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VOL. 14. NO. 9.
SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATl KDAV, JANrARYJ
1918
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LOCAL FUEL DIRECTOR
SPEAKS IN DETAIL OF
THEttOSING ORDER
State Administrator Page Gets Authority From Wash
ington to Food Producing Plants Under the Fuel
Order Some Local Pointers Relative to the Operation
of the Order in Salisbury.
(Special to The Post.)
Raleigh, Jan. 19. State food administrator Henry A. Page an
nounced this morning that upon special authority of United States
administrator Herbert Hoover, that all manufacturers or fertilizers,
bags and other trades concerned in Vie production of foodstuffs are
exempt from the order of Federal food administrator Garfield. This
exemption applies to all bakeries, flour and feed mills, creameries
and other similar establishments.
LOCAL CHAIRMAN LINN ON ORDERS.
Stable Linn, Esq., Chairman of the Local Fuel Committee, in ac
cordance with the instructions of the United States Fuel Adminis
trator, has given the following instructions with reference to the use
of fuel for business purposes on Monday, January 21st, and the suc
ceeding ten Mondays. The order of the Fuel Administrator does not
arbitrarily require the closing of business houses, but merely pre
cludes the use of fuel. If a business can be conducted without the
use of fuel, it is not required to close.
On Monday, the 21st, no fuel of any kind coal, coke, wood, oil,
or any other fuel can be used for the purpose of conducting any
business, or any office with the following exceptions :
1. Wholesale and retail stores for the purpose of selling food
only may use heat until 12 o'clock noon.
2. Drug stores may maintain necessary heat throughout the
day for the purpose of selling drugs and medical supplie only.
3. Hotels, restaurants, or any place in which meals are served
may maintain necessary heat throughout the day.
4. Physicians and dentists, banks and trust companies, trans
portation companies, public utility plants, and telephone and tele
graph companies may maintain necessary heat.
No business houses or offices not within the above mentioned
classes, can use fuel of any kind and they are expected to cheerfully
comply with this requirement in order that the military necessities
of the 'Government may be met.
In buildings like the Wallace Building, where the entire build
ing is heated by one plant, the furnace must kept going for the ben
efit of those places of business entitled to heat ; radiators must cut
off in those stores and offices not within above mentioned classes.
Business concerns using electric power furnished by the North
Carolina Public Service Company, or the Southern Power Company,
may use such power as they can receive, but are not permitted to use
any fuel for heating purposes. Any place of business, however,
may maintain such heat as is absolutely necessary to prevent damage
to property by freezing.
Violation of this order subjects the offender to a fine of $5,000.
BUNKER COAL SITUATION.
Marked. Improvement Shown in the
Coaling of Ships and Departments
Show Increase
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Jan. 19. There was a
marked imporvement in the coal sit
uation with respect to bunkering: ships
today, it-is reported. Sailings for the
last 21 hours, it is learned, exceediod
arrivals for the first time since the
bunker situation became alarmingly
acute and the net number of delay
ed steamers in port awaiting coal
was reduced to 110.
Tuesday for Theaters.
Washington, Jan 19. The fuel ad
ministration today issued an order
changing theatres headless days from
Monday until Tuesday.
ANOTEHR ENEMY LIE NAILED.
Official Denial Made That Anna Huit
ens Has Been Executed in This
Country for Connection With Ger
man Espionage.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 19. Repetition
of the story that Anna Huitens has
been executed in this country for con
nection with German espionage sys
tem caused the state department to
day to repeat its denial to the Ameri
can diplomats in neutral countries.
The story was published yesterday
in Stockholm and a few days earlier
in the Hanover Courier. Recent ver
sion of the alleged execution leaves
in doubt tho means used, some papers
nsisting -that poison was the instru
ment used. t ,
SNOW, RAIN, WARM, FAIR.
A Mixture of Weather is Forecast
Pv the Washington Bureau for the
Coming Week.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 19. Snow or rain
ever the North and rain over the
Southern district Sunday except in
the Gu'f State. R:n or snow again
about the middle of the week, to be
followed by fair weather thereafter
is indicated. It will be somewhat
warmer Fundav in the South Atlantic
states, with colder Sunday night gen
era Hy. Temperature below normal
will prevail generally during the week.
AT NOT MORE THAN
State Food Administrator Henry A.
Page Makes Announcement That
Ten Cents is the Maximum Charge
and Retailers Will be Required to
Comply With This Rule.
State Food Administrator Henry
A. Pape announces the following reg
ulations with regard to the retailing
of sugar:
"The maximum retail price allowed
on sugar from this date is 10 cents
a pound. Retail (merchants who have
purchased sugar on such a basis that
they have not a reasonable profit with
in this price may appeal to the food
administration, stating cost price in
detail, but none of these shall sell for
above 10 cents a pound unless they
have the specific written permission
of the food administration.
"Until further notice sugar must
not be sold to city or town consumers
in quantities in ;xcess of five pounds
nor to consumers in the rural dis
tricts in quantities in excess of ten
pounds. ,
"Any merchant refusing to conform
to these rulings will invite prompt ac
tion by the food administration."
MINISTER'S FATEHR ILL.
Rev. C. M. Pickens Called to Asheville
Pulpit Will be Filled by Rev. Mr.
Blair.
Rev. C. M. Pickens, pastor of the
Spencer Methodist church, has been
called to Asheville on account of the
illness of his father. In his absence
his pulpit will be filled Sunday by Rev.
Mr. Blair.
Want Zinc Prices Fixed.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan 19. The fixing
of zinc prices by the government has
been requested bjy sine producers.
tor ...
NATION WITH ft
MIUTARB1IC. PRUSSIAN
KAI5ERIZCD. GOVERN-
mint, i retL-"i .a&toajKSiGs m
MONtO-
500,000 AMERICAN
PUSINESS MEN
"ANSWER WITH SWORD, PAPA
The Bolsheviki is in Control and
and There is Some Opposition
to Their Control.
FIVE PERSONS KILLED BY
RED GUARDS AS PARADED
Russians and the Rumanians Are
At The Point of Break
ing Off.
(By Associated Press.)
With the peace negotiations at
Brest-iLitovsk again broken off tem
porarily the Russian Constituency As
sembly has opened its session in Pe
trograd. The Bolsheviki government
controls the opening which was not
attended by the members of the con
stitutional part, who witoh a majority
of the Socialist revolutionists are op
posed to the administration of Pre
mier Xnine. Demands that the as
sembly approve of the Bolsheviki
peace term3 and plan laws were made
in the' opening address by chairman
SzerdorT, representing the congress
of workmen delegates. Demonstra
tions against the Bolsheviki efforts to
control the assembly were not so
large as was expected, but 'five per.
sons were killed and a dozen iere
wounded by Red Guards when they
fired into the paraders.
Another halt in the peace iparleys
is reported in a news dispatch receiv
ed in London from Petrograd which
says that the Russian delegates have
returned to the capital. The German
delegates are reported to be endeav
oring the Russians to break off the
negotiations on some minor point, so
that they can throw the blame for a
break on Russia.
Relations between the Bolsheviki
government and te Rumanians are
at the breaking point. The 9th Rus
sian army has demanded that the
ffassisn army be permitted free pass
age through Jassay and King Ferdi
nand whose arrest the Bolsheviki has
ordered is under the protection of the
entente allies.
In Italy and in France the fighting
fronts have settled down to a win
ter's routine of raids and artillery
duels at various points. There is no
break in monotony on the West
ern frant, the British portion of which
is a sea of mud folbwing the melting
of the snows.
Enemy Attack on the Pis re.
Rome, Jan. 19. The enemy attack
ed on a wide front on the lower Piave
Thursday night. Today's official
statement says the attack was arrested.
RUSSIAN ASSEMBLY
S NOVllf SESSION
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THE HOHENZOLLERNS ARE
DiRECTOROFMUNITIONS
OPPOSED BY.
Mr. Wilson Registers the Same Ob
jection to This as He Had to a Mu
nition Minister in the Cabinet.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 19. It was stated
officially today that President Wilson's
opposition to the creation of a min
ister of munitions with cabinet rank
extends to the proposed creation of a
director of munitions and the estab
lishment of a war council of three.
The President is said to feel that
the proposed laws would haxe the
same effect as that to which he was
opposed.
CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY
OPENS AFTER DELAY
On First Test of Strength the Bol
sheviki are Defeated Former Ke
rensky Minister Elected to Office.
(By Associated Press.)
Petrograd, Jan. 19. The long de
layed constitutional assembly opened
today. ,.On the first' t?st of strength
the Bolsheviki was defeated by the So
cialist revolutionists.
M. Tchernoff, minister of agricul
ture of the Kerensky government, the
nominee of the Socialist revolutiorists
of the right for chairman of the as
sembly, was elected by a vote of 244
to 151.
The candidate of the Bolsheviki was
long a prominent revolutionist who
wai released from exile in Siberia aft
er the overthrow of iRomanoff.
Save Light!
Save Heat!
Save Power!
Burn one light instead of
two! Don't use throe when
two will do!
Save Meat!
Save Wheat !
Save Fuel !
Foods are necessary for the
winning of the war, as nec
essary as munitions and we
mint Save, Save, Save!
NOT IN TRADE.'
CENSORSHIP PLACED
OM SOLDIER DEATHS
No More Information to Be Given
Out at Camp Oreene, Charlotte,
Regarding Number of Deaths.
THE ESCORTS TO STATION
ALSO HAS BEEN STOPPED
Forty-five Deaths Occurred at the
Camp in Past Two Weeks, is
the Announcement Made.
(By Associated Press.)
Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 19. There
will be no further information given
out to the newspapers regarding
deaths of. soldiers at Camp Greens,
according to information from the un
dertaking establishment here having
the cantract to prepare the bodies f ir
shipment.
A ban has also been placed on pub
lic funerals and military escorts to
dead soldiers. Prior to this order
funerals to dead soldiers were being
held in the local undertaking estab
'ishmnt and a military escort to the
railroad station was given the bodies
shipped awa.
Just the number of soldiers that
have died at Camp Greene in the last
few weeks is unknown, but records
at the undertaking establishment
here having contract to furnish cof
fins show that twenty-three men had
been prepared for burial during the'
week ending January 5th and twenty
two were prepared during the week
ending January 12th. The records
were closed for the week ending to
day. The men have died for the most
part of pneumonia and a very limited
number were due to meningitis.
YOUNG FLETCHER
. BARRINGER IS DEAD
Young College Student at Cleveland
Dies of Pneumonia Son of Mr. J.
H. Parringer.
Word was received in Salisbury to
day cf the death in Cleveland last
night cf Fletcher Barringer, aged 21
years, son of Mr. J. H. Barringer, a
prominent citizen of Cleveland,' this
;oanty. Death was due to pneumonia.
Funeral arrangements had not been
learned when the Post received its in
formation. Young, Barringer wss a
I splendid boy .-id had been a student
at Lenoir College at Hickory
Did universal charity prevail, earth
would be a heaven, and hell a fable.
: Colton.
By doing good with his money a
man. as it were, stamps the Image of
God upon it and makes it pass cur
rent for the merchandise of Heaven.
Rutledge.
RY. DIRECTOR McADOO
BEFORE THE INTCR-S1M
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Mr. McAdoo Tells the Senate Committee Something
About the Direction of Railroads Under His Care
Will Not Take Over Lines Not Necessary to the Pur
pose of the Government-Congestion Being Relieved
Somewhat.
' (By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan, 19. Director-General William O. McAdoo
was summoned before the Senate inter-state commerce commission
today to explain the operation of the government program for ope
rating the railroads.
Mr. McAdoo said that certain so-called short line roads would
be released from government operation as soon as an investigation
necessary to establish the fact could be made and their status de
termined. In explaining the purpose of the administration's railway legis
Iation Mr. McAdoo said that he did not propose to keep control of
any unnecessary lines, that government control would not be taken
except where it proves neoessary.
"As far as I can see after three weeks investigation," said Mr.,
McAdoo, "I do not contemplate taking over any road not neoessary
to the government war purposes, and if any short line interests suf
fer by this reason they will simply have to stand it."
Director McAdoo said that should it develop that the operations
of canals be taken over they would be taken over.' He added that
the same would apply to inland waterways. -
Fuel reports to Fuel Administrator
Garfield today shows that the con-'
gestion throughout the country is be,
ing cleared and bunker coal is being
unloaded in lsrje quantity.
Few empty cars are as yet begin
ning to move back to the mines, how
ever. Serious consideration was today
given by Administrator Garfield to
the request from theatres that they
ba permitted to close on Tuesdays in.
stead of Mondays. It was indicated
that the change might be made.
Theatres May Close Another Day.
Washington, Jan. 19. It was defi
nitely ruled today that all laundries
are exempt from the closing order
Mondays as well as the Ave day clos
ing period.
Theatres will be permitted to close
some other day than Monday, pro
bably Tuesday, under a new decision
by the fuel administrator. The day
will be announced later.
Enough bunker coal will reach the
docks In three of four days, it is
said, to supply nil ships now a wait
ins1 fuel.
Fuel administration officials predict
it will be at least a week before coal
mines will begin to receive empty
cars necessary to keep production at
a maximum.
it was wale clear that industries-
producing material on which muni
tion plants depend are exeptad from
the provisions of the closing oHer.
The fuel administrates today ruled
that lumber producing concerns work
ing on ordefs for the emergency fleet
corporation and for aircraft produc
tion are exempted.
Fuel administration ioftlctals said
the tone of the tclerram coming in
today was entirely different from those
of yesterday and most of them eith
er approved of the government's ac
tion or expressed a wilJinaness to
co-operate.
RIVER STILL FROZEN OVER.
Report were received here t'lis
morning that the Yadkin river, above
Crutchfield, is still frozen over from
bank to bank. Below this point im
mense blocks of ice are floating dawn
the stream. At Elkin and all points
above there, the grsund is etill cover
ed faith several inches of snow. Winston-Salem
Sentinel, 18th.
Three Eclipses This Tear.
According to the almanacs there
will be three c!ipses, this year, two of j
the sun and one of the moon. On '
June 8th there will be an eclipse of
the sun which will be a parti! eclipse
here, but will be total along a line
passing thru the states of Florida,
Mississippi, Colorado and Oregon.
The other eclipse of the sun will be on
December 3, but it will not be visible
here. A partial eclipse of the moon
will occur June 24.
Rio dc Janeiro is to celebrate this
year the 150 anniversary of its selec
tion as the Braxllian capital.
I Peasants on' the slopes of Mount
Etna csn still bo;l water over the
lava that flowed from the volcano
dcrinj the eruption of liho.
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Ttase who want fewest things ate
nearest to the god.Socrats,
WITHDRAW TROOPS
BONE CONTENTION
Conference Between Russian and
German Leaders Takes a Halt
When Question is, Beached..
PEOPLE MAY VOTE ON
FUTURE POLITICAL STATUS
But Rnssia Does Not Want This
Done Under the Nose of the
. German Armies.
(By Associated Press.) ,
London, Jan. 19. -Further dispatch
es from German and Russian sides
regarding negotiations at Brest-Llt-ovsk
indioate the dissuasion Wednes
day turned largely to the question oi
conditions to be recognised in dis
posing of Poland, Lithunia and Cow
land. Dr. von Kuehlmann, the Ger
man foreign secretary, said in effect
that his government was willing to
permit the troops to vote regarding
their political future, such vote to be
taken not later than one year after
the conclusion of a general peace. ,
According to the Russian version
Leon Trotafty, the Bolsheviki foreign
minister, attempted to obtain a dear
statement as to whether the Toting:
would be proceeded by evacuation of
those territories by the German ar
mies. After several' attempts to
evade a direct reply Dr. von Kuehl
mann declared Germany could not un
dertake any obligation regarding the
withdrawal of the armies..
M. Trotsky returned to Petrograd
Thursday night Apparently the ne
gotiations were suspended Thursday,
although nothing to indicate how'
things were left has been advanced.
THEATRES MAY OPEN MONDAY
I'nder Ruling of Fuel Administrator
Garfield Day of Closing Theatres 1
Changed From Monday to Tuesday
Although the Jocal theatre men have ,
advertised that their places of amuse
ment will be closed Monday it is prob
Jli that thi mav be champed. A
late Associated Press dispatch to the
Post states that Fuel Administrator .
Garfield has announced the changing
of the closimr dav for theatres from
.Monday to Tuesdays. ' '
This decision was reached very like- .
ly in order that those people were off
duty on account of ato res and man
ufacturing plants closing: on Monday
might have opportunity to visit the
main pa and other amusement bouses.
and the tame amount of fuel be saved
by havlnff theee' theatres closo on;
Tuesdays. . ' '
Save bacon until Berlin is taken.
The person who hoards foodstuffs
is in identically the same class as the
mm who blows tip an ammunition
plant food is just a essential in the
winning of the war as ammunition.