NIGHT EXTRA--BofeSi Minority Wen EXTRA HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH M © )t Star-independent s > ' LXXXVi No. 17 14 PAGES GARFIELD AMENDS FUEL ORDER AFTER WHOLE NATION PROTESTS Hickok to Commandeer Soft THEATERS TO BE HE A TLESS ON TUESDAYS AGENTS SPEED IIP COALING SHIPS AT SEABOARD POINTS U. S. Representatives Will Supervise Bunkering of Waiting Vessels Washington, Jan. 19.—A1-, though much of the confusion' attending the enforcement of the' fuel administration's five day' closing order continued to-day it was evident its application would be far less drastic than! first believed. A list of interpretations in specific cases which probably will be given general application was 1 being prepsfred by fuel officials j from which minor exemptions may I result to supplement special rulings made yesterday. In addition it wasl announced that food administrators'; may be expected to make further j exemptions in the case of food pro- j ducing plants and related industries.' Food Administrator Hoover yester-, diy interpreted the closing order to i mean that no check would be put on 1 the manufacturing or distribution: of any essential food product. War Plants Exempted „ Considerable relief was expressed j by officials here when it was learned , that most of the plants engaged in 1 Government war contracts had been j exempted. This list, prepared by i Secretaries Baker and Daniels, in- j eludes manufacturers of gas masks, I explosives, machine guns, rifles, small ] arms and ammunition forging, elec- j trical supplies and tool steel for Gov ernment destroyers, destroyer parts, j aircraft and aircraft parts, signal I corps equipment, steel tubing, loco- j [Continued on Page o.] Yardmaster Knits Sweater For Red Cross When Not Getting Coal Cars Through Walter Fisher, assistant yard-' master at the west end of the Enola' yard, has laid claim to the cham-; pionship knitter among the men of I the West Shore. Mr. Fisher, who j lives in West Fairview recently be-1 gan knitting in his spare moments.' In less than two weeks he las al-j most completed a sweater which i when finished will be given to the Red Cross. According to his own story Fir,her! has already become so proficient in j the art that he never drops a stitch. | Mr. Fisher is a member of the; West Fairview school board and al so prominent in Masonic circles, be- 1 ing a member of the Zembo patrol of llarrisburg. WEATHER FORECAST For llnrrinhurg mid vleialtyt Fnlr anil continued i-olri to-night, with lorl temperature nlimit ileßree* i Nunday IncrenxinK eloudlnrns, i rohuhly followed by ino 1 not quite no cold. For Kaatern l'enny l\anln t Fnlr, continued cold to-nlichtt Sunday InrrmninK •'loadlnenn. followed by snon t not quite no cold) mod erate north and northeast wind*. r- =.! In January, 1918 You can put $4.12 into Uncle Sam's Hands; In January, 1923 Uncle Sam will put $5 into your hands. Do You Want a Bargain? Laundries Exempt; Theaters Open Mondays WuMiiiigton. Jan. 111. lt was definitely ruled to-flay tliat all laundries are exempt from the fl in Celebrating Lee's Birth ,| Petersburg. Va.. Jan. 19. The Blue i and the Gray united to-day in cele brating the one hundred and eleventh i anniversary of the bir'h of General Robert K. Lee, members of the Vir ginia Senate and House of Delegates j joining Pennsylvania soldiers of the j Three Hundred and Nineteenth In fantry in the exercises at Camp Dee. I The Senate, in accepting the invita j tion. commended the desire on the part of the Three Hundred and Nine teenth Infantry to "wipe out in time of national stress, sectional feeling, end to show admiration for the great Southern soldier." Bethlehem Will Hire a Manager For the City Bethlehem. Pa., Jan. 19.—The ! Bethlehem Council yesterday ap | pointed a committee to procure a | competent business manager for the j city. The position has been offered jto Raymond W. Parlin, former ; deputy street commissioner of New York under Mayor Mitchel, at a sal ary of nearly JB.OOO. j The commissioners will sacrifice a part of their salaries to pay the com -1 pensation of the manager. Steel Yacht of German Owner Seized by U. S. j New York. Jan. 19. The steel i pleasure yacht Joyeuse, said to lie j owned by Kmil H. Kleuge, an un naturalized German of Knglewood, X. J., was seized here to-day by United 1 States Marshal McCarthy. Federal authorities said the yacht, equipped with wireless, with Kleuge on board and manned by a Swedish crew, had been cruising recently along the At lantic coast. HARRISBURG, PA., SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 19, 1918. BITUMINOUS MAY SAVE CITY FROM A FUEL FAMINE Administrator in Conference [ With Railway Officials to Get Soft Coal TO DIVERT SHIPMENTS To Instruct Housewives How! to Use New Fuel in Homes By diverting bituminous shipments j to llarrisburg, Ross A. Hickok to-day | is hoping to alleviate the fuel fain- | iiie which now is threatening the I city more than ever before. Plans i to get the soft coal here in time to prevent acute suffering were under taken this morning. To Take Over Coal Mr. Hickok held a conference with authorities of both the Heading and Pennsylvania Railroads this morning, and another this afternoon ot 2 o'clock. Mr. Hickok made the definite announcement that he will comman deer for domestic consumption the bituminous coal that arrives over the two railroads during the five days and which is consigned to points within the county. Mr. Hickok will meet railroad officials three times daily in the future to discuss the di verting of bituminous coal shipments and arrange for its distribution. Mr. Hickok also is trying to com mandeer seven cars of anthracite in the repair shops ot the Pennsylvania Railroad for local consumption. He announced this morning that he has received word from the Susquehanna Ccal Company that twenty-five cars of anthracite are on the way to deal -1 ers in the city, over the Pennsylvania lines. Following a telephone conference with dealers last night who have had no coal for days. Mr. Hickok resolved on the effort to supply dealers with j the bituminous. The dealers in the Hill district will be relieved first. I Most of the dealers this morning 1 expressed themselves as willing to try to dispose of the bituminous coal to their customers. Some of them ex pressed doubt as to the advisability of using bituminous coal in the stoves and furnaces in the city, as they were all built for anthracite. But most of them were unanimous in the belief that the bituminous coal would find a ready sale, and that con- j sumers will be ready to put up with the discomfort occasioned by the change from anthracite to bitumin ous, for the sake of the heat. CJive* Good Supply The chief drawback to the plan to relieve suffering with bituminous, dealers say, is the smoke nuisance. The stoves and furnaces in the city, having been built for anthracite con sumption, will let a quantity of smoke into the rooms when bitu minous coal is used. The amount of heat is just the same when bitumin ous is burned and the coal is cheaper. [Continued on Page o.] Wildcat, Frozen to Railroad, Loses Tongue Bellefonte, Jan. 19. —A railroad ' crew while running a shifting en- j , sine to a mine near Bellefonte. Ob- j served a wildcat on the track ahead. I t It was not until the engine was too ] close to stop that it was discovered | that the animal was caught, appar- ! ently by the head. When the engine j struck the cat the latter was knock- i ed to one side, and with a gurgling j | cry ran into the woods. The men j investigated and found the cat's tongue hanging to the rail. The eat ■ | had come to the spring nearby and i evidently stepped into the water, j 1 with the result that when crossing the railroad its foot froze to the rail. ■ In attempting to lick its foot loose I the cat's tongue froze to the rail. I City's Retail Stores to Be Closed Only on Monday A misunderstanding regarding the | order closing retail stofes seemed to | ibe general throughout the city to | cay. All stores will be open this eve-j ning as usual and closed onlv on Mon- I day. Aside from drugstores and grocery shops all retail sttfres will bo open e\ery day next week aside from Mon- ' day. Grocery stores may be open | until noon Monday. Judge Lindsey Offered Commission to France Washington. Jan. 19.—Judge Bon! ; I indsey, of Denver, has been offer | ed a commission to go to France and j I England as a representative of the Committee on Public Information ; to study war conditions among wo men and children. Judge Dindsey has said he cannot definitely accept the mission until he receives leave of absence from his work In Den-: ver. FAIR PRICES TO FOODSriFFSTORE' PUBLISHED HERE Grocers to Co-opcratc With Food Administrator in Important Move BIG AID TO CONSUMER Publicity Is Hoped to Keep Housewives From Being Overcharged According to nn agreement this: morning between the grocers of Har risburg and the local food adminis tration authorities, there will be issued semiweekly from now on a bulletin of "fair food prices," s is now being done in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. The rule will be put in force in all Pennsylvania cities of over 50.000 population. On Monday night Donald McCor mick will meet with the heads of Harrisburg Jirms to organize this service. The principal commodities involved are beans—lima, gray-ntar row and navy; butter, corn meal, eggs, flour, potatoes, sugar, poultry. There is no power in the food board to fix prices, but twice a week the wholesalers and retailers will meet and agree on prices—first, what the retailers should pay for goods, and secondly what their profit snould be in dealing with the consumer. It should be understood that the prices which will be quoted are for "cash and carry." In case of delivery, it is considered only fair that the dealer should be paid for this service. The publicity will inform the con sumer what is the recognized price and if his particular dealer fails to rtspond to the general agreement then it Is the customer's "own fu neral" if he continues to patronize that establishment. Ordinance Increasing City Water Rates May Be Introduced on Tuesday The ordinance increasing the city water rates will probably be intro duced at the meeting of Council on Tuesday. It is understood the meas ure has been prepared but there has been no decision about some of the changes in rates to the manufactur ing plants consuming large quantities of water in the course of operation. Minimum domestic rates will be raised from $4 to |6, a 50 per cent, increase. Repairs to the new pump at the city pumping station will be com pleted in about three weeks, accord ing to water department officials. The big casting to replace the one which was broken was shipped from Birds boro on Wednesday and was expected to reach here late to-day. More Snow Is Coming; No Relief in Sight According to the weather forecast made this morning by Forecaster Demain, Harrisburg and vicinity will be within the grip of another snow storm to-morrow. The weather to night will be cold with the tempera ture nt about 8 degrees. To-mor row will bo cloudy with the snow storm in the afternoon or evening. The temperature to-morrow will be slightly higher. Weather predictions for the week beginning Sunday, issued by the Weather Bureau to-day, are: North and Middle Atlantic states: Fair Sunday, snow at night or Mon day and again Wednesday or Thurs day. Probably fair at end of week. Ttmperatures will remain below normal. President Opposes Director of Munitions By Associated I 'rest Washington, Jan. 19.—1t was stat ed officially to-day that President Wilson's opposition to the creation of a minister of munitions with cabinet rank extends to the propos ed creation of a director of muni tions and establishment of a war council of three. He is said to feel that the proposed laws would ha< e the same effect as that to which he was opposed. Local Theaters to Be Open Monday Under New Order Oflicial notification was received here to-day from the United States luel administration that theaters will not be required to close on Mon day, but will be closed on Tuesday, instead. Managers of Harrisburg theaters said they would co-operate and pre ferred ir necessary to close at all to do so on Tuesday. "Very Good Ed die," thte musical comedy billed for the Orpheum theater on Monday, will givo the evening performance as had been advertised earlier this week. RUMANIAN ARMIES ON GUARD BOLSHEVIK Ninth Army Demands Unrestrained Passage Over Ru manian Territory on Notice of Two Hours; Ferdin and Under Allied Protection; Constituent Assembly Meets in Petrograd; Five Killed and Several Injured in Preliminary Disorder By Associate 4 Press l.oiidon, .lan. 111.—A collision between Bolsheviki and mem bers of the Society for the De fense of the Constitution Assem bly who were marching toward Tauridc Palace, occurred about, noon Friday, according to * Petrograd dispatch to Reuters. With the peace negotiations at Brest-Litovsk again reported broken off temporarily, the Russian consti- CITY RESIGNED ' TO HARDSHIPS OF COAL ORDER Harrisburg Merchants Are Preparing For General Monday Something akin to order compar-1 ed with the chaos that reigned hsre yesterday in the wake of drastic closing order and the mass of con flicting and misunderstood rulings of the national and state fuel ad ministrators reigned to-day in the city as employers and employes were made more familiar with the workings of the rule. The- Harrisburg Manufacturing and Boiler Company to-day receiv ed notice from Washington that it has been exempted from the clos ing order. The ruling came too late to open the shops to-day and ar rangements were made to get the men back at work Monday. Ninety per cent, of the company's men are working on a contract for the Fed eral ordnance department. Plants of the Bethlehem Steel Company and the Central Iron and Steel Company to-day got under op eration virtually at full capacity al though the latter plant was hamp ered by the lack of fuel and the difficulty in getting its men back af ter notifying them of a five-day holiday. Monday to He Worse Half a dozen alleged violations of the closing order were reported to Ross A. Hickok, local fuel adminis-| trator, who carefully investigated them. Indications pointed to-day to more chaotic condition on Monday, the lirst of the "complete holidays" than attended the closing down in industrial plants, for on Monday' virtually everything in the city with tlie exception of homes must be heatiess and businessless. Mr. Hickok, called upon for In numerable explanations of the rules has called upon all persons to read them carefully. Among the most important of the rules are the fol lowing: "Hotels must close their bars and! not serve Intoxicants in regular din-| ingrooms under penalty of having the heat turned off in every room in the building. The same applies to clubs. Everything Closes "Every store, shop and office must close, except drug stores and gro ceries. Drugstores may sell noth ing but drugs. "Trolley and steam railway trains must be operated on Sunday sched ules. In a nutshell nothing- muyj operate on Monday that does not operate on Sundays." It was the consensus of opinion to-day that the live-day closing or der will have a more far-reaching effect than was at first feared. Em ployers to-day declared that tha time lost will not be more of a loss than the confusion that will result after the enforced holiday period is over. Saloons did a rushing business le-day as a result of the general closing of industries. For the most part barrooms were filled with the men who were unable to work. MAY SELL DHIf.S ONLY Philadelphia, Jan. 19. Drug ' stores throughout the state were ! notified to-day by William Potter, Federal fuel administrator for I Pennsylvania, that on the ten Mon days specified in Garfield's coal con-ji servation order they will be per-M mitted to sell medicinal supplies and i drugs only, but they must not •clli anything else. tucnt assembly has opened its ses sions in Petrograd. The Bolshevik! government controlled the opening which was not attended by mem bers of the Constitutional cratic party who. with a majority of the Social Revolutionists, form the [Continued on rage I.] THREE SWIM IN ICY RIVER TO RESCUE CROSS 1,500 Watch Bulgarians Jump Into Slushy Water Dur ing Religious Ceremony | Three Steelton men this morning | swam the icy waters of the Susque hanna river to rescue a wooden cross which was thrown into the river by the Rev. David Nakoff, as part of the celebration of Epiphany, the fes tival commemorating the baptism of Christ. Dimko Steplianoff, Main and Francis streets, was the hero'of the occasion, rescuing the cross in less than a minute after it had landed in the water. Steve Yocheff and Nacho Nenoff, 436 Main street, were the other two men who braved the icy water in an effort to win the honors. The men were attired in thin bathing suits and stood on the Ice while the services were being held on a sand flat at the Susquehanna river shore at the foot of Fraicls street, where an open "air hole" was found. Before jumping in the water and even after taking the icy plunge the men did not seem to mind the cold weather. When they crawled from the water they were quickly | wrapped in overcoats and taken to their homes. Nearly 1,500 people lined the river bank to witness the services. The large number of spectators was due, in part, to the fact that many per | son's are not working on account of | the shutdown of steel plant depart ments. * Services at the Bulgarian Ortho dox Church, Front and Franklin streets, started at 7.30 o'clock. About three hours later the proces sion of worshipers, with bared heads, headed by officials and the Rev. Father Nakoff, marched from the church to the river, singing | songs. I At the river the services were In charge of the rector, and included the usual speaking and singing by the worshipers. 16-Year-Old Girl Carries Dynamite; Expects to See Her Friends in Jail By Associated Press I Chicago, Jan. 19. —The 16-year old girl, giving the name of J,inda Jose, who is in jail here to-day in default of J20.000 bail, on a charge of transporting dynamite on a rail road train, is believed by the pollco to be a resident of Youngstown, Ohio. I She was arrested yesterday as she left a train from Cleveland, and in a suit 'oajiu which she carried, the police found thirty-six sticks of dynamite and a loaded automatic pistol. A telegram from the police au thorities of Youngstown said a girl named Jose disappeared . recently about the time of the theftW dyna mite from a construction company. It was added four other girls were Involved anil were on the way west. When asked if she was an emis ; sary of the Industrial Workers of the World the girl under arrest here, | said: "I expect to see some of my I friends In Jail.';, ... Single Copy, 2 Cents NIGHT EXTRA I LATE NEWS ! ♦ ' i f* COURTS TO CONSERVE COAL SUPPLY T *7* *•* |* Philadelphia—Although the fuel order of Dr. Garh?! 1 f IL , § does not effect the judiciary, Judges Thompson and Die' <= *l* inson, of the United States District Court will hold no ♦ -T --court Monday. - * a t RAILWAYS NOT AFFECTED !|! 4* Cleveland, O. —Railroad officials to-day said the first X r *t® eb day's operation of the national fuel administration order ga T suspending operations of industrial plants for five days Jl • t• I I <4* has failed to effect the railroads in any way in this sec- JL . tion. Operating officials say it is too early for the order j, Hf* to have any effect. *s• 4 4 4 s v § SALOONS TOLD TO OBEY ORDERS •"$* ]|J Philadelphia— Retail liquor dealers in Pennsylvania 4 Hh were to-day advised by Thomas J. O'Connor, president *** r L of the Pennsylvania Federation of Liquor Dealers, to J* comply strictly with the order of Dr. Garfield and close w their bars i X RUMANIA'S REPLY UNSATISFACTORY T 4* London—The Bolsheviki authorities in Petrograd re- V *7* w A eeived a reply yesterday from the Rumanian g >vernment X T denying the allegations contained in the Bolsheviki note TO ®f* *'r § to Rumani wording to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch V from Petrograd under Friday's date. Premier Lenine, J| 4* adds the dispatch considered the reply unsatisfactory. V He sent copies of it to Foreign Minister Trotzky and 4* Ensign Krylenko the army commander. A U. OF P. PLANNING MILITARY RELAY RACES 2 T Philadelphia— For the first time in the history of the ♦ University of Pennsylvania relay carnival, military races M X will be held when the twenty-fourth annual classic u 4* £ staged at Franklin Field year. on April 26 and 27. ' ® ? BA: DWIN WORKS TO RESUME T X Washington—Bahvin Locomotive Works, Philadel- *f T>Hia, may resume ivork at once. T X TO FIX ZINC PRICES J Washington—Fixing of prices for zinc by the govern- X ment has been requested by .zinc producers. T I ASK A MILLION TO RELIEVE DISTRESS f T Washington—A joint resolution was introduced by X Representative London, New York's Socialist ,to-day, to •• ▼ appropriate $1,000,000 to relieve distress among wage i j3 workers, as a result of the unemployment during the heatless days. <| jjk BOLSHEVIKI MEMBERS WITHDRAW T X London—The Bolsheviki members of the Constituent 3 ]£♦ Assembly and those belonging to the left wing of the 5! Hf* y L Social Revolutionists withdrew from the constituent 4* jj* assemly in Petrograd at its first meeting, according to a X | *7* it Russian wireless report of the session received here to- J. IT day. This action appears to indicate a split between the it I iJ| Bolsheviki a id the Majority Social Revolutionists. it 1 4* • WAGE CONTROVERSY IS CONTINUED T Indianapolis—Another long debate was in prospect *r T w T to-day when the delegates to the biennial convention of L the United Mine Workers of America r< umed consider i A . *7* ▼ ation of the question of ratifyin gthe Washington bitu- f ; life j-J* minous war ; agreement. All yesterday was taken up in jT the discussion of the automatic penalty clause, which y t I stands in the wa yo fapproval. X' |l London—"There is nothing of interest to report on ?• j2 the British front," says to day's official communication, w IX PI AVE ATTACK ARRESTED J jv Rome—The enemy attacked along a wide front 011 V the Piavt on Thursday night. To-day's official |ai statement say. he was arrested. TO |4j SUGAR PROFITEERS LOSE SUPPLIES X X Washin ton—Three Pittsburgh retail rocers, M. T Shapiro, B. Block and Sam Gelman, all charged wit 4 sugar profit', ring, are cut off from supplies of license X Ufa food commodities by an order of the United States food 4$ administration to-day. ■ X I MARRIAGE J *s* Kdaril H. Slnr*ur nntl Hrrlhn U. I mho IT. Mlddlclonnt Krnct u, I.. SiuHli anil Klr A. Mndlitoii, Sttrrltom foriirllua T. Ilrlnlrr, I'hlla- T '■ fl'lplil:i. imd llannali M. I.mkrr. milmburti 4 Hariri, \V. KiiHb,