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r' v: v.:;- .' . .. ,. y . T02AY - i ' PRICK FIVE CENTJ' ft BICT? CREATE 11 1 ; V XftlVl JFII iW1 : S 11 , X lors md begins a Ml ljnOT- nrOrnTrn ' Tn . S s:l . rKj-'' n&aiof t C d the ton- HI IVII I IF-lPn I rl I III ) RUN THEWi First of Ten Heatless MonJ Jays Generally Observed East of Mississippi SPIRIT AS WELL AS LETTER OF ORDER Many Not Included in-the Or der Suspended in -Keep- - Will Uic kitxxi. v tKe Occasion Washington. Jan. 21. Business . ac tivity generally east of the Mls3issippl river -vvas suspended today for the irst of series of ten heatless- Mon: davs ordered by the Fuel AdminlstraJ tiou to release coal for private COtt sl,Tnttion and trans-Atlantic shipping, it tii same time manufacturing plants throughout the East were;1e for the fourth successive day in com .li.non with the administration's flvo day closing order, eftectice last Friday acd designed also to save cow aau assist materially in relieving .the trat f 1 prniffPStion. ' ' ; 'l"uel officials declared there 'hat been a radical change of , feeling in the rountry regarding the orders, Industries were co-operating fully, tbev said, and virtually "complete -ac nuisence was expected of concerns af fected by the Monday closing program fceeim today. Though this order only forbids the use of fuel for heating officials -were sure business would cease- - and Dl frflBM loot Tiiirht ficiioil 0' -riirrt AT. quest that all retail estbabiishmentS except food and drug stores ciosetneir - doors for hte-d-5rtrsWhoaS closing day was changed to Tuesday ty a special ruling Saturday - opened as usual. . -. n-amprij and Ipassrs of '. offica."bllild. iirgs today received requests to ob serve the spirit as well tas the letter of the order and operate no light and elevators exceot for the use of ex empted prsons or concerns such as dentists and doctors who are housed in their buildings. Stores handling food, permitted to keep open until noon by the original order, were granted special dispensa tion last night nuder which they may sell goods throughout the day. Dru stores are expected to use fuel for the ca!e of drugs only, but officials point ed out that there was no way to pro hibit the sale of other articles unless store proprietors followed the intent )f the order. Handicapped by another cold wave, covering the greater part of the coun try east of the Rockikes and adding to tte winter s record of the severest leather in recent years, railroads en deavored to increase the movement of coal to favored classes and straighten the freight tangle. Renorts at the of fice of the Fuel Administration said that, the supply tcrliouseholders and steamship interests had been increa e3, but officials directing the railroads asserted there was little hope for ma terial improvement in traffic condi tions until the weather moderated. Those who have urged a general nbargo against shipments of freight from plants shut down by the closing order still believe today that such action would be necessary before the congestion is improved. A general embargo on freight was put into op eration on the Pennsylvania railroad today and other roads are expected to institute similr embargoes on other Jeatless Mondays if the jam is not broken. Must Not Enlist Abroad. - Washington, Jan. 21,-Provost Mar jaal General Crowder has notified "aft boards that it is contrary to the selective service regulations for joards to issue permits to men of Qraft age to go abroad to enlist in the armies of other nations. Some boards are reported to have been Issuing 8uch permits. "Nothing to Report." Washington, Jan. 21. ''Aside from usual artillery fire, there is noth ng to report," says today's war of- ace communication. AWAITING ATTACK. 'li0 a5X0n- Jan- 21. The Al- S9 maiataining an expectant utude on the Western front, secretary Baker stated today in uis weekly war review, while iJllty events Russia have d 7 lncreased strategic free- 4 aoin fr the Central Powers. ROnriiflririr minx tiiiMM4iMifMwig . . - nvH u ki y niv i fiHi mm y . : ONLY M HOURS ; pflHMMMM L Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers Delegates Dis solves Con. Assembly, GOEBEN AND BRESLAU OUT OF COMMISSION British Fleet: Up WitKTurk- ish Warships Trikes ' in Austria ; ,: Russia's,: Constituent Assembly had been in existence only a few hours be fore it wasi dissolved early 'Saturday by, the executive committee- of - the .'Congress of ; Workmen ; and Soldiers Delegates. It is reported it vUl ba succeeded by -the Workmen's and Soldiers' Congress, which, has , been supporting the Lenine government. Dissolution came after, the Bolshtikl adherents had been defeated ' n ' at tempts to gain control of the Assem bly. , Bolshevik troops nor guard the deserted. Assembly: meeting" plaee and Premier Lenlne announces he-VJU notjw!i! Whether the Social Revolutionists majority will submit to the Bolshe viki orders without protest' Is not yet clear. - With thev Pan-Germans in the po litical ascendancy in Germany there are serious strikes in Austria. More than 1QO,000 workmen have; quit work in tne Nvicinity or Vienna as a pro test against Germanism and in .favor of peace. The Vienna correspondent of One German newspaper says "the Austrian strike movement demands peace with Russia and has grown too strong "to be stemmed by force." British warships finally have even ed the score with the former German warships, Goeben and Breslau. In an action at the entrance to the Dar danelles Sunday the Breslau was sunk' and the Goeben, suffering seri ous damage, was beached. The Brit ish losses were two monitors, one commanded by a nephew of Earl Kitchener, and whose fate is un known. The former German ships have been the mainstay of the naval defense of Constantinople since they found refuge there from pursuing British and French vessels at the opening of the wjar. Much damage had been, done to Russian transports (and supply ships in the Black Sea by the two vessels." Increased artillery and aerial ac tivity on the Western front has been accompanied by more frequent raid$, by both, sides. There have been no attaqks . in force, however, and there is little to indicate any , serious break in the winter inactivity. On the Italian front there has been only ar tillery fighting,' most marked in the Monte Asolone sector and along the Piave. - Sixteen German airplanes were brought down Saturday in France by French and British airmen. Entente warships have bombarded Ostend, one of the important German subma rine bases on the Belgian coast. CONFESSED THAT HE .STARTED FIRE Washington, Jan. 21. Frederick L. Woodward, a private in, the army Quartermaster corns, confessed - that he started the fire which threatened the Quartermaster storehouse here last week and destroyed $50,000 worth of food and other supplies. ' An official statement, says Wood iward declared himself a pyromanlac and ha din 1916 fired a lodging house in Worcester, Mass. ., PLEADED GUILTY TO KIDNAPING CHARGE Mansfield, Mo., Jan. 21. Taylor Adams and his son, Cletus Adams, charged with kidnaping Baby Lloyd Keet and also with conspiringto ab duct C; A. Clement, a Springfield Jeweler, entered pleas' of guilty: here today. Taylor Adams was sentenced to 15 years in the "penitentiary and .-'''I--'-. "-y NU-TSvatch : i Stores Closed Today, ,i; F avjrTrfBaaaw, , I'-'r" ' 71 iLnnftjt j I ' ''WUIltUWWljjWMllulA'aJaWWWWWBMB .-: I I - ' iTriiihiflMaiii irfi umaMMM 11 iwriiiiiaMia MMMMii.ni r n ifM. .mi. -"--mrffln""'T-'-r-tipiiiiiiii iiQMirmmwwf:ipiiimiiinriiiiiii iniffl-T - I The photograph shows a submarine periscope, ! camouflaged with mirrors vwhich reflect the. surrounding water, making it practically invisible. The diagram showsow a-submarme can sink a shp without- even showing a periscope - within range of Copyright Underwood & Underwood. E ROOSEVELT AS THE OE Characterizes Colonel as Most Seditious Man of Conse quence in America PARTISANSHIP IN WAR EXCORIATED Stones Speech, a Severe Ar raignment of of Republi v cans Regarded as Op ening a Fight Washington, Jan. 17.-r-Characterlz-Ing former President Roosevelt as "the most potent agent the Kaiser has in America," and "the most sedi tious man of consequence in America," Senator Stone addressing the Senate today, charged that Republican lead-. ers are engaged in a studied effort to make politics out of the war. Their object , is to "take the government over into their own hands," by par tisan Ci iticlsm of the conduct of the war. he declared. Senator Stone's address, carefully prepared,- the first of political signifi cance cmade in Congress "since the United --States entered the war,' and regarded as the forerunner of bitter partisan- strife, excoriated partisan ship in the war. Besides Colonel Roosevelt, the Missouri Senator named Chairman; Willcox, of the Republican National Committee, and senator fenrose "among Republican leaders as his "witnesses" to the po litical plot he alleged. Investigations by .Congress of war operations, Sena tor Stone also declared, have almost entirely been launched by Republicans and adroitly exploited for partisan purposes. Citing statements of the Republi can , leaders . regarding the political plans and editorials of Colonel Roose velt, which, he said, are . "villainous screeds,' published for money, Senator Stone declared. "On my responsibility as a Senator, I charge that since our entrance into the war Roosevelt, by his attacks on government, nas been a menace to successful prosecution of the war." "The only possible effect of .these widely published utterances of this man," said Senator Stone, "has been asvthey were designed to be, to dis credit and to bring the present gov ernment , into public disfavor and weaken its hold on popular confidence. That seems to be the Rooseveltian standard of patriotism." Similar utterances made by less powerful citizens, Senator , Stone as serted, would subject them to prose cution for disloyalty. "Of all men," the Missouri Senator continued, "Roosevelt is most respon sible for what he denounces. He does his work cunningly. In the front of his propaganda, he throws a decep tive political camouflage. I charge that Theodore Roosevelt, whether willingly or out of sheer madness 4 do not know is the most -potent agent the , Kaiser - has; in :; America. IN DESCRIBES AGENT the vessel,' and how one vessel escaped. ' - : -r:r - - 4. 4. - 1 t . EIGHTY DUTCH SHIPS SE- .CURED. - ' Washington, Jan. 21. Charter 4 to the United States government 4 of all Dutch steamers now being held in American 'ports has been t4ideclded upon-by the Dutch gov- 4v ernment in ; a provisional agree- )ment just " signed in. London. vThe agreement' provides char- ter'feone'Tound trip for the up- ward -of ; 80 - vessels now in Am- erican ports. The vessels are 4 not to go into the war zones but 4 f.flve; of ihp v steamers will carry 4 material for .Switzerland and two 4 wiU ' takeargo: fdf the Nether- lanas ovierbeaa. irusw t . . 4 H.A. DIED MY SUNDAY One of State's Best Citizens Passes After Illness of Several Weeks Raleigh. N. C, Jan. 21. News is re ceived here of the death of Maj. Henry A. ondon, which occurred at his home in Pittsboro early Sunday, following an illness of several weeks. Ohe fun eral, was to have been leld today, thoueh details were not available here. ' - Major London was 75 years old, and was known throughout the State of North Carolina, having all of his life played a leading prt in the political affairs of the Democratis party, the Confederate veterans' organization, and was the oldest newspaper editor in point of service -in the State, be ing editor of the Chatham Record. He has served his county in the State Legislatures number of times; was adjutant general of the North Carolina Confederate Veterans;- had served as president of the North1 Car olina Press Association,' and filled oth er important positions. He leaves - a widow and several chil dren, including Henry M. London, chief clerk in Collector Bailey's office, Raleigh; Lieutenant Jack London, of the United. States Navy; Isaac Lon don, former editor of the Slier City Grit, no wedltor of the consolidated Rockingham - newspapers, and Mrs. John H. Anderson, of Fayetteville. CLYDE LINE ASKS FOR INCREASED RATES Washington; Jan. 21. Increases ranging from one and one-half cents to 10 cents per hundred pounds and from 10 and one-half cents to 15 cents per barrel in the shipment of naval stores from South Atlantic ports to Boston and New York were asked cf the Interstate Commerce Commission today by the Clyde Steamship Com pany. The Mallory Steamship Company asked increases ranging from two cents to eight cents per 100 pounds and from 9 1-2 cents to 20 cents per barrel on such : shipments from Tarn pa,.. Mobile., and- Brunswick tx. New MM LONDON GAROUNAS THE GARFIELD ORDER Reports Show a General Sus pension of Business in the Two States Raleigh, - N. C, Jan. 21. Business in Raleigh; was suspended -today in accordance with the Fuel ' Adminis tration's order for a heatless Monday. Only jaan1tflarjig newspapers ana iaoa snops remaanoa open. ; Charlotte Pays Employes. Charlotte, N. C ., Jan. 21. The Gar field order is being generally observed here today. Only those industrial plants on war material contracts are running. The manufacturers and merchants have practically all - an nounced they would pay full wages to employes during the suspension. Num bers of young women employed in the stores have volunteered their ser vices in Red Cross work on-the Mon day holidays. Strict Observance In Winston. Winston-Salem, N. C.; Jan. 21. Win ston-Salem is today strictly observing the order of Fuel . Administrator Garfield, calling for 10 heatless Mondays to conserve fuel.;-All man ufacturing plants and stores are closed, By order of the county fuel, admin istrator, six cars of domestic coa shipped to local manufacturers, ;have been diverted and are being distribu ed through ; dealers and the " city to those in, need. - Part of Ashevllle Running.- Asheville, N. C, Jan., ,21. Cotton mills and other plants were operating all the factory or part of it on hydro electric energy, no steam being used One or two small establishments are closed. Stores generally were observ ing the heatless Monday rule and there will be a business men's meeting today to organize for the sale of thrift staps. . .Many Had Their, First Closing. Columbia. S. ,C, .Jan. 21. Business here was generally suspended today, due to the f uelless Monday order, many establishments being closed for the first time , in their history.. News papers, theatres, drug stores, grocery stores and banks were the only places remaining open. Sunday Quiet In Charleston. Charleston, S. C., Jan. 21. Heatless Monday in Charleston made a busi ness district take on a Sunday' quiet for the most part. With temperature 'near freezing stores and offices were generally closed, where affected by the fuel orders Merchants as a whole took a holiday, by agreement. Many rofessional men also closed up. RECENT MARRIAGES OF DRAFT SUBJECTS Washington,, Jan. 21. Government appeal agents . have been instructed to . appeal all cases - where local draft boards have granted deferred classi fication in either class two or four, -because of marriage, since May 18, 1917, it became known-,-today v , Provost Marshal General Crowder, in a telegram to. Governors of States, said this step should be taken to se cure uniformity of action and give dis trict boards - opportunity , to review elassificatlons' by icuial boards Jn: mar- DETECTIVES LOOKING FOR FUEL VIOLATORS Arsons Failing to Obey Or ders Will Be Dealt With, Cold Weather Interferes? With Coal Receipts , New York, Jan. 21. Almost deserted streets in the downtown business sec tion and shipping , districts gave evi dence" .i today that"' industrially New York generally observed the first oft the 'Meatless Mondays.'' " Skyscraper office buildings virtually were unten- anted ; great department stores closed their doors; hundreds of factories and small business houses" were Idle AH transportation lines ini the city andj commuting service were, run on holi day scneuuies. Food stores . were open, as were specially exempted in dustries, but many q them operated on a restricted basis. The New York Stock Exchange opened for business,-but without heat and banks did business as usual. Sa loons .were privileged to open until sunset on condition that they did not use either, fuel or light ' Local -fuel administrators even forbade the use of lamps, lanterns or candles as sub stitutes for gas . or electricity. To , assist the fuel administrators in enforcing an, order a special force of detectives under United . States Mar shal McCarthy Wa detailed for duty, assisted by volunteer, workers from.! Ivaripua aad-cltyde The authoriUw,0re prepared? to ia4; stitute; proceedings promptly against (Violators; oi s ine, uruera. The advent of colder weather had a- discouraging effect on the transpor tation officials, who have been mak ing almost superhuman efforts to re lieve freight congestion and to bring more coal into the . city. - The increasing ice menace in the harbor has held up hundreds of coal laden barges from tidewater. To add to the problem nearly 50 per cent; of the tugs in - the i harbor have been temporarily put out of commission by ice damage. " r ' New England -Closed Up. Boston, Mass., Jan. 21. Business, except for the sale of necessities and the- production of government sup plies, was almost at a standstill, in New England today. All the largeHJui3aTts:ub stores in Boston were -closed, as the State fuel administrator had request ed, although the ruling would allow them to remain open provided they did not use heat. In nearly every case it was announced that clerks would not lose their pay because of the holiday. - Few saloons 'were open in Massa chusetts as a result of the recommen dation ot representatives of all branches of the liquor, trade. Hotels sold liquor only with food. Saloonkeepers Reported. Chicago, Jan. 2J: The first "heat less" Monday was generally observed here, except by a number of saloon keepers who disregarded the spirit of the mandate by serving drinks to cus tomers between the hours of midnight and 1 o'clock, although no fuel was used. Liquor dealers are required by State law to close -their places on Sunday, but they ? may - Open between midnight and 1 o'clock on Mondays, closing again until 5 a.. m. Bartenders wearing sweaters, over coats and gloves dispensed drinks to muffled patrons ijj- rooms -where the heat had been- turned off. The electric and gas lights also were extinguished, wax candles being used, in their stead, Twelve proprietors Vojt. saloons and pool rooms had been reported to the Federal authorities by police early to- fiay, and M. J. McCarthy, secretary of the Liquor Dealers Protective As sociation, expressed the . opinion that a large Jiumber of saloonkeepers plan to operate today without heat. It was estimated tha 200,000 persons were idle today in the Chicago dis trict, in addition, to some 400,000 others who were -left ,v without work by Dr. .Garfield's; order r closing fac tories and other industries last Fri day. ; " ' :": ':VV -' " General fuel conditions became less stringent here today with the ar rival of -100,000 . . tons- of coal yester day This amount is practically Chi cago's normal shipment of coal. ... Night Passed Quietly. V London, Jan. 21. "The night pass ed quietly," the I war: office .reports. We , captured a" few prisoners in pa- Chairmaft ChariiDerlairi -:.Pxi k :; lt 'sents a Bill foTEstablish? I ing a War ADMINISTRATION NOT ; READYSPKl61 V Cabinet Would6eCpnisfi of - ''Three Distinguished Citizens "of ;: '"IK ' : 8tratedAfcality THE PRESIDENTrPPOSEsiii ; Washington, Janvr .2IiPreEi-.i b-Vlonf-. Wilnvn . hast " XHTVctit. .Wifff"-.' M on Democratic- leaders in the. Sef ate tnat ne wm use?nis ,-innueacaf ii and power to beat-the hW torHcra-i'ij I -Th::PresldentTwmiig& :te$M therflnlsh;?.',3raa:4hard,l)rou -i. fc to the -capitoi. today.. ' ;. Jy-j. U;:, Washington, Jan 21EsabHshrSd W , of a war cabinet ofv"three?distfcs ;; l u ed citizens of - demonBtTatedexecutit m . ability' is provided m?tliervena1 f k Military committee's ;blll" as; litrciaii H ed today by Chairman Chamber!! p President Wilson ;and. Secretary r i ' j er are considering whether , it shall t 1 i given administration : support with tl , ,; President. apparently: nottyet ready J accede his anDrovaL . i The war cabinet, the 1 biu; prtrrif 3 ;s ; V shall be - appointed by. the Preside: ' j i with, the consent.of the. Senate rar. 4 - ; to have the following - jurisdiction .tl : . thority:' ' ' : " ' . i "To f consider, ,devise-and,forcu:li j,i I plansv ad , pollciea,J, gjsjiera&d; i ,f S ) iafor-ttte-iectttatcn I, if,f orbus "rproscQon!otthe jjexlatic sitri i!s executldir5br?tB'-gaflie. vr-v;: K "To supervise, . cbf dinate,'-' dirct ! : and control the f unctibnsr.and actly i ; ties J of all executive departmentso i ; i ficials, - and agencies - of theXgoyer. ! ment insofar .as, -Jnv the judgement . the war cabinet, .it may. be necessat i I or - advisable, .for theefectuii-i,' conduct and vigorous ..prosecttUoa V: j the existing war. j- X:: '! "To consider and . determine, ur') ' its, own motion or-upon';submlsfiJ -! i to it, suoject-to reviBW. Dy .tna Jrrei dent, all' differences, and questions ri lating to the. conduct .andvpiectitio l ;; ,; of the war that may, arise between as ; f,'1 such departments, ; officials and ;rao i ., ciea of . the government.", -'? 'Ai f l Anotner section wpuia give tne.tra cabinet power to -use 'the: service any -or - all executive jdepartments an have authority to inake' any. necesr orders to-vardepartfnent; brtav . and allrtberhecessaryftt v,) lations. : The -Secretaries of War !t i ! ' Navy are directed ixj. Assignjto, t". i caDinet sucn commissioner osncu: ; as may be requested :ahdt the (Ptei dent may appoint -dther: ;offlcials,; t serve as subordinates of the catizt 1 each with a salary of $12,000 annual!: An initial appropriation of $5.00,000 I ! proposed. ' l.'- -' rr A provision : limitingthe, life of th j war. caomet to-sixrmontnsuarter iz , termination of the war -or at' any ear ; ier date after peace which rtheiPre; , ident may designate is provided;:; j; The cabinet-would be given authc. ! i ity over construction of apptopriatio ! j acts, subject to the President's ! n ji vision.- . .. v:-.-?' . ij4 REACH AGREEMENT ON PEACE TERLli ' ' vc'"-:-:- -T Amsterdam, Jan. 21. The ,) negotir, tions . between the Central Powers ar the Ukrainian "people's 'republic Brest-Litovsk have - resulted 3n? a, agreement on the7pttirt5iplesof peace treaty wliich is .be'cbncluc ed and the war tie " de'fclared . termini ed; according to advices from ; Bres ; Litovskoday ' - ; ; ;.,. frli NO EARLYETURNdFvV .,. . RAILROADS. ".T ' i .- Walshington,: Jan 2L General McAdoo told i,the Senate Inter-i state Commerce committee today. i : ' hev thdusit' the : government 4 . should jretain.. operation of r the i railroads' for- sbmetime gaiter i 5 peace comes and not-return them i to private, ownership " until new 4 , and comprehensive laws had been i enacted; to govern th6m , '' ! . " t Director; General" JdcAdoo deni- 4 ed tha't-he' had-' anything to do ,wlth the" fuel' reslrictibn- order is- 4 sued. ' He said he "approved; of i the order and thought' it would be very XtW9tcU. y-ik'y ' ,.,'-4!:':V- ' t i:' r if ir.j it) 4 -- - -: Cletus"-Adams to-livears tml !TnnTltn.,. : t r