hope of composing;
the ilif fei'eiiocs among the members
of Hie Asipiith iiibuinislnition, Mr.
Asipiith nml nil the other members!
being suuuuoncd to lluckinghniu pnl
ace.. Mr. I.loyd-tleorge nlrcailv was
there. A. .1. Ilall'onr, Arthur irendcr
sou und Mr. I'onur-l.jiw' ;soori arriv-f
Inil. They ami oilier nicmhcr.s hud
been in conference wilh Ihe king for
sonic lime before Mr. Asipiith, on re
ceiving nn intimation Hint his pres
ence was rcipiired, hurriedly left to
join I hem.
I'liin lo Iteorganle.
The curl of Derby said loilay ho
believed it possible that uu ngrcement
which would bring the coalition back
lo power might be renched in regard
lo lhc membership of the proposed
small war i icil, Ihe difficulty,
which wrecked Hie coalition.
The hope is expressed gcncriilly
t III" t un election will be avoided, on
a unl of Ihe ilclny and interfer
ence w ith the business c,f wnr. Should
an election become ncccssaiy, it
would be held under n Ibrce-yeui-ohl
register so that -l.lilitl.tinil new voters,
would be disfranchised.
Mr. Asipiith lakes a majority of
the liberal mini-lei's with him in bis
retirement, Mr. I.lovd-deorge being;
assured of lhc support of only Her
bert Samuel, lhc home secretary; Kd
win S. Montague, minister of muni
lions; some of the junior ministers,
including Dr. Christopher Addison,
parliamentary under secretary for
munitions, and of a small section of
the party known as the "ginger
group." is not believed pl'ohuhld
Mi. l.toyil-dcoi'L'e would have niiy
more -ucccs- with the labor members
Hum did Mr. ISonar-I.nw, Ihe piulia
mcnlary correspondents say, while
the attitude of a large part of tho
unionist parly is doubtful.
Difficulties Ahead.
Mr. llonar-l.aw. Sir Kdward Car
son and Ihe carl of Derby probably
would act miller Mr. Kloyd-tlcorgi-, as
they supported his ultimatum lo I'rc
micr A-ipiilh rognidiiig the formation
(Continued on Pago Sis.)
I.ISI'.oX. Dee. (i. A (lernmn sue.
cess over I'drtugiic-e forces which
invaded (lermnii Ka- Africa was an
nounced to the chamber of deputies
l. iliiv by Premier Almeida, lie said
that 20IMI ficiuiaiis nml A-knris with
ailillcry of various sizes and ninny
machine guns, nia.h- an attack mi Ihe
Ncwala redoubt, in the southeastern
part of (ieriiiaii Kast Africa, near
Ihe border of Portugiic-e Kiisl
rie.i. 'Ihe fir.-t battle lasted for
twel, c hours.
A relief column failed p, cstohli-li
communication with lhc Xcwaln gin-li-ou.
whii-h, niter su-taiuiiig a siege
of eight days, suit led in cunpiii);
on the night of .September .8.
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