NIGHT EXTRA Germany Breaks Peace Negotia EXTRA t HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M ®ljc otar-Jn&ej>cn&ciit W I LXX.W'II- No. 15 16 PAGES r =============== **£ MILLS SHUT FIVE DAYS AND ON TEN MONDAYS AFTER Gallinger Introduces Resolution to Prevent Drastic Order From Becoming Effective; Official Text May Permit More Liberal Interpretation; Protests From All Parts of Country Pour Into Washington HITCHCOCK ASKS DELAY OF FIVE DAYS; GARFIELD APPEARS BEFORE COMMITTEE Passenger Transportation Lines to Be Run on Basis of Number of Trains Operated For Sunday Service; Rail roads to Get Coal First; Household Necessities to Be Second in Matter of Priority CONGRESSMEN ENDEAVOR TO CHECK ORDER Washington, Jan. 17. A movement lor suspension of Fuel Ad ministrator tiinlield s order until alter its necessity is established 1 investigation was set afoot to-day in the Senate. A rcsoluion to that purpose was prepared by Senaor Gallinger, Republican leader. The resolution by Senator (inllinscr was prepared after at con. fcrence with other Republican leaders who were determined to pre vent, if |H>ssihle, having the coal order go into effect. News of the agitation evidently got to the ears or the administra tion leaders, because Fuel Administrator Garfield hurried to the Capitol. Washington, Jan. 17.—Protests against tlie fuel administration order closing down industrial plants began pouring into the White House and Congress to-day from all over the country. Business, men everywhere, aroused at the prospect, objected to its enforce ment and suggested many other remedies. It developed to-day that under the fuel administration's plan the government will buy all coal consigned to the suspended industries. These transactions will be conducted through the' 11 easury Department and it is estimated will cost the govern ment about $25,000,000. State fuel administrators will re-dis-l tal-ftc the coal to food plants and other industries permitted! to run. Will Issue Rulings The fuel administration will issue a series of rulings on queries! :oncerning the conservation order. State fuel administrators will not be allowed to make rulings and the ruling issued here will have general application. The order will not include natural gas nor use of wood as fuel, nor power derived from water. It is said the exception of! necessary war industries from the operation of the order might' be more liberal than first announcements indicated. The fuel administration meanwhile hurried on the machinery! for carrying out the plan. Fuel administrator Garfield assembled! ill his legal staff and began preparation of the formal order, which it was! promised would clear up many points whteh were indefinite or conflicting n the abstract and statement issued last night. Order Not Yet Draw" It developed that the or-lcr actually had not IK drawn when Mr • arliclil made ins announcement and when the fuel administration issued n abstract oi w hat it was expected to be. It was -aid that Hi. full tcvt l '( the order c<>uld not be prepared in time to be ; lvcn out much before Ills afternoon an.l there was some doubt as to whether it* text would be eady for publication in evening papers to-day. \ seilcs of rulings or interpret!!-1 ions to he issued in connection with lie order Is expected to make the itim(ion more clear. Under a proposition which it was] lecided this morning' to insert in t]ie| >rder, tiio government will becornc| ho purchaser of virtually all coal! jroduced in the live-day closing | >eriod. Alines producing coal under 1 •ontract to Iml nutrias which will bo •lo.sej down will be directed to turn heir output over to state fuel nd- j ninlstrators under biil of lading at-j ached. The Treasury Department! vlll set aside $25,000,000 for thof )urchase of this coal. Coal in transit to industry which ichools With Coal Fuel Conservation Order May Remain Open j Will Prove Hardship to During Monday Holidays Workmen of Small Means /?v Associated Press Philadelphia. Jan. IT.—State Fuel Uiminlatrator Potter issued the Hrgt rder affecting educational institu- ,ona to-day. It was: "Schools with fuel on hand can eep open during the live-day period nd Mondays, but no coal will be de- Ivered during the live-day period and hereafter until the priority orders ave been tilled. Boarding schools re excepted from the provisions of ic rilling." M STONE'S SPEECH DELAYED * By Associated Press Washington, Jan. IT.—Senator tono's speech on "politics in the 'ar," f-.it for to-day and which he pd specially requested Senator Pen aso, •}.' Pennsylvania, to hear,' was us; until Mond.iy. will be closed will not be uurehasedl by the government but merely will 1 bo diverted by the stato fuel admin istrators and turned over to the con sumers who come within the prefer ential list. The coal will be paid' for by the ultimate, consignee who| will remit directly to the mines in j which the coal o-iginaled. Garfield Keserves Wide Powers The rulings to be issued in eon-' iiecfion with tlic order will be gcn-l eral in scope. I'ucl Administrator i Garfield has reserved to himself the! p<>ucr to make interpretations and] state fuel administrators will be' permitted to make only special rul-j ings to tit cases of the gravest emer [Continued on Page 10.] By Associated Pres.' Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 17. W. G. j l ee, president of the Brotherhood of I Trainmen, in a statement given out' here to-day giving his views on the! fuel conservation order, deplores the! additional hardship and deprivation! workingmen will suffer who "are only able to maintain their families by working every day." TEXAN APPHOACUKS POUT By Associated Press An Atlantic Port, Jan. IT. He ports received here to-day from the steamer Texan, damaged in a col lision with another vessel Monday, said she was proceeding to port un-! der her own steam. IIARRISBURG, PA., THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1918 % Garfield's Order Cutting Fuel Consumption Washington, Jan. 17.—An abstract of the fuel administration's order for fuel saving covering all points was given as follows: 1 Until further order of the United States fuel administrator, all persons selling fuel in what ever capacity shall give- preference to orders for necessary requirements: A—Of railroads. B— Or domestic consumers, hospitals, charitable institutions and Army and Navy cantonments. C—Of public utilities, telephones and telegraph plants. T>—Of ships and vessels for bunker purposes. K—Of the United States for strictly governmental purposes, not including orders from or for fac tories or plants working on contracts for the United States; F—Of municipal, county or state governments for necessary public uses; , <;— of manufacturers of perishable food or of food for necessary immediate consumption. The order further provides that on January 18. 19, 20, 21, and 2a, 1918, no fuel shall bo delivered to any person, firm, association or corporation for any uses or requirements not included in the fore going list until tlie requirements included in the list shall have been first delivered. On January IS, 19, 20, 21 and 22. 1918, and also on each and every Mot May beginning January 28, 1918, and continuing up and including March 25, 1918, no manufacturing plant shall burn fuel or use power derived from fuel for any purpose except— A—Such plants as from their nature must be con tinuously operated seven days each week to avoid serious injury to the plant itself or its contents. "—Manufacturers of perishable foods. C—Manufacturers of food not perishable and not in immediate demand who may burn fuel to ■such an extent as is authorized by the Fuel Administrator of the state in which such plant is located or by his representative authorized therefor, upon application by the, United States Food Administrator. I) Printers or publishers of daily papers may burn fuel as usual excepting on every Monday from January 21 to March 25, 1918, Inclusive, on which days they may burn fuel to such extent as is necessary to issue such editions as such ENFORCED HOLIDA Y COAL IS RUSHED KEEPS THOUSANDS TO FAMILIES IN HERE OUT OF WORK REAL DISTRESS Harrisburg's big mills and indus ' tries to-day were making hasty pre parations to close down all opera tions at midnight to-night for the en forced holiday for five days ordered by the federal fuel administrator. Thousands of workmen in the big Steelton mills of the Bethlehem Steel Company, the Pipe and Pipe Bend ing Works, the Central Iron and Steel Company and the great num ber will be thrown into enforced idleness by the order designed to conserve coal. In addition to this the big and little stores and shops, the theaters and schools, the office buildings and street railway systems must observe a complete holiday on Mondays, be- GOVERNOR TAKES | UP FUEL ORDERS; STATE HAS COAL All Inquiries Arc lo (io lo Ad ininistralor Poller, in Philadelphia "The relation of the stale govern ment to the national fuel administra tion's 'shut down order' will be care fully studied, but until 1 receive of ficial advices 1 can scarcely make any statement about it. I have been in consultation with the Attorney Gen eral and heads of departments about [ the matter," .said Governor Brum baugh to-day. Numerous messages were received at the Capitol regarding effect of the order, but the state officials are awaiting further information. Com missioner of Labor and Industry Palmer, who wired for interpreta tions of the order, was informed that all appeals from state residents or businessmen relative to the new or ders should be made to William Pot ter, state fuel administrator at Phil adelphia. Attorney General Brown said that! he was of the opinion that the Gov-j crnor had no authority to declare) legal holidays, such matters being! | for the legislature. Air. Palmer, who! [was Hooded with inquiries as to ef-1 L'ect on various industries, placed :iev eral questions before the Attorne: General who is seeking information from Washington. Dr. J. George Becht, Secretary oi the State Board of Education, said that he had no information as to i whether the new order would affoctj schools, and Superintendent G. A.I Slireiner, of the Capitol, said he wsj awaiting orders. The state has enough coal 011 hand to run its light and heat plant in the Capitol until May, but it has numerous bureaus' In oltice buildings outside of tiiel Capitol. Until the official order is received ' here it is improbable that any sta/e- | ment will be made by the Governor.) papers customarily issue on important national legal holidays, and where such papers do not issue any editions on a holiday, they are per mitted to issue one edition on the said Mondays. K—Printing establishments which may burn fuel on January 18, 19, 20 and 22, to such extent as is necessary to issue current numbers of maga zines and other publications periodically Issued. On each Monday, beginning January 21, 1918, and continuing up to and including Monday, March 25, 1918, no fuel shall be burned, except to such extent as is essential to prevent injury to property from freezing, or the purpose of supplying heat for; A—Any business or professional offices, except of fices used by the United States, state, county or municipal governments, transportation com panies, or which are occupied by banks and trust companies or by physicians or dentists. B—Wholesale or retail stores, or any other stores, business houses or buildings whatever, except, that for purpose of selling food only, for which purposes stores may maintain necessary heat until 12 o'clock noon, and for the purpose of selling drugs and medical supplies only, stores may maintain necessary heat throughout the day and evening. C—Theaters, moving picture houses, bowling alleys, billiard rooms, private or public dance halls, or any other place of amusement. On the above specified Mondays, no fuel shall lie burned for the purpose of heating rooms or buildings in which liquor is sold on these days. No fuel shall be burned on any of the foregoing specified Mondays for the purpose of supplying power for the movement of surface, elevated, sub way or suburban cars or trains in excess of the amount used on the Sundays previously thereto. The order provides that nothing in this order shall be held to forbid the surning of fuel to heat rooms or such portions or buildings as are used in connection with the production or distribu tion of fuel. The state fuel administrators arc authorized by the order to issue orders on special applications for relief, where necessary, to prevent injury to health or destruction o! or injury to property by lire or freezing. The order is effective in all of the territory of the United States east of the Mississippi Uiver in cluding the whole of the states of Louisiana'and ginning next week, for ten cortsecu- ! tive weeks. While businessmen and heads of I industries here were by no means | pleased with the order, which was | said will hurt wage earners who need! the money they will lose during the enforced holiday, there was a ells- j position here this morning to grin and bear the burden. "We must be good soldiers," was the comment made by W. P. Starkey, general superintendent of the pipe mill. Market street businessmen who studied Garfield's order closely this morning say that there will be vir tually no difference between Sunday j [Continued on Page It!.] A. S. PATTERSON NAMES C. OF C. COMMITTEES . • '~ Appointed to! Aid New (*liit*f of j Trade Body i Andrew S Patterson, president of, llie llarrisburg Chamber of Coiii-j nierce, to-day announced the vari ous committees of the chamber to! curry on its activities during his ad- j ministration. In addition to the general commit-! tees, it is the poiiey ot the cham-i ber to have the chairmen of those committees appoint special com mittees to handle specific subjects, coming under the heading of the, different committees' activities where | [Continued on Page 8 ] WEATHER FORECAST For HnrriMburK mid vicinity: (•morally- fair t-niKlit ami Fri day) not iiiueli change in lent- I pcraturcs lon-rut to-night about Id ileisrem. CUT OUT " One Cigar One Soda One Ride One Movie EVERY WEEK And lend that quarter to Uncle Sam and get for it a Thrift Stamp. £ST You'll Be Saving Money > Deliveries oi' What Little Fuel Is on Hand Delayed by Snow <•„! f .r, V Harrißb ">K dealers received coal late yesterday and this morning coallM S " ft ? ri,ls: among the city's cc alless has been avoided by t lie main enanee of a fuel supply bureau ?o n ! ( - ha " 1 ,,, pr "f Commerce office to place orders of sufTerers in the hands of dealers who have coal More than seventy-six cases reported L ,r rio,,s were investigated bv I the police yesterday, and turned over 'to the ( humber of Commerce, I'oal Who ® upplied to fifty-five families I who were reported to he suffering. I Ibis morning the announcement was | made that two trucks and a cart have [Continued on Page 14.] All Trolley Lines Are Again in Operation After Digging Through Drifts At 10.T.0 this morning Felix M (Davis. superintendent of transporta tion 01 (lie Harrison rs Railways ompnny, was able to announce the | complete reopening of all traffic over th. company's lines in Harris burg and to suburban towns. The ■ast Hue was opened up this morniug, I u ' ° sweepers, a plow, I inu !arse gang of laborers under | H'° . supervision of Mr Oiivis, had worked on the Cupitai . .'tieet iino for three hours, the iirst ! ear was run over this line. The it apt la) street lino was closed up for | three days and three nights, before I ?. K^ eperH "'anaged to clear a ; path this morning:. At 9 o'clock last night, service was' | resumed with Rockviile after a 48-1 .hour shut down. The line to Rock-I Mile was closed In many places by I drifts four feet deep that extended I i for hundreds of feet. The Linglestown line was opened up yesterday afternoon after a pans; wm! | orer l . cleared the paths with shovels. Service on all subur ban lines was in full swing to-day ' . Ihe service in the city to-day and ! .last night was normal, the railways! company reported this morning. The 1 only delays are caused by the heaped ! I up streets, which necessitate traffic I on the tracks by wagons and nTotor i | trucks. Cars traveled in pairs a | great deal last night, but that diffl-l I on It y has been greatly overcome to- i : day. This evening will see all traffic i back to normal, Mr. Davis, said. ] Germany Sends U. S. Poisonous Pollen in Effort to Kill Wheat San Francisco, Jan. 17. Ger many's latest attempt to destroy the wheat crop of California and other states, has taken the form of ship ment to this country of powerful noisnnous pollen to be distributed by German agents here in such a manner as to kili the entire output I I of this state, according to a bulletin I | issued to-day by the State Council [of Defense. TEUTONS BREAK PEACE PARLEY ! WITH RUSSIANS, BERLIN REPORTS i Official Statement Gives Re ply of German Govern ment to Russ Proposals; Negotiations Terminate IMPOSSIBLE TO BRIDGE DIFFERENCES Central Powers Are Com pelled to Continue War Against Their Other Ene mies, the Statement Says Berlin, Jan. 17.—Via London —An official statement issued here to-day giving the reply by the central powers to the*°Rns s-ian proposals at Brest-Litovsk 011 Monday says the Russian proposals concerning the re gions occupied by the central powers diverge to sucli a degree from the views of the central powers that in their present form they are inac ceptable. The official statement says the [Continued on Page 11$.] GAMBLERS ARE SCORED FOR USE OFPUNCHBOARDS I Judge Kunkel Imposes Heavy Sentence on First Oper ator Before Him x ' When Jacob T. Brenner, charged with operating punchboards, defined under the law as gambling devices, appeared before President Judge) George Kunkel to-day to plead guilty the court indicated violators of this j law would not be dealt with leni ently. Brenner was fined $l5O and costs, Judge Kunkel intimating that if necessary prison sentences will be imposed in order to break up the use of punchboardd. In testifying Brenner said he be lieved many other dealers in the city j used the boards and also admitted I when questioned by Judge Kunkel that one of the men selling th'e I boards offered to pay half the tine : imposed. j The court directed District Attor | ney Stroup to Inviestigate this state iment. In Imposing the sentence Judge Kunkel Kiiid. "It is no excuse for one | person to violate the law because ; others <lo. \\ e will give the man who | made promises to you a chance to I keep his word with you. I am satis tied he won't. If he does then we can have the satisfaction of having him j suffer part of tho punishment." I There are several other similar! cases on the trial list for this session ! of court. Some of the defendants ma; ! be called for trial later in the day. j Christ llofsess held on a charge I of stealing some meat at an uptown mai'kcthouse, was on trial this morn-1 ing. The jury returned a verdict of I guilty of receiving stolen goods. Tie will be sentenced later. Annie Tuah -011, accused of larceny of aprons and dry goods from a small store in Wal rContinued on l'agc 14.] Congressman Chandler Will Be Here Saturday Secretary Beeves, of the Y. M.! ! C. A., announces that owing to the I j Federal government's order to close! entertainments of all description | next Monday night, he has arranged! to have Congressman Walter M. j ('handler give his patriotic address, "How the War Comes to America." ir. Fahnestock Hall next Saturday evening, January 19, at 8 o'clock, in stead of on Monday evening, the 21st. Speed Up Congress to Adjourn June First By Associated Press Washington. Jan. 17.—Speeding up of all appropriation measures by avoiding unnecessary hearings and all | possible delays, with a view to con- ; eluding all business of the House by May 15 and readiness to adjourn Con gress by June 1 was agreed upon at a conference to-day between Speaker ! Clark, Democratic deader Kitehin and i the chairmen of all the leading com- ] mittees of the House. Single Copy, 2 Cents NIGHT EXTRA I. LATE NEWS'! ; 4* T 4. 4* 4 Hp 4* ,*£ <s* MARKET CLOSES HEAVY <l # * New Yorh—Marine preferred featured the final hour, <■** makir. i ex" cr.ie advance of five points before another K ?• *t • realizin movement provoked a general reaction. The closing was heavy. Liberty 3 1-2's sold at 98.60 to 98.50, '*§* If *r first 4's at 97 12 to 97.00 and second 4's, at 96.26 to the ,jj 1 new minimum of 96.08. The government's conservation >2, j§ policy was almost the sole influence in to-day's market, .*£ „ * Early weakness was succeeded by strength but much of *L T* this advantage was forefcited in the final hour. Sales ap- 'f' I proximated 750,000 shares. 1 '*s *?* <# IIYLAN MAY COMMANDEER COAL c ', a New York—An ordinance erhpowering Mayor Hylan X *?* to commandeer any surplus coal held by individuals or Ht* rj-* corporations in New York City and to use it for the bene* 7 fit of the city was adopted by the Board of Aldermen herr *l* **'• |<A to-day. L H* THREAT M KltfG FERDINAND'S ARREST W* Petrograd Premier Lsnine to-day signed an order for .t* <4* the arrest of Kiin Ferdinand of Rumania, who is to be *l* sent to Petrograd for imprisonment in the Fortress of T | )£♦ St. Peter and St. Paul. The order for the king's arrest *|* i j I describe* in derail the way it is to be carried out. k* WLLIAM BAKER FOUND DEAD ! ¥&* ! A* New* York—Scarcely an hour after relatives of Wil- MI liam H. Baker, former vice-president of the Postal Tele- X i j graph Company and former secretary of the Western V Union Telegraph Company, had asked the police to £ ▼ search for him to-day, he was found dead in a room in | , , tig* the Artsonia Hotel. The police reported he had shot himself. . A 6 X •K £ FUEL COMMITTEE TO PUBLIC 9 Harrisburg—"The Federal F"uel Committee fur § Dauphin county does not understand that it has any *f" At J i authorit yto depart from the instructions issued in the V M? . *l* proclarnation,by Dr. Garfield, made January 16, and that $ • ■ <£ ;A) each individual or corporation must decide for themselves V | Jl . V any question in the interpretation of that proclamation ♦** f<4* which may be doubtful. The committee will expect I ' At, every seller and user of fuel and power generated by fuel r|* to strictly and cheerfully as a patriotic duty obey the jjp jg orders of Dr. Garfield in his proclamation." This state ment was issued by the Federal Fuel Committee for V Dauphin county this afternoon. Delivery of coal to I At domestic con ;umers is not interfered with by the orders. 4* FORMER EMPEROR ESCAPED, IS REPORT X £ London- Nicholas Romanoff, the former emperor, and *F |T his family have escaped from their prison near Tobolsk, f !4* It is reported in Petrograd, according to a Reuter dispatch I jJL from the Russian capital. The report, the dispatch adds, ,*f* A * lT lackt confirmation. L <s* 'J <L *ir 1 <4 il* SENATE DELAYS GARFIELD HEARING | <4* Washington Dr. national fuel adminis- X i , trator, was e.. .mined by the Senate Coal Committee this ♦*- afternoon. I'h" Senate agreed to postpone further debate ! I V *£ 12 CHARLES THOMPSON KILLED liarrisburi;—Charles Thompson, formerly a well T known city policeman, fell from the roof of his home, 913 !*s i Capitol street, this afternoon while clearing it of snow, X J <4^ i fractured his skull and died a short time after. jf MUTINY AT KIEL 'j IT London—A mutiny among submarine crews at th German naval base a Kiel on January 7is reported in 3 '*|* T Exchange Tele 0 : aph dispatch froin Geneva. Thirty-eight 'X oifictib aie aid to have been killed. (X BRITISH CARRY OUT SUCCESSFUL RAID T JL . London—British troops carried out a successful raid f last night of St. Quentin, to-day's war office report 4" T X .mUKIAGE William ii. ShtifAehottom nnl Hckmlc n. Ilncfncr. Udoaalers Willlnm .1. Mcault Ifirlr, nnd lOilyfla K. Klnl/or, WoniflNdorfi Walter * **• Hojnlton, nnl Knthryn . Trelobler, Mlddletonn.
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