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WIJxVTOiN-SALEM, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1918
ADVHKT1SIH8
MCD1UM
PRICE FIVE CENTS
NATE WOU
CTION
GA1RFIELD SIGNS RESTRICTION
3ER
JOURNAL
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POSTPONE
SENATE ADOPTS RESOLUTION ASKING S
FUEL ADMINISTRATION TO POSTPONE
IMniTCTDV riACIMP ADTirD CIliT nAVC
IMJUdllU
T
In Stormy Debate in House
and Senate, Step -is Char
acterized as .'f Entailing
National Calamity" and
"Paralysis"
MAY TATCTfi MATTER
BEFORE PRESIDENT
Hitchcock Resolution, With
Request Apparently Ig
nored, Asked for Time to
Investigations
CBy The Associated Press. )
Washington, Jan. 17. A wave of
indignant protest against the Gov
ernment's drastic fuel restriction or
der which swept over Congress to
day culminated In the adoption by
the Senate tonight, 5a to 19 of a
resolution requesting a five day sus
pension of the order. Efforts to pet
a vote on a similar resolution in the
House were blocked by objection.
Hours were spent in stormy debate
In both Senate and House, members
vehemently characterizing the Fuel
Administration's step as "entailing
national calamity" and "industrial
paralysis." Partisan linos were large
ly disregarded, particularly in the
Senate, and when it bernme apparent
that the order was going into effect
in spite of the Senate's request plan
was laid for submitting an appeal
directly to President Wilson tomor
row. "Issuance of the orders tonight was
a great discourtesy to the Senate." said
" Senator 'Hitchcock, author of the reso
lution adopted, "but I do not see how
Congress can now set to suspend their
operation. 1 hardly see, what, further
step can be taken by Congress except
by appeal to the President in time
to stav the execution."
Suspension of repeal of that part
of the Lever Food Control Law un
der which Fuel Administrator Gar
field acted, was one of the proposals
considered by members of Congress
today, Senator . Hitchcock said, and
might be brought up .tomorrow, al
though the necessary bill or resolu
tion hardly could be passed by both
Houses In time to have any effect.
Congress, flooded by telegrams of
protests from business interests, gave
over practically the entire day to the
subiects.
Resolutions requesting postpone
ment were introduced in the Senate
by Mr. Hitchcock, a Democrat, and
Republican Leader Gallinger, and in
he House by acting Republican
Leader Olllett.
It was six o'clock and just about
the time the Fuel Administrator's
formal order was made public that
the Senate adopted the Hitchcock
resolution the text of which follows:
Resolved, that the Fuel Adminis
trator of the - United States be and
he is hereby requested to delay for
five days the order . suspending the
operation of industrial plants in por
tions of the United States, in order
that protests may be heard, investi
gation made and information pres
ented. The vote on the - Hitchcock" "resolu
tion follows:
For resolution: Democrats: Kankhead.
Beckham, Gerrf, Core. Hitchcock.
McKellar. Martin. Owen. Poinerene.
Heed, Saulsbury, Hhields, Smith, Geor
gia: Smith, Maryland; Smith, South
Carolina; Stone, Swanson, Thomas,
Tillman. Underwood. Vardaman and
Wolcott. Total Democrats. 'i'i.
Republicans: Brandegee, ("alder,
Cummins, Curtis, Fernald, Freling-
(CO.NTINI'KD O.N' PAGE NINE)
PROTES
AGIST
DRASTIC ACTION
OF GOVERNMENT
NEW ISSUE TREASURY CERTIFICATES
PREPARITORY TO THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
(By The Associate! Press.) '
Washington, Jan. 17. As the first financial step in preparation for
the third Liberty Loan, Secretary MsAdoo tonight announced, a new
Issue of $400,000,000 treasury certificates of indebtedness bearing fonr
per cent from January 22. and paya.blfi April 22. Subscriptions will be
received by Federal Reserve Banks at par and accrued interest until
January 29, and payment must he made by that date. The certificates
will be received in payment of third Liberty Loan subscriptions.
This arrangement indicates that the first payment on the third Liberty
Loan will be on or about April 22, and that if the same plan of Install
ment payments is maintained for the. third as for the second Loan,
the bond selling campaign will be in March. For the Second Loan, the
first payment was made two weeks after the close of the month's cam
paign. For tho first time since the United States s.'arted its big war financing
movement, subscriptions will be received simultaneously for . two current
Issues of certificates, since an issue of Hoealled tax. certificates Is still
epeh. The Interest rate is the same as on other recent issues.
On the latest issue, Secretary, McAdoo reserved the right to reject any
subscriptions, to allot less than the amount applied for, to close the
subscription books at any time and redeem the certificates before their
maturity date. The certificates will be In denominations of $1,000, $5,000.
$10,000 and $100,000, They are exempt from all Federal. State and local
taxes, except estate and inheritance taxes, income stir-taxes, and ex
cess profits taxes. Interest on $5,000 worth of certificates owned by any
one person or interest is also exempt from income surtaxes ami ex
cess profits tsjees. V
LLUOIilU UIVULR 1 1YL
DRASTIC CHANGES
I MINISTRY
IRK IS STARTED
Creation of American War
Council and Director of
Munitions Included in
Bills Drawn by Senate
Military Committee
PRESIDENT WILL
NAME OFFICIALS
War Council to be Compos
. ed of Secretaries of War
and Navy and Three Civil
ians; be in Constant Touch
With President
Washington. Jan. 17. Framing of
legislation . contemplating drastic
changes In the Government's war min
istry, including creation of an Amer
ican War Council similar to those of
England and France and a Director
of Munitions, was begun locay by the
Senate Military Committee.
Two bills one proposing the war
council of Tive members, including
the secretaries of the war and navy
departments, and three civilians ap
pointed by. the President, and a sec
ond to centralize munitions control
In a Director of Munitions, were, pre
pared today by a sub-committee con.
sisJng of chairman Chamberlain and
Senators Hitchcock and Wadsworth.
The Munitions Director measure, it
is planned to present to the full com
mittee tomorrow and immediately in
troduce it in the Senate for early con
sideration, with the other bin to fol
low soon after. :
Chairman Cha.mherla.in announced
tonight that the committee virtually
had agreed upon' the two bills, in lieu
of his measure for a separate depart
ment of munitions, with a new cabinet
member. The attitude of. the admin.
Istratiori towarc' tbem has not been
disclosed. President Wilson and Sec
retary Baker opposed the original
Chamberlain bill.
The plan of the committer for the
.e s ii, t under "the
President, but wholly independent of
,.,n net. "it wutliit sit. with and
vi. van the President in forming broad
policies, similar to the British war
cabinet and the French wax minis
try." said Chairman Chamberlain. "It
would give co-ordination now lacking
In central direction of all the Govern
ment's war operations."
The bill to establish a director of
munitions is modelled after tho Brit
ish, law. The committee proposes
that the c.'lrector should be subordi
nate only to the President and tho
War Council and not the Cabinet,
taking over many supply functions of
the War. Navy, Ship Building and
other branches. The director would
have control of all war supplies their
production, purchase, transportation
tnd distribution.
The title of "director of munitions"
was (."(finitely decided upon by the.
committee and written into the re.
drafted bill by the. sub-committee,
which rejected proposals to call the
head of he new agency the "director
Lei war Industries."
Today the committee received from
Director GifforC of tho Council of Na
I tional Defense suggestions for centrul-
ization of rfiunitions and war lndus
I trial control.
. Virtually the only important part in
'the legislation left undetermined is the
! membership of the war council. Sena
j tor Chamberlain said the plan for five
memoors eeurrauza ng me war ana
Navy department heads probably
(CONTINUED ON PAGE NINE)
GARFIELD MAKES
STATEMENT ABOUT
HIS FUEL ORDER
Administrator Underwent
Grilling at Hands of the
Senate Committee Inves
tigating Coal Shortage
For Two Hours
COMMITTEE MADE
NO FORMAL REPORT
Dr. Garfield Said Country
is Suffering From Over
production and Stop
Would Not Hurt; Coal
For Bunkers and Homes
(By Tho Assoctsted Press.)
Washington,' Jan. 17. Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield underwent a, two
hours grilling today at the hands of
the Senate Committee investigating
the coal shortage which called him
before it to explain hie reasons for
issuing the order shutting c'own in
dustries by denying them the use of
coal.
At the termination of the hearing
the committee decided to make no
formal report, but Chairman Reed
made a speech in the Senate declaring
Dr. Garfield had not satisfietf him of
the necessity for such drastic action,
The line of questions asked by other
members of the committee indicated
that, they too, took the same view.
Dr. Garfield declared the order was
made imperative because of the- fuel
nr.' transportation crisis. II coal were
not. cut off to all industries for "a per.
lod. many ofthem, he said, would
be forced to close anyhow and tho
Government in closing down every
thing intended to treat all alike.
Members of the r.ommltte criticized
severely the closing down of industries
which have coal stores on hand and
declared that the order If made ef
fective would cost the country a bil
lion dollars In wages anl production".
Fuel Administrator Garfield's state
ment in explanation of his order fol
lows: "The most urgent thing to be done
Is to send to the America h forces
abroad and to the Allies the food and
war supplies which they vitally need.
War munitions, foods, manufactured
articles of every disoription, lying in
Atlantic ports In fens of thousands
of tons, where literally hundreds of
ships, loaded with Var goods for our
men and the Allies, cannot take the
seas because their bunkers are, empty
of coal. The coal to send them on
their way is waitinrj behind the con
gested freight that has jammed all
terminals.
"It is worse than useless to bend
our energies to mofe manufacturing
when what we have already manu
factured lies at tidetvater. congesting
terminal facilities, jj.mming the rail
road yards and side tracks for long
distances back into the country. No
power on earth can tnove this freight
into the war zone wpere It is needed
until we supply the sjhips with fuel.
"Once the docks a"e cleared of the
valued freight for which our men and
associates in the war now wait in
vain, then again our energies and
(CONTlNfjKD ON PAGE NINE)
Claims That Mills Arc Op
erated by Water Power
and Ask For Special Rul
ing in Their Case
fBy The Associate'' PreJ
Charlotte, Jan. 17 This has teen
a day of anxiety and uncertainty
among the executive officers of the
hundreds of cotton mills in the ried
mont section of tho Carolina, who
awaited an official answer to the
question whether the Garfield order
suspending operations of manufac
turing plants applied to these mills,
most of which are operated by elec.
trie power derived from water and
use coal only for heating. Approxi
mately 150 textile mills in this sec
tion awaited the answer to this ques
tion, while W. D. Adams, secretary
of the American Cotton Manufac
turers Association, and a. number of
leading textile manufacturers of the
section wre in Washington ' seeking
an interpretation of the Garfield or-
; der that would permit these mills
I to proceed.
i Cotton men here variously estimat
I ed the curtailment of cotton con
sumption in the Piedmont South as
!a result of the order from two and
a half to four million bales If all the
I mills were to be affected and that
ovr three million North Carolina
I spindles would be Idle for tho equiva
lent of two week, while 78,000 op
eratives In this Starts alone would
ibe o c employment for the same
length or Orae. ,
PIEDMONT COTTON
MILL MEN ANXIOUS
FACTORIES HERE
WILL BE CLOSED
FOR NEXT5 DAIS
Winston-Salem's Vast In
dustrial Enterprises Close
Down in Obedience to Or-
. der Issued by Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield
MAN Y FACTORIES
HERE AFFECTED
Spirit of Optimism Preva
lent , Among Employers
and Employees and Crisis
Will be Mt by People in
Patriotic Spirit
Winston.Kaleru's vast Indus
trial concerns closed last night
In obedience to the order issued
by Fuel Administrator Gui-ficld,
and they will remain closed un
til next ' Wednesday morning.
Tile unprecedented action was
featured lwro principally by the
calmness of the people, the de
termination of both employers
and employees to meet the slt
natloit bravely and without crit
icism, the ease and rapidity
with which tho order was cur
ried out, and tho general sen.
t.lmcnt tliat the action was nec
essary for the national welfare
or it wortld not have boon Is
sued. Public sentiment In this city as a
unit deemed it necessary first of all
to make it possible for the supplies to
reach our boys . in France and to see
that fuel is furnished tor women and
children In th'a homes. They realiz
ed fully that the officials of the gov
ernment were aware of the Inconveni
ence and suffering the order wouk.'
cause, but. deemed it a stroke for the
welfare of .our NaUoi tJsyai.Led.-atti-
ities, and its people.
The wonderful rapidity with which
the local manufacturers carried out
the order is shown by the fact ...that
many of them "started to work y ester
c'ay morning with rather a hazy idea
as to just how to construe tho l;iv,
There were, .lomn points that needed
further explanation in individual casirs
and in certain circumstances.
However, thete points were "cleared-'
up during the day and late yosi.crday
afternoon the it. J Reynolds Tobaceo
Company, the. Brnwn and Williamson
Tobacco Company and other tobacco
concerns here hail finished th work
in some of their departments md that
portion of tobacco m process of rian
ufacture and of a perishable nature
will be finished early this morning
when all departments will ho closed.
The tobacco factories were notified
by State Fuel Administrator McAllster
that they would be allowed to com
plete processes already started to thu
extent of saving material from loss as
well as to heat, plants against the
freezing of pipes or sprinkler sys"
tems and to preserve property against
loss.
One big local mnufaclurer said that
he hac" felt quite certain that the Gov
ernment would allow this to be done;
also that factories would be permitted
to keep enough heat to prevent the
pipes from freezing, especially those
of automatic sprinklers installed for
fire protection. ,
Tho leaf tobacco market in Wn.
ston-Salem will also be closed until
Wednesday as it would be impossible
for the factories to handle tho leaf
tobacco without the necessary beat.
Other branches of industry In the
city are also affected by the new law,
and while it was Impossible to Inter
view all owners of industrial plants,
they, like the -tobacco manufacturers,
will close plants for th five day per
iod arid also on each Monday for the
next ten weeks.
The closing of the industrial con
cerns here will mean an actual loss
of only about three and a fraction
days as the factories close early on
Saturday and do not operate on Sun
days. As one of the Mondays is In
cluded in the five day period, there
will be a total of about twelve am.' a
fraction days lost in alt.
Winston.Salem has been extremely
fortunate in never having had to
close its industries. They have run
steadily year in and year out, and
there has been no time lost during lh"
past year.
Tho employees of the concerns,
while regretting the temporary clos
ing of the plants, also take a patriot
ic viewpoint of the crisis and seem
willing to servo their i.oun.ry tty help
ing to conserve fuel even at personal
sacrifices. - - -
There were some obscure points In
the order as Issued, and County Fuel
Administrator H. C. Norfleet, the
manufacturers,' and the officers of
the Winston-Salem Retail Merchants'
Association were beseiged with. tele-
phone calls all day yesterday by pen. : HH in President and the.Fu'l Ad
ple who were, striving to cler r up oh- ministrator of the facts which con-
scure points.
The mlsunders'aiiding of some of
the merchants led to the issuance of
a statement last night by President
K. F. Barber and Secretary F. K. Grif
fith of the Merchants' Association
which appears in today's paper. The
merchants of the city will observe tho
spirit and the letter of the low am,'
close their places of business on the
ten Mondays prescribed. .
From the best information that can
bo securec', the Wachovia Bank
Trust Company's building, O'l la nlon's
building, and the. Masonic Temple, Ui,;
three big offlcn buildings i f the city,
will not be affected by
the order.
(CONTINTJUJ FRO-
. PAGK ONE)
WITH PROTESTS ABOUNDING IN HOUSE
AND SENATE, ADMINISTRATOR SIGNED
ORDER CLOSING INDUSTRY FIVE DAYS
COMPLETE TEXT
OF FUEL ORDER
IS IflJL PUBLIC
Practically No Changes are
Made From Summary of
Order Made in Reports
Yesterday Morning; Few
Exceptions Made
DESIGNATED WAR
INDUSTRY EXEMPT
Order Made Public Almost
Simultaneously With An
nouncement of Vote. . in
Senate Asking Postpon
ing For Five Days
(By The Associated Pe.3
Washington, Jan. 17. Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield's drastic order
restricting the use of fuel, effective
at midnight tonight, was promulgat
ed shortly before six o'clock within
u few minutes after tho Senate had
adopted a resolution asking that the
order be postponed for five days.
No substantial changes were made
in the order, though some war indus
tries specially designated will be ex
empted from tho provision closing
manufacturing plants for five (lays
beginning tomorrow and from the
Mot. v holidays during the next ten
weeks.
It was stated unofficially at the
Fuel AdministrnUorL. .that when -the
SV'Mftre-Ttnrk-iirrFved with the Hitch
cock resolution be would be told that
the resolution would' be given care
ful consideration, but that the order
already was issued and would go Into
effect.
A II hough the order was made pub
lic almost simultaneously with the
announcement of the vote in tho Sen
ate, it had been signed and prepared
for publication twenty minutes be
fore. '!'!. text, of the order follows:
Regulation making provision for a
more adequate supply of fuel for rail
roads, domestic consumers. public
ui.iiit.ies and other uses necessary to
the national security.
"The .i'nited states Fuel Adminis
tration acting under the authority of
in executive order of the President
of the United States, dated August
2tl, 1!H7, appointing said Administra
tor, in furtherance of the purposes
of said order and of the purposes of
the. act, of Congress therein referred
to, approved August 10, 1017, and
finding it essential effectively to carry
out the provisions of this act, to make
provision for a more adequate sup
ply of fuel for railroads, domestic
consumers, public-utilities and for
other" uses' necessary to the national
security in certain parts of the United
States, hereby make and prescribe the
following regulations:
"Section I : Cntil further orders of
tiie I'nited States Fuel Administra
tor, nil persons selling fuel in what
ever capacity shall, in filling their
contracts or orders now on hand, give
preference to necessary current re
quirements of railroads, domestic
consumers, hospitals, charitable insti
tutions. Army and Navy cantonments,
public utilities, by-product rokn plants,
supplying gas for household use, tele
phone and telegrnph plants, shipping
fCONTINT'rcn ON J'AGIS Nf. VIS)
MOT" BY SIGHT
Covei'tior Biekett Would
Know ;is .Much ;is Presi
dent Before Discussing
Wisdom of Fuel Order
fSnecint To Thr Tourn,"1.V
Raleigh, Jan. 17 "patriotism re
quires me to walk by faith and not
by sight in the wisdom of the men
selected to safeguard tho interests
of the country In this emergency. ''
said Governor T. W, Pickett today
when he asserted that to Judge the
wisdom or the unwisdom of the fuel
order of T)r. Garfield, it. would te
necessarv for him to know as much
vineed them of Its necessity.
Manufacturers and business men in
North Carolina are preparing to
obey the order from every indication,
though many interests will not be
affected, since the State Fuel Ad
ministrator has interpreted the order
as not applying to manufacturing
plants using hydro-electric power
and coal simply for" heating pur.
poses,
Ii, V. Cooper of Henderson, N. C,
former president of the North Caro
lina. Cotton Manufacturers Assocla
atiuo and members of the Foreign
Tif.idc Council has wired Or. Gar-
- field, suggesting that th closing dy
Ibe made Saturday rather than Mon-
May.
WALK BY FA TH
ii
.m
E
PEACEJfOSALS
Bolsheviki Order. Arrest of
King I'Vrdinand of Ilu
mania; I I,-Ubt ies Be
tween BoKlfevir' and Uk
rainians at O'L -si
ANOTHER irr'ttyAN
NAVAL -ill TINY
Trouble Among Member of
Submarine Crews and 38
Officers Killed; Austrian
Defeated With Heavy
Losses by Italians
(Bv The AsBoriatfft pren. y
The Teutonic Allies and the Bol
sheviki are still deadlocked over the
question of peace terms. The stum
bling block evidently Is the evacua
tion of occupied territory demanded
by the Russians in order that the
Inhabitants might have a free rein
in expressing their desires as to their
future government.
An official German statement says
the Russian proposals regarding evac
uation are so divergent front the
Ideas of the Central I'oWers in their
present form as to be unacceptable
to Germany and her allies. The Rus
sians are described as having taken
, an uncompromising attitude In the
i iimtteftand-is- not-treating with the
jTeutona on a just basis.
he.rnlngly ns giving finality to
their previously expressed intentions
pun ngaru to inn evacuation or oc
cupied territory, the German state-
moul.-aa.ys- the- withdrawal of the Au
strian and German troops while the
war continues is impossible. In an
endeavor to placate the Russian's,
however, it is stated that if military
eon 'ions permit the occupying
forces may be reduced to such num
bers as are necessary to maintain
order and meet the technical r
quiremenlH of the country.
Apparently there,, has been no
amelioration in the tense situation
existing between the Holshevikl and
tho Rumanian government. Follow
ing c.oscly upon the ultimatum to
Rumania, threatenin energetic mil
itary measures if the Kunninl.ms
failed immediately to 'release mem
ber of the l.lolsheviki which were
arrested, comes the olllclai announce,
ment that the arrest, of King Ferdi
nand of Rumania, has been ordered
by the. Holshevikl. If. raptured, the
monarch is to be brought to Potro
grad ami incarcerated in tho famous
hi. Peter and St. Paul fortress...
Fighting - between the Holshevikl
and the counter-revolutionary forces
continues at various points In Rus
sia proper and Siberia.
Hostilities between the Ukrainians
and Bolshevik forces at Odessa again
have broken out, Warships are sulil
to have bombarded the city. Irkutsk
In eastern Siberia, and Orenburg, al
so in Siberia, have been captured by
the Holshevikl.
Another mutiny is declared lo have
broken out recently at Gcnnuriy's
naval base Ht Kiel. The trouble
started among members of crews of
submarines who lately are reported
to have been dissatisfied with the
lack of success and the dangers of
the submarine cam ii.ilbn. Men from
tCONTINCKl) ON PAGK NINK)
CENTRAL
POWERS
I
RUSSIAN
WINSTON-SALEM MERCHANTS WILL AID
GOVERNMENT BY CLOSING STORES HERE
Tlic following statement relating to the n-cmt coal oonsenntion order
was issued last night by the Wliiston-Salcin Retail Morcliant' Assoeuv
Hon:
The following .iitcrprcljilioii Is plm-wl on Dr. Garliold's fuel order
by Ihe local Uctall Merchants' Association:
The liic iliivs' clause does not affect any wholesale or retail store.
Stores and mercantile oMabliMimonls an? required to close every Mon
day Tor Icn weeks, from Monday, January 21, to Monday, March 25, In
clusuc. No drug store is affected by either order. Tlicy remain open ns usual.
Grocery 6t ores or those stores handling food prlnc.Killy are required to
close promptly at noon on Monilajs Irom Monday, .Ian. 21, to Monday,
March 25, Inclusive.
All other wholesale and retail mercantile establishments arc required
(o keep I heir stores and warehouses closed from the usual closing hour
Saturday evening lo ihe usual opening hour Tuesday morning. This order
moans that I hey posit vcly must Ik- closed every Monday for ten weeks,
iM'gliinliig Monday, January 21. Our understanding of this order Is that
ill stores must observe both the letter and the spirit of the law.
The Merchants' Association officers feel sure that every member will
gladly comply with Ibis order in every dcla J, and trust that no one
of our members will bring criticism upon the merchants of Winston
Salem by trying In any way to evade Ihe law. If we all observe It strictly.
It should not mean any decrease in liusiueKs. The merchant who complies
with this order will llnd his Meekly .sales will average up as usual.
The order Is very dear and no mcirliiiiil will have any excuse for
violating ll. Should I here lie any cluuigcs or modlncallons In this order,
Ihe association will endeuor lo keep all or Its mciiilwrs fully and
promptly Informed. McmlM-rs are urged lo read nil newspaper iinnounce
nienlH carefully. Sltould there Is- any hIiiIk which are not clear, the
Hocromry will lie glad lo gic any n formation desired. Cull him over
'phone OI.
I.. F. BARBER, President,
t '.- F. K. GRIFFITH, Secretary.
F
ULL SUPPORT
OF PRESIDENT IN
DRASTIC ACTION
Dr. Garfield Storm Center
in Washington; Telephone
Calls in Morning and Be
fore Senate Committee in;
Afternoon
LITTLE CH ANGE IN
TEXT OF THE ORDER
Wood, Coal, Oil and Gas
, Also Included in Order;
Exemption for List of In
dustries Engaged in Im
perative War Work
I (By The Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 17 .While a
storm of protest raged at the capitol
and among business Interests through
out the Nation, Fuel Administrator
Garfield tonight, signed the order In
preparation since yesterday closing
(.'own manufacturing plants east o
the Mississippi River for five days,
(beginning at midnight tonight and
'stopping virtually all business activi
ty on every Monday for a period of
ten weeks, beginning January 21.
With the full support of President
Wilson, the Fuel Administrator at
tached his signature to the mandate
us the Senate was preparing to vote on
a resolution, winch it passed twenry
mllHHes later, requesting them to post
pone action for five days.
Dr. Garfield would not comment
on tho action, but it was stated at tne
I'Uel Administrator's headquarters
that the resolution would liaye.no of-,
'erf, on' (lie order.
Seh.'nm has Washington seen a day
of more stirring activity. An aston
ished Congress paid little attention
to any other subject during the day,
and officials generally, few of whom
had known the order was Imminent,
talked of Utile else. Dr. Garfield was
the storm center Curing the morning
when ids office was swamped with
telephooo calls, in the afternoon when
he was hailed before a Senate com
mittee and tonight when he f'n.laly
Issued the order -
Tho order as signed and sent out
tonight, to State Fuel Administrators
for enforcement .contained- but few
changes from the form of an abstract
given out by the Fuel Administration
last night. Nor did it clear up to any
great- extent.-the confusion resulting
from the lack of detailed explanation.
Supplementary statement issued with
tlio order embraced a list of Industries
engage!.' in ..imperii live- war work
which will Uc exempted from tho or
der's enforcement.
II Includes ship yards engaged in
naval work, a few plants turning, out
produo-K needed Immediately by ths
Army am.' Navy, and portions of
plants producing lulling.. The list was
prepared by Secretary Raker and
Daniels.
Though tin formal announcement
was made, the shipping ounrd has
been assured that ail ship yards will
be exempted.
Congress was in an uproar from the
time it assembled until It adjourned
tonight. The S'-nato rcsolunoii pass
ed efl to l'.l. af:ei- tlianv Setcilois hfli'
denounced tho order as unwise and
unnecessary. J
(CONTINUF.D ON l'AGE NINE)