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ANNOUNCES NEW BRITISH CABINET OFFICIAL WAR CABINET COM PRISES MANY STRONG LEAD ERS OF ENGLAND. BALFOUR FOREIGN MINISTER Earl of Oerby Is War Secretary.-A. Bonar Law Atked to Act as House Leader and Member of War Cabinet Not Expected to Attend Regularly. beei IIa'll th; ) hr: (rv.':rnIjn rt. h :2d been voni tfr. . a war eabtr? ProlJe:rjt o' ti: C'2( n'-l, Earl Cur zoni, whIo ras il br: Govrtr. ran .~', ,''rsadir~r in thi: H-,tne- 'f I,',r't ; Ar 'hur lIf ndeirsion, Mrl:.t 1rr withiout. pr-rt follo, aun' Adr-iw ltonar Law, -h: a corllor of thc th?' J.x' hirnir:r, wr, .:i br n, askel by' fIi: F'r'ile.iri to i t. a Ileadir inj th Jlo fc- 'f Comu:rnorI nri alo ai rnurbrJgr 'J the war Cabirtf:t without br:ing r:;,ttp'I' to attedif rcig ularly. Thr: offiter rn'r:dbers of the .Min inmtry, who are ra. In the war (:ab Ir t, art: Lord Jilgh (1;, rne-lior, Sir -itobrrt. IJ antait h yn': Sir~ . S-rt.ar ojf StatW for ther llomr: Dr)pjaritiufitil, Sir ('orge Catvu. SQ'ir*r;try of St.:itf for Fouieign Af fairrs, NIr. Arthur .1. lialfour. Seu:rii ajr y ' i :ir: for- thut (:olo jiu-t, W."alttrr fl i ,an . I ot Se rr-tar y of S I t: for War. thr Earl of IDrby. S1- rtiary of Slats.- for India, Au J'uretidut. of thr. I ,oo'al Go vernine.n Board, lIaron 1Ihonuirla. P'reiir It of the, hIoard of rad!. Rir Albet. Stanley. Plirit Lord of ther Admiralty, Sir Edwiard! Carsonu. Ministe-'r of MNunition, )r. Chrim toph er Ad'd ition. 1iistteur of iluocrkade, Lord Ttoberrrt C , :11. ShIppinpg Controller, Sir Joieph I'a ton Maclay. P restidieint. of thue lioird of A griuul ture, Rowland E. Prothero. I'sidiiletI.J or t.e S Board of Educa tion, Ilt-lrbert. A. I,. Fisiher. Firt. Comrnhiloner of Works, Sir Aifred M. Mond. ChaneIllor P. lIuchy of Lancaste(r, Sir Fre!ilerIc~k Cawley5. Pot mnautr Gnral, Alburt 1Iling wot th. ZONE SYSTEM FOR PAPERS PROPOSED IN POSTAL BILL Rates of Second Class Matter to be Greatly Increased Under New Ter ritorial Division.-One Cent Postage on Local Letters. \Vo iihiniiion.- ( )ne '-rnt. pioitager for localii firsIt clatar mall ti sli Iveriest, andui a zone iaytom'u of rat '* for rone' ti: matter which iii expected to greatly in-. croaste chi'iua rg'ut fora uian.i n-a :inad circualatlion, is pirovi'- foir ini iman virtinlily cuompleuts-d ini comaintitte-. Thie mei'aurea, carriyingi approupiriaut ionii 1i :taing about $327,00000, probably wvill lbe reptli to~ 1 lihe hous~ next. woek. hUuler theus onu'errcent postIage~' provie ion t he rale ouin ters and other miil matterti of t he firstt classi, wheun denpoi. lied in any posiioffleei or huraai'h post offio or let ter~a box or ponitofficeo ini thu delivery dititl, for dloli very within th IIiliia oif the p11oofflee, city or rui ral dollivery dIitriel , wouldl beo cut in half. Tlhe zone prIoposalI for hanadlIinag newaiiapern sand muagazinien, whleh ~~ ?no pa5 lly a flat rate of oneo cent a 'poundi~, lai regard naou lii ne11 of the mot radical (-hanigaen in pota ge ratet in y-earst. It dlv ida the contr y in to eight ?Ai110I', withI rateii chairgeable rangintg fromt 01ne (ent for 300( millen to mix ca-nts for I ,800 mulle or more. f O~ommnit tea heillevesi, will not be0 affect ed, beau-s, they do nuot circulate bo yond a 300 ilie radlua,. DEUT8CHLAND DUE BACK IN U. S. EARLY IN JANUARY Now LnoCn.TeGra commeril wouhm anarineDounclandip loich arivalwan hot watri, wl morakithe to o tis prtli with drn inl nxtl few1weka, tcorin to a 'tatt by Pdial To, L. loten vce prcr.esident of thustr atorwiarding C , :hopanyho Amerltingnt fro the it uder, uadmralt says adidthat te costrlon asthe war t contine uk enrat thn nava plads wth nret 18l Adrocdontio doad pofl privaeb.ld I FRANK B. KELLOGG I -M New photograph of Frank B. Kel logg, wh owas elected United States aiator from Minnesota, defeating Daniel W. Lawler. Mr. Kellogg is a 4epublican. fUTONS TAKE BUCHAREST I-EUTONS CAPTURE CAPITAL OF RUMANIA AS CLIMAX OF BIG DRIVE. dof Conquest Comes Just 100 Days After Rumania Enters Into Euro pean Conflict.-Important Railway Junction Also Surrenders. Hu11hares.'t, IIhe. Capital of Rtumanlia, 4 inl thet, hanris of the, forcesi of the 'Jentratl l'owetrs, I-.xaielly 100 days afte.r the declara-j lon of war by 1iumania against them1 l wins thie Tetoniwc Allies- Inl control of .hout 50,000 stIularoe raliles of Rtumanl ;al territory---virtually one-half of thle (iidm-rnigfrom the Transiyl ranian Alp% northwenL of thie Capital .o Ihm Danube Houth of It, and a large jart of Dobrudja, anid probably still >nl the. I hl of thle retreating ltu~ssin Ind 1Iturnanian11 arnIlils wh-ich have beten endef'avor-ing to hold theml back. Simultaneously with the annlounce( men.It of the(, fall of Blucharreslt varnle ihe newsv of thle capture of thle im liortrait railroad junction of l'loefchtl, nort h11 of II(, he Capital, thle vonquIlest ofI Which p14laces Inl the. hanlds of the in-1 variers thle last, railroad inl thle West ial gives to tilte head of thle lin1f runn11ing northward to Jassly, wher th Captalof Iumaia i no /i alel Nodti7 hvea e.cm inawpitan p o fFaniaB. Kuce elo alvigg h oa eleceted Uthd ttedvs senato om dMfnesta eetinghz Danlu Wositonern Mr. Kelgi au vastpu fliucaesandidnero Thtain of ConqestComsrJst 100tualy ter Rumania kEntersInt Ebrc-n erraor Confltmoretant R000 ailwa Jancetion Also urners. iitr commentatorsiii'i one11 o~ of theoud 'lytut coerdadbrlinly.eue feaitly of te gra, atrtedca romo thr hyolurr when ginld tharha von ti M ensei orced ai ~ coroln of the DanubeO sqad on N xofmbern24 set JmlIertor shortaly fte a withGen (ig trlo-uhii \Vlli from the westyl eanatia falteotlz of the mna Capital. Th iie reenls ptiereureat rof thes au tonic Iiroanading armii-s, wi h thavpe paenon da1 yofit heavy athlery proved too muchforyw King heiann' ornce oniel to the Rullia ofront ast b-rken t hoe ment teaetr of the innt Alis toi howarc Ii ~e hf Grma ofubmai rLines w i asnt. bL roadat iy thelest Washl gi ngton. -efrm toli whiich othe nexi t four years wgiorl utrl In)d by Wsil Wieaetilffaial ofd tmmhors owon gren.t ai niepoilo eug tdhs oi st (i-iimottan andma oto thues inihiLis is ide woma suffragiie byn F'oderal ameosnitoion ofr(g'n duth LABOR OFFICIALS. HALT LABOR VOTE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION WILL AWAIT RESULT OF LEADER'S EFFORTS. ALLIANCE IS BEARING FRUIT Effort Being Made to Dreaft Substitute .For All Forms of Compulsory Arbi tration Which Will Be Agreeable to All. Wa:.ingtn.-Congr:Mo~alaction on Preident ilso'u railwvay Ir-gisla' tio pirg-rtarn probably will await tie r* lt 'o dejerrmind efforts of labor Slrje:r4s to draft a submtitute for all !fenrrr of cornpu:'ry arbitrationl which w. d be agreetsli- to thiir followers, 'frijIpoye!r.s and the ardinisiitration. Thfe de:t(inrrrii;?aton of t he president to urakae mnaking Iimpoible by suel'h law a -ituation as he facedI last Septernrb-r in the railroad dispute has aroused labor to the greatt::t. activity. The inoffirial alliance be tweeni the AmirerranrI d Fdr:ration of LabiKor arid the four railway brothi erhoods arrangeel r':eertly at Baltimore ik beatrng its first fruit in co f-r''n e between rep. rintati of botli organizations to iraft a lplan that will shelve all conipui. ,ory arbitration bill.. Congressional liders a re inlin'ed !o g..o ;Ilowly on th e prririent's program prndii(ing an iouncernt of labhor's proposals, pro. ie d t hey are re:vfeale-d during tho preset j(-ieon of Congress. Samuel (mpi~ers, president of the Amirerlcari Federatlion of Labor, said that 'onferenies already. have taken laCe btweenIi brothe(irhood and Fed. .ration lI'aders, but that no :oncretio 'lan had Li-'r workid out. iope exists, it- said, that soine plan can be drawn ia? will make congrossional action an te essaryv. "Organized labor," he said, "always 'iI opapose any form of compulsory rbitration." If a scheme satisfactory to the -;orkers is drafted, it is understood, t will be submitted to reIresentatives >f the railroads and other employers L16d to the president. Aypoval of it )robably would mean that Congress would oliminate the compulsory arbi tration feature from any legislation enacted. DEPORTATION OF BELGIANS BY GERMANS IS PROTESTED, United States Declares Germany's Policy to Be "Contravention of Hu. mane Principles of International Practive." V*ashington.--- The American Gov ernimcit's formal protest to Germany aigatinst the depOtation of Belgiam for foredA labor, as a violation of th principles of humanity, was made pub lie b~y the State Department. It war in thle forro (of a note, cabled tr ('harge Grie'w at fIerlin with insatrue tilons thrat he s;eek anr interview witll thre Giermsal Chancellor and read i to him andarr was given) out by thre De pailrtrenrt with the terse comment: "Thre intrcvifew hias takern place.'' Oil icials r'efus~ed to addl to thia statement, arnd so far as could bi Iea r red thIree hias lbeeni no reply fron Ger'amaany. All in formiantionu available ho wev~e'r, indira tes thIiat lie deporta tions are ('jitntiuinag, and it. is k nowr that thlarough narilier' in formal repres enotat ior:s ('hiarge U re w learned th a tire Ge-rmanr positioan was that thi policy wast a milit ary necessity am riot in v'iolationi of int ernatilonal law. JOSEPHUS DANIELS, JR., HONORED WITH OFFICE New York.--Josephrus Daniels, Jr. of Italeigh, N. C., was elected a vict par'esident of the National Young~ Menr's lDemocratic L-eague at its an nutal meeting here. lFr'ank D). Shrelle3 oif New York was elected presidena aind William F. Mc('ornhar was mad< chai rmnan of thre ad vi:sory cornmittec I .ette r's fr'omu I'res; itdent Wilson and Mr'. Mv'oirmi'k thIs. hing tire organi zattorn for its amrpaign work, wern read at the meeting. FRENCH SHIP WITH CREW OF 713 LOST SAYS PARIS Parir.-Th''le Frenc'h baittleship Suf fearn ,whleh left November 24 foi 1,'Or'ient, a IFrchr naval stat ion ii llrittny, has riot been heard frorx since thle M iris~ter of Marine constid ers thre vessel lost with all on board Th'le Suffer'n was reported to hravt be'en damiagedi by shell fire when tha Allies tried to force the Dardanrellei and~ she was sent to TIourlon for,~ re pairs. She was of I12,750 tons anm had a staff (of 18 offieers arid 700 men NATION NOW REVERTS TO SOCIAL WORK SAYS WILSON Washtigiton.-Advocacy by Pr-tsi dent WIlson of a bettor "soclal unrrco s1traldinig,'' rand a warning by Samruei (Goimpern, iprestddent of thle Americar lFederatlin of 141ah0r, againist govornr mlenita rt egulatiorn of thre nrormal act iv it irs and p11lerstonal rolationshrips of tht peIople, featturod the sessIon of the Confe'ree on Social Insuirance hart tundor tile auspices of thle Internlation al AssocIatIon of Inldusttrial Accideni Doard and, Commissions. CHARLES FSANCIS JOSEPH ", Chairman Francis Joseph, who suc. ceeds Francis Joseph as Emperor oi Austria-Hungary. ASQUITHl QUITS CABINET RULED THROUGH EIGHTS TORMV YEARS OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN HISTORY, King Summoned Unionist Leader, An, ~ .7/. drew Bonar Law, to Palace and Of. fer Him Premiership.-Ends Day oi Political Excitement. London.-Hferbert H-. Asquith H.. As quith resigned the British Premiership which he had held through eighi stormy years of domestic and forelgt history, and the Government crisi, found a solution whic.h has been con sidered the least probable of practica alternatives. The Unionist leader Andrew Bonar Law, was summonet to the palace Immediately after Mr Asquith had departed, and the Kini offered him the Prime Minister' commission, which he had Just accepl ed from Mr. Asquith's hands. The Premier's decision to realgi and advise the King to summon At drew B3onar Law to form a Cabine was taken after a" day of extraornli nary political excitemnnt and activity There 'were constant cominigs and go ings of the political leaders betAweer D~owning street and the. various. G;ov ernment departments. Mr. Asquitt met Several Unlionlist le-aders . in -on, sutltation, Including Earl Curzon. Lo(-r< 'Robert. Cecil and the Earl of De(rb~y. f.,-ee. wer A. J. af,, w - ll, Adrew onar Aw, J. Aste e, incldin Viscunt.reyL.w/ Hacor,, Edwi -.Mnau h a quis-o .Cee einl cen Walter RuncI~ian, ~Lor uckmasterWI~ Chaeirman Frncou Jondh whoi sucs waes Facd byalos asuEperorl ol dAr s tresiHugay. SQUNESS CAUEDTB OPEAIN RULED TOUJHN EIHT TARCHOL KigemoveddwhnoniDstn LArchbAk drptalwt Bpnresawntof Palae Sandarf fer Himpn PofmewJ.Ensy ad of olitand Eiemer nt.rosotene qurthsesidied ath hiishom heremiferhi tomynearso to (weesti andboeiet hintoratn the apprendcrtis. foun Arcoli s w urvived by con idrw;th ast pobabl f rctldc MltrnativeM. Thn BUrnois leaderi Arew Lanr, Lra, was Saumneso Aofthyndrt dEaredand teKn cofeed imetndt the hiistr commsinar whih ha JnD Rackp fedlfro hmre. Asfuthe hans.ietu 'and adif the trung omo n A82r alo reminerdec tiso cat rent ws tasoltn afte 191 dato the orL nahy pnite tiaetemesupreme courtta iThr we e whontasname comig andgin inge dolu tialerhdh er b eam prein tadretorf the Standar~ o; eOientopartenwas. Mr. mosactiv andr aggesive fagtedi the ol orr bie ade nvabyeesented tth O illtandre Oionath Lwnes utand ePas Jncin.-Tis citGy isLen polise by t(roops ofginalde factoeGn lernt Iuias arng uksteh for Same, ord. inga' adnisAtru tondhereon The eng terrtr. Mun mor tapan :'urident Htguin and ig thatmren Acitznw excuted a Asfut 4lChialmonsererble anl othce orteignrs enkilledo o tinjmo lid.n Contsts nitcavlry to tla Tarton N Ynt -A nted iur GERMANY'LIABLE IN ARABIA CASE ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR SINKING BRITISH LINER WITHOUT WARNING. GERMANY SENDS NOTE TO U.S Note Over Incident Received by U. 8. Officials Places Submarine Warfare Issue on a Clear-Cut Serious Basis. -No Quick Action. Washington.-Germany's acceptance of responsibility for the sinking with out warning of the British liner Arabia, with the explanation that her subma rine commander took the vessel for an auxiliary warship, has brought the issue over submarine warfare to a more serious and clear-cut basis than anything that has happened since the threat of the United States to break diplomatic relations after the torpedo. ing of the channel liner near Sussex last April. Such Information as the American government now has shows the Arabia to have been a passenger ship of the Peninsula and Oriental line, passing through the Mediterranean on a regu. lar voyage. Among the many passan gers was an American citizen, who was rescued. The German note, which was made public by the state department, says if official data is furbished showing that the vessel was an ordinary pas senger steamer, "this then would be a case of regrettable mistake from which the German government would prompt. ly draw theappropriate consequences." It is assumed here that the conse. quences would be an expression of re gret and offer of reparation for any in jury or danger suffered by the Amer icans on board. The note has been referred to President Wilson, who is considering personally a review of recent German submarine activities to which the Arabia case comes as a climax. There probably will be no immediate action. as the state department first must clear up beyond question the exact status of the liner at the time of the attack. Then it will be for the presi - dent to decide the course to be fol lowed. In official quarters the German ex planation is regarded as weak and unsatisfactory, no weight beinjg at tached to the statements that the Arabia was painted like a transport t and was following a route usually tak - en by transports, and that the subma . rine commander saw many Chinamen but no women and children aboard her. It is realized, however, that if official . data finally establishes the innocent character of the vessel, in view of the . Sussex case, virtually only one action I remains open to the United States, and that would not be taken until every p lossible consideration had been given Germany's position. SPECULATION HELPED BOOM FOOD PRICES PROBE SHOWS. Federal Investigators Find Organiza tosto Regulate Lilving Cost Short Lived In Moot Cases. r Washington.--Information gathered Sfrom many sources by Government officcials conducting the nation-wvide -inquiry into the high cost of living . l)onted with increasing directness to . the conclusion that the soaring prices of certain necessities of life were (due, to some extent, at least, to the manipulations of food and other spec ulators who ha~d combinedl to force quotations upward. These combinations are believed by the government investigators to have been criminal in character, rather spasmodlIc and rather short-lived. Special attention is being given just now to alleged price manipulation in the so-called coal corner wvhich re cently resulted in sending prices to a panic level. Investigation of the high price of coal, hardly yet begun, has already convinced some officials tlat there was no warrant whatever 9for $12 coal in Boston and New York, -other than the activity of these alleg ed combinations. MANY YOUrJG WOMEN S RECOGNIZE "OLIVER OSBORNE" .New York.--I've more persons, in e, cluding one young woman whom he Imarried, recognized in Charles H. Wax the man they had known as "O11 ver Osborne" or under some other name. Wax, who is held uinder $60,000 e bail, as a material witness in a Federal I ease, was brought hero from Chicago to clear the name of James W. Os .borne, an attorney, who has been e accusedl by Misc Rae Tanzer of breach of promise. OVER 50,000 FARMERS HAVE .APPLIED FOR FARM LOANS 1 ahntn.-fiil of the farm loan boardl announced that more than .60,000 farmer-s have applied for mort I gage loans aggregating approximately . $160,000,000 or more than 17 times the . amount of money which will be imme t dliately available for loans upon the ,organization of the 12 farm loan Ibanks. Most of the applIctIons have .colne from the south and wvest. They still continuue to come in by hundredsI every ay. WEEVIL MARCHES CLOSE TO RIE THREE GEORGIA COUNTIES, ALONG THE SAVANNAH RIVEP NOW INFESTED. LETTER FROM STATE EXPElT Stat. Ent w- . Cotton he;.: .a., Columbia i. .. na colon b. ,weevil has infested three Georgea counties, bordering on South Caroih , namely Burke, Effingham and Ch ham, according to a letter received r E. J. Watson, comissioner of agric ture, from E. Lee Worsham, state .' tomologist of Georgia. "In Chatham county," says Worsham, "it appears to be only miles from the Savannah river. T advance eastward this year has be about 150 miles and with a favoral seson next year the southern and we ern parts of your state will become fested by the weevil. "We are arranging to call a conve tion of the sea island growers of tk state some time in January. for t purpose of having a heart to heart ta with them on sea island cotton and t boll weevil and we will be very g; indeed for the sea island growers your state and Florida to meet wi us. The experiments which we ha' conducted for a period of years t early fruiting varieties of sea islat cottno are the only experiments th - have been conducted. Our results ar very promising indeed and we are < the opinion that :f the sea island grov ers will pursue the proper course, the can continue to grow some cotton, bt there is a great danger of their becon ing stampeded and trying to groi short cotton instead. This, as yo know, will be very disastrous to th sea island industry. In view of th fact that Georgia. South Carolina an. Florida raise all the sea island co ton grown in this country, I feel tha we ought to pull together and do ever3 thing in our power to save this it dustry. Will you be willing to c operate with us and urge your sea is) ared men to attend the convention a. some central point some time in Janu ary? "You are going to find in your wor in South Carolina that you are going to need all the help that you can pos sibly get from every conceivablh source in convincing the farmers and business men that the boll weevil is s permanent and serious factor in cot ton production. Your problem ir South Carolina is identical with that Af Georgia. and I hope that whenever this department can be of service to your good people you will not hesi tate to call on us." Ch& '"'-=, Spar' Mrs. L mothei of age, age, have beeni placed in the Spartan burg county jail. They are chargeo with having crushed the skull of r. new born infant in Appalachie mill v'il lage. Creer', following which, it is al legedI, they stabbed the baby in the abdomen several times with a knift and then flung the corpse in a mit pond. It is alleged that clothing connecting the Snmith-Pittman family with the crime was found upon the premises 0: the aceused people. It is said tha' the State will show .that Lydia Smith the girl accused of being the mother was absent from her employment fron November 10 until Novemibr 20. The body of the child was discovered or November 28. . It is charged that Fulton Pittmian the young man arrested with the twe women, was ihitimate with Lydia Smitl and an effort will be made to prove that he was the father of the deal child. Pittman is a son of the accus ed girl's step-father. Mrs. Smith was married on Sep tember 10 of this year to FI~e Smi-th. salissi. shrdlu shrdlu nou wow m ymin Cuts State's Death Rate. Columbia.--"If each individual, who died was-worth $500 to the state, then by saving the lives of 1,025 persons the state board of health has saved the state $512,500 on a total appropriation of $55,573.23," says James A. Hayne, M.D., state health officer in his report for the legislature after calling atten tion to the decrease in the number of deaths from preventable diseases. "We claim that the state board of health has prevented these diseases," says Dr. Ilayne. Liberal support for the state tuberculosis hospital The following is a comparatwo statement of the deaths for nine months in 1915 and 1916: Diphtheria......,...3 4 Malaria .,......... 8 Measles ...... Meningitis........ 1 Pellagra.......,., 0 9 Tubercul'eis, other forms 12 9 Tuberculosis, pulznonalis1,2 126 Scarlet fever .,,., 4 ' Typhoi4 ft av...r .. .i :e W~hoopij g ........ 3h ~ t~........1915i~ 1916i