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wEATHER: . h and South Car-; Fair tonight n4 ir, "tt!e chan??t uiL XXIV- NO. 7, WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA;-THURSDAYvERNQONr, JANUARY; 17, J913J PRIGEFIVECENTS ' -LLV'JJi-LL LifVA VJ M .Vi' W . ''-IVrl-?---- :':V-UJ'rVIS:''-' t1 'ZY- I'vV H ' .Wilmington, If 3. - V::-:;vv: - - FUlXtE0;WlUE SERVICE V . 's " " " :- -A- - : . GARJt-JMJDSIJMotS i cu. mxn, our .oF -nte t PROTESTS AGAINST NEV.YORK GREETS 11 Non-Essential Operations to Cease Friday for Five Day.-? A SWEEPING ORDER TO CONSERVE FUEL industries Closed to save i f puel Every Monday for Ten Weeks to be Observed as Holiday. 4 A DELAY ASKED. Washington, Jan. 17.- Senator Hitchcock, Democrat, today Amdnr-piri a resolution in in- the Senate to suspend the fuel order for five days- Senator Hitchcock introduced 4 hi3 resolution after conferring ivith other Democratic leaders in t!i8 Senate -who have apprehen- f sions of the wisdom and eff ectr ol the order. Senator Hitchcocifs -resolution read: , - i "Resolved, That cthe Fuel: Ad- ministrator of the United States be requested to delay .for 'five days the order, suspenainff tne . operation of industrial '"plants in- oortions of the- United States in i order that protest .jnajr, be heard, inTestigauon maae- anaciniorma- a f uon presenieu -. -iv : X v:ti W&shinzten; jaiuspensi8r of operttion of Alnerieais manufactur ing industries ,-east of the Mississipm and in Louisiana and Minnesota S or i period of five days, beginning to morrow, was decreed by the Fuel Ad ministration in an order issued today designed to relieve the serious coal shortage. The order even includes munitions plants, and excepts only in dustries producing food aifd those- re quiring continuous operation to main tain their business. A preferential list of consumers, of coal in whose interest the order waa drawn, is prescribed including rail-; wads, householders, hospitals, chari table institutions, army and navy can tonments, public utilitiete, strictly gov ernment enterprise!, public buildings and food manufactories. As a means of additional relief the order provides that industry and bus iness activity generally, including Stores, schools, saloons, theatres and office buildings shall observe holiday or Sunday conditions each Monday thereafter for ten weeks. -Even street car lines will be on a Sunday basis on Monday's beginning January 21 and up to and including March 25. Con cerns selling food will be permitted to operate until noon on the heatless Mondays and stores selling drugs will to allowed to' remainjopen as usual. State fuel administrators on whose tands the execution of the order is Placed may close banks and trust com panies if they think necessary. Daily newspapers may burn fuel as ttsual, excepting on Mondays from January 21 to March 25 inclusive. On ch days they may burikfuel to such etent as is necessary to issue ; such editions as they customarily issue on important legal holidays. When." a "ewspaper does not customarily issue edition at all on such a holiday, jt may issue one edition on these spec wed Mondays. While the order does not mention shipyards, it is known that they will Je permitted to continue, operations. fnis exception was made because of Ille great need for vessels to move supplies ready for shipment over eas. ' The Lever bill, under authority of jpich the order is issuedr provides a nne of $5,000 or imprisonment for vio- WlOn Of its nrnvioinnc 6tA waminw given that it would be ' strictl? forced. ' , ? Prevent industrial nnrest,.it was V"d the government migh make 'a "Uidl remiPSt thai of7a jndilS. 2fs Pay their employes during the! me thev wora rrj-f n I as to make the order effective today,? James Anders and others the Jtot at 2 officials decided that too . much! the northeastern intersection of .Eighth fusion wnnM i :i. rt.farflnfl. Dawson. 67 .bv 82. in size. The " " v j.u.j.c;. x lie mob fccju.T that tv, uaiu ut5 causey Dy uie thousands would start to - work - ic v;auscu uy uic Vin. 1 - - . . I the t,i "lus wiinoui Knowing xnat Til in . "j-i 1 . 11. . 1 vwnis tiad been shut down. Whiil u Administrktion, mean-carrv-' hurried on the machinery for tratft out the plan- ,Fuel Adminis tatt ,araeld assembled all -his legal uJf anJ bean preparation of the for--oald which ifc was promised erp -CJear up many -points .which tora efinite or c0nflictl&g "ic the B'Sht. and statement issued last u devel ops that the order "actually w JLJLU JOXJlJLV, lliri-- Arouse Obj.it to ($ing m mm m m m mm m mm m m . --v- - -i m mrm , .l..w.s..-:l"",'1LlL 4. vrs.BV.iv m m.mmm.:::' :::: v. i.1.-.-. Until LLU LLLO --V : SIX KILLED IK8T0RM. WWOT - WHY HE ORDERED LS TO STOP Declares it Was Necessary in Order to Protect Necessary Users CALLED BEFORE THE SENATE COMMITTEE Committee Returned to Sen ate to Take up and Possi bly Pass Resolution to Delay the Order .Washington, Jan. 17. Fuel Admin istrator Garfield was asked today by theSenate; cpal investigating commit tee to 'appear for. examination regard ing his order. . . Dr. Garfield went - before the com mittee shortly after 2 o'clock and told his reasons, for issuing the order'The Inel and .railroad situation hW: BaidV madib-'ihe action i imperative, i" "Theiurposeof toe ordetsald Mri Riis - Titftst -with tho CTiloadins ?of Ytoal at the'Mlafe This.-fs made.'cTaf-lri kU:a4S nn,x u rfc-w the ainplificsftioai 4f't2ie abstract-." ?Amodificatioa: ' "decided on f S-thl morning, 'Xir. Garfiell said, put allcon sumersfia the preferential list on an equal, baiis with no preference shewn to: anyone class. .Dr. Garfield said that thevplan "vas to permit certain war industries to operate despite the order. Shipbuilding, Administrator Garfield said, was one of the industries" that it was vitally necessary to keep run- ning. If the industries which are to she exempted were classified in the order, he said, it would cause a storm of protest and embarrass the Fuel Ad ministration. Dr. Garfield said Secretaries Baker and Daniels were preparing such' a list. ' - .- , The list -of exempted industries, Dr. Garfield said, would include those im mediately necessary in the conduct of the war. Aside from shipping and airplanes, , he said, he did not know what the list would contain. The order was made necessary, Dr. Garield said, by . transportation condi tions, which had made it impossible to supply industries and at the same time furnish homes and public util ities. ' : The necessity for moving ships, he1 said, was so great that drastic meas ures were compulsory. - "I have been discussing this with business men for a month,', said Garr field. "If companies fail to pay wages for these idle days they will not be" doing their part.", "I certainly hope," said Senator, Reed, after the hearing had progress' ed for an hour, "that you will see fit to modify this order, Dr. Garfield. Its economic effect is appalling." "This order was issued because of a . lack of coal for private consumers and utilities. This was not caused by lack of production, but as we all know by conditions, we have faced since December 8," said the Fuel Adminis trator who evidently referred to weatner cona1110us au.eu1.iii5 wuoumv tion and railroad traffic- - Senator Reed adjourned the hearing at 3 : 20 o'clock and-the committeemen, returned to" the -Senate. v7 While Dr. Garfield was- being exam ined by the Senate coal committee, the Senate" agreed to postpone' further debate on the Hitchcock resolution un til 4 o'clock. Valuable ProDerty Sold. " - - A deed was filed for record today transferring from T,V. Moore to - consideration .named in the deed was . - Awn7 n (ha Haad wna $3,000. had not beenv drawn when Mr. Gar field made ' his announcement - and when the Fuel Administration issued an abstract: Wfwhaj; 5 It was .expected to be. It- was! said that the full :text of the order could not be prepared in time to be iven out much before this afternoon 2nd there, was some doubt as whether Its i text would be ready for publication inrtheevening, papers today. - ' : ' Ml AfT4-;- . kmw .jtimA rLUUiJllMbliAlTf IAL : rKANIv bnlllL Washington, Jan.. IT. Six men ' were killed, and three injured on the United: rotates? 'steamship Michigan when the ship was caught. in , a heavygale at sea, "it was officially announced today. The men i were -killed "and:.- in- lured by ltbe -falline1 of :'a raerfl mast, therst acjcSeht of; its Kina m the navy. The dead. are: , Osben Gapers Belyeu, Carl Frederick Marahjens, Clarence Eugene Book Frank John Prinz an.d Julian S. Bell, all seamen, and Jqnn Engellio Chico, a fire- .man. ;- The injured are Edward Thorn- as McDonald left leg broken; Gordon Solomon,: both arms brok- . en; Virgil V.lBiggers, thigh cut and head and ankle injured. All tne mjurea are seamen. State-JFuel Administrator Mc-tstr-XhQ Uuestion '. ,r ESTATE'S FACTORIES - ORDERtWltL NOT SERIOUSLY AFFECT - A -mM wvjIc'flI"lln vessel -Monitor ; ha ARE NOT INCLUDED! been sunk by a submarine near Mills Run Largely By Jater Power or Hydro-electric Power Cost More to Close Than to Run (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 17 State Fuel Administrator A. W. McAlister, 'con strued the order-of the United States Fuel administrator regarding the use of fuel by manufacturing plants for five days, beginning- January 18, 1918, and on Mondays, beginning January 28, 1918," and including Monday, March 25, 1918, does not apply to man ufacturing plants that use hydro-electric power exclusively, aud permits such plants to use fuel necessary for heating them. This construction will apply in North Carolina unless the order is construed differently by the Administration at Washington. Mr. McAlister states that his rea sons for thus construing the order are that a large majority of manufactur ing plants in North Carolina that would be affected, even when shut down, have to keep up enough stfcam to" protect their sprinklers and to pre vent freezing, and that apart from this consideration, the operatives .of manufacturers, if closed, would prob ably consume more coal than the fac tories themselves, in which they are employed use for the purpose of heat ing. On account of the fact that such a large proportion of the manufactur ing plants in North Carolina use wa ter power or hydro-electric power, the order will not seriously affect the manufacturing Industries of North Carolina. any further than it is neces sary for the companies furnishing hydro-electric power to discontinue on the days prescribed, such part of their power as is produced by fuel. ' --- WOULD SUSPEND ORDER. . Washington, . Jan. 17. A move- ment for suspension of; Fuel Ad- . ministrator Garfield's order until after its ; necessity is established: by investigation, was set' afoot ' today in the Senate. a A resolution for that purpose , i .was prepared' by Senator Gal- linger, , Republican - leader. ,The resolution by Senator- Gal- linger w&s prepared after confer- h ence with other Republican lead- ers who were determined to pre-; 4 vent, if possible, having the coal orders go : into effect. . t News of the agitation evident- vly got to the ears of the admin- ' istration leader because- Fuel Ad- " ministrator Garfield v hurried . to the -capitol.' ... . . -., f v if in f:::f::x::::::;:W:vr Supplied with Ma,m8tocfc.otilKsters:ahd display placards 'describins the war vsavings staaiytii movement, ,thetJunioj" League ' invaded thep busi ness aecfion of New TWV with' a-vietroleniisting -the ccAoperation ot thei bnsinesji people of thaf J-fction bf the! city inTthe "Thrift? Campaign. ThSy succeeded 'in1 getting -alMhe1 merchants to .display poster in thelrwindowli. and are determined, to continue their work until tne-. jserrie'e of .every merv" chant in the city has-been enlisted in the campaign to raise lOQ.OOO.OO ta4 New York district through, the sale .ofT''j&rlft and . War 'BavingarEtamna.' "' inj iriMif r fin in ii n Bur i I n 1 $-3 SHIP SUNK. , : - 17.rThe Ameri- London.., fan. 'Fuerteventura, one of the .Canary islands, a dispatch from Lasr Palmas to the. Wireless. Press re- ports. . The .crew was-, saved. - - The Monitor sailedfrom the 4h African coast with a . cargo of wood. She was a schoner of -137 tons, built in 1901. and owned; in "- i Thirty-Eight Officers - Report ed Killed-at Kiel Jan uary 7 NUMBER OF RETURNING BOATS IS DECREASING Mutiny Started Among U-boat Crews and Spread to Cruis- - Men at Kiel are ers Reported Dissatisfied London," Jan.'1; 17. A .mutiny - among submarine crews at ithe German, naval base of Kiel; January . 7 is reported in an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Geneva. Thirty-eight "officers are said to have, been killed. ' " .' The Geneva dispatch quotes advices received there from Basel, giving de tails concerning tne . mutiny, .it is said to" have '.been begun by subma rine crews and later .to have'v spread to portions of the crews of cruisers .stationed at Kiel. Some of the men who joined in the attack on. the officerstook part, in the earlier mutiny at Kiel, the . dis patch reports It adds: ' "Although the1 mutiny was local, it shows1 that'Gerinan naval men are dis satisfied, especialy. in the submarine service; as 1 the number of boats re turnihg ,to f German Aports i is : decr.eas-v ing,:every month." : J : :.;:- . ' ,. .. ... ; - y'y - ,,; : ;;-: Switzerland' Recognizes Finland." ' . ' Bernei Jan. 17 -The ' Swiss govern ment has; acknowledged formally- the Lsoyereignty -ahd -independence "of: Flh- land, A MUTINY AWIONGW ''iAi : '!Sf . WWW. , ULlt ii i - . " mmmtmmmtmMjmiXm' m ' ' -I ht rami Hmmh -if . T r it r r,--rti n. in- - -- , j-f , "lf Berlin;Issues-a' Statemctit Progress of' the Peace Ccn4 ference RUSSIA SHOWS NO . 'i f. , COMPROMISE . : SPIRIT ,'CentralPowers :jpcmplei& ; CXbstinaLcyof tfe:Bolshevik -Delegatesf ill Hoping . For Peace' 'Berlin, Tan. 17 (Via; London). An official statement issued here today giving the reply by the Central Pow ers to the Russian proposals at Brest Litovsk on Monday," says the Russian. proposals 'Concerning; the J regions -c cupied by the Central .Powers diverge to such a - degree from the views of the Central Powers that in their pres4-k ent form they, are inacceptable. The official . - statement says the Russian . proposals , do not show a compromising attitude and do not con sider the opposite : parties on a just basis. , . Nevertheless, it adds, . i the Central -Powers again: are prepared to give a , clearly - formulated - expression of - their- opinions .and to. try-to find a basis for a - compromise.' ; . For the (Central Powers, as distinct from the case with - Russia, the an nouncement: adds .. a - conclusion - of peace" with Russia has no 'connection witn . a general peace, and the Central Powers are. compelledito -continue the war; against their .' other ''enemeis. : . v The- assertion tthat; the right of self- determination is an attribute of na tions and'' not of mparts of nations Is not our conception of , self-dfetermina- tidn, ;theofficial statement declares.' It must not be assumed ' that the limits of occupation are a standard for fixing the. boundaries for such portions. ' - The Austro-Germans. the statement declares, do not intend incorporating the. .territories" now" occupied . by tnem into , their respective countries. v . : The;Central Powers , agreed,. it Is added, that aivote of the, peoples on broad lines be sanctioned on the!, Ba sis of . citizenship, -butit was declared that a referendum appearedto be lin practicable. - r ;The . ;. Central-, Powers think that a vote on a , wide .basis taken from the : electors ' and supple- mented by a 'Representative -.'body .wouldfsuffIceY., . XlmmmJ Wll V Vl AM tJlJllMllQ 13 -a vWV c.f temporary ,;shutla,. Ill I.VMLlIU rllllrlO v.. wilt -directed to tttra.rhrrritr At. tisi vm'Ko-. UIIWEPTABLE: GOVERNMENT TO BUY ' COIIGNMENTS Cost $25,000,000 to iTake Over FtielV of 'Suspttridd . Factories Gavfipli to Have the Ruling Power )' V Washington .Jan. 17,-rPrptests against the fuel administration., orjler closing dqwn industrial plants .-began pouring v Into the White House and CongraB&'jtoday from all overhe coun try. Business men everywhererarous ed at the'prospect, objected, to its en forcement and suggested, many other remedies. ; It; developed today that , under the fnl administration's plan, the govern ment :9lll buy all coai'icpnsigned to the)3Suipended - iindustries.f , These transactions wiltbe conducted through tbeTrjsasury Departmentand it 'ia-es- tJ!matedj will ccwttbeT government about '25,000,000, state ruei aammis- trstors will ireis.tnite tne coai to food- plants and other industries per mitte'l tc nin. ; 1 ; ' A; ifiexies of rulings -of interpreta- tion& to' be issued in connection with the order is expected to make the sit uation more clear.. , . hVUnder --a proviaion.iwUch It was de cided this morning-1 Inert;in tne order, uthe government '01 com the jihaserjt, .virtttally;.aUtJcarjro- oulrut over to fuel admtoi$twtdrsv Un der tb.flL ladipg , attached. ' The Treasury r rpartnrent.vrtll ; set aside a.OOa.OOa aor. the purchase, of "this coal.' " - ' f Coal jin tret: sit" to industries which will ibe . closed: will notber purchased by the'government bttt merely ;will be diverted by State "firel -administrators and lurned.' over.1 to ' consumers' who come within5 theprelerentralst. T Thai t m. . V mmm. m .-tr-J 5 . i. - A. . ' J m. L A. I coal rjrmB& paioJtor -oy me ummaie consignee who . win remit 'directly to the mines- In which the coal-originates. rulings be- issued in connection- wltli the J order will be general In ' scope, i Fuel-Administrator Gar field 'hasVreserved; to himself the pow er to; make interpretations and State fuel administrators ctrQl be permitted for "make 'only special' rulings to fit cases the grarest emergency. These will! be ' Subjected to' review by the Fuel "Administration- Protestsbegan to pour into the Fuel "kdmlniBtration1 -offices, early this morning. VfWhat we have done,"i said Dr. Gar ieldi "I know will raise" a storm of f objection throughotitvthecountry, but the' people will see 4thatthe order was wise and necessary.'" Instructions covering th,e main points rof . the -order went out early thtrmiorning to all State fuel admin istrators' in? the East. ' ' mother departments of the govern- Jnaent,iresarded the" hel- 'order with varying-atutnaes. ?rrne;war ana wavy isepartments, nowever, had been con sulted and were in accord. While it was felt that some order was neces sary, to meet the situation some offi cials believe the effect might have tbeen obtained by means less drastic in 'effect to the country's" economic fabric. ' '' J - Some confusion was evidenced, in the result" expected on . the govern ment's war program. The c Cduncil . of ; National pefense was anxious over - whether cloth , fac toriessupplying the government with material for uniforms and overcoats would Jiave to shut down. . , '' -''If factories supplying materials es sential, to the war program are closed down; the result will .be very detrk mental," said; Charles Eisenman,. vice chairman of the supplies committee . Lloyd-George's Son" Coming. '. v' Liverpool, Jan.,-17.-r-The Post vsays that Major Richard Lloyd-George, son of the Premier, will go to 'America with Earl Reading, high commissioner inithe United, States. ; ' . ' : UN ITED 3TATE$ PO PU LA. TION. .Washington, Jan 17vrh& pop- nlation of . cpntinentai United States on January l was iy&,oo,- 000, as - estimated f by Treasury 'b Department .. experts. - An'; In4 crease of 1,719,000 ip population 4 frbm-January' 1 last year ' Is showEu? " -."' iWas RevitV1 Surprise and in Some; Cases Constennation WILL AFFECT THREE MILLION -EMPLOYES V.1; Wage Loss iriEmpirtitdl Estimated at $102;528-? T 150 Emergency -Meet- ings by Unions-: , New York Jan. 17. Surprise : and in many instances frankcrijicIsnV that greeted the first news to 'New York of the drastic measures pronrali gated by the National FueL Adnrinls' tration for the conservation :r,cbaL; today found officials, employers' and employes studying - the . provisions?2 of the order, their possible effects bn the city's .industries and the manner -, in which they would be enfdrccd;Jt Fuel administrators , frankly admit ted they were not prepared fojT such a startling announcement from Wash ington and that it would be some time before they could familiarize i them selves -with the. complex details of the plan. . Opinion among - business "men and officials, as. to - whether ; results would be beneficial, or otherwise, was widely divergent. Many criticised the orders as unnecessary and as jfuYhlsh ing no real solution of . thefproblemi while others were inclined to the be lief that stern m'eafeureswere'needwl to cope" with thesliatiottandl-at the savings of coa1.whfle wofki hardships .onthousanas,would' t worth thfe sacrifice.-$e " ' Intth&pinion vof tndustrisl stalN than'. X&OO.CtfO" live" and workCia' this city. The wage loss tor" the 15, days, according to conservative i'1 .urioftici.1 estimates, will be $102,528,150.'- ; Many large establishments,: ItXtS said, are preparing to pay their. 'em ployes in full or in part, as a .patri otic effort. Small Industries, unable' to carry their employes on: the pay roll during the days of idleness, will be . forced to bear the brunt ' of , tt burden here. ; rv::. Officials of various trade. 'Unicrs have issued hurry calls for emergency meetings throughout the State - to con sider ways; and means for.; the relief of- members, who- may be left without funds. , Some concern is expressed icr? the thousands: of women needlewcrl: ers in this city,; who: . are i paid'jnlr. for the labor actually perf ormed.N evrz of the suspension of trade caused ccn- sternation on the . East Side and other, "sections ; of ;the ' city where vwasc earners havft their homes.. ..v. . Phitadelphia Willing, r C , Philadelphia , Jan.?.17.-Tlndastrial ahd labor leaders in. Philadelphia, al though regarding Fuel Administrator? Garfield's order as extremely drastic. expressed; their willingness todays ta co-operate -to: .every way possitIr4 Most of , them . said theorder would mean the loss of thousands of dollars;! that some (df the working forces.r?c7, beT'oi8orgBnizedr'andi:-tnat somennrcst among worklngmen might result. buJJ that the main consideration was to "win the war, ?no- mattery what tt cosi" v.-':-:' :A'ys:.;T: Alba Johnson, , president1 of tt: Baldwin Locomotive rWorks,;'said' that "whatever is, done, we will take -ouii medicine." He added that the closing of the Baldwin plant would'! mean i the loss of seventeen locomotives .f or eacn day of idleness. It is. estimated Jthat 10,000 industrial . establishments ,ani 200,000 workmen in. Philadelphia1 xrill be affected by the order, withaiwc3 loss of i)oo,ooo. v CAUSE FOR ARRESTING RUMANIANMINISTI London, Jan, "17.- The yerslonvs c 1 the incident that' resulted in - the 'r rest of ; RuTnajilan jnjnigDteiasrl given by-the. Petrograd'eorrespozi :": t of The Daily News,: says that Run: Ian troops ; surrounded; a Russian r c U ment and with, it some, .ustrians rtt z were Tisitlngjthe rSRnssIans, ; -ttu breaking "the conditions of. the aml; tice on the .Eastern frontThe; Rz manians stopped 'the' Russian suppll disarmed the Russian soldiers, and ar rested, the iregiinectal, committee. TL z whole .t Incident,.. the corresponded says, suggests a German.-Agency tr cause nothing would suit the Germc better than an excuse : to- break wit': Russia over a-breach of .the armistice insteaiTJover-an important point i the peace negotiations., It f is' insited by . the , corresponds::? that the visit of the Allied and neutral diplomats to Premier Lenine conrt' tutes a defacto recognition of the Ecl shevik government. ,. He says the gezt era! . tone' of the conversation at-tl, meeting was , friendly. . . ?: it -Ti 4 - '