Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-12-25
Hearst Is Making Campaign.
for Nomination for Govern-I
orship of New York as Step
to White House,
COLD WEATHER WORKS
HARDSHIP ON POOR
Coal Famine in Americas Me-
tropoIis Is Not Brokeni Ten
ement Residents Are Still
Shivering,

ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE TO HoENNo JOURNAL
New York, Dec. 24.-To comb the
whole country for every dollars
worth of property held by alien
enemies, is the object of a huge
drive that was set in mo-
ton in this city by forces of investi-
gators, agents and secret service men
under Francis p. Garvan, who was
one of the principal prosecutors un-
der District Attorney Jerome and is
now assistant to the alien property
custodian in Washington. Ten thou
sand dollars as fine or ten years of
Imprisonment or both, is the punish
ment prescribed for wilful failure to
file returns by business or banking Or
ganlzations on all officers, directors,
depositors or stockholders known or
believed to be enemies or allies of an
enemy residing abroad; and the time
limit for such reports has just expired
after two extensions. That this fight
against the enemy at home is almost
as vital as that being waged by our
soldiers abroad, is admitted by the
leaders in Washington, who propose
to exert every energy to push it in
every section of the United States.
Political Plots.
With the presidential prospects of
both Hearst and Whitman staked
upon the campaigns for governor of
the empire state that each hopes to
head next fall, the coming ten months
will afford more political plotting than
usual, according to party leaders whc
now are assured of the intention OF
to try for the White House after an
Inauguration at Albany year from
New Years. To head the democratic
drive, Hearst promises that he can
marshal socialist and suffrage voters
behind him while Whitman is striv-
ing to assure himself of tie full
strength of the G.. o. p. and conser-
vative elements to support him at
the head of the republican ticket. AL
though nobody here seems to take
into account the proposed farm
labor forces that may be organized in
time to take a hand in the coming
campaign, it is conceded by some Of
the shreWdest upstate observe g that
they may make OF break any or al of
the gubernatorial hoOns now set
afloat.
Heating Hardships.
Practically paralyzed in much of
their motive and heating powers, sky
scrapcrs, apartments and houses oil
over Greater New York arc this week
lite better off than the .entmcnts
where thousands of the poorer folk
are fighting death and disease from
freezing cold conditions. Though
every organized coal carrying and dis
tributing force is straining to relieve
the fuel famine that has killed many
elevators and furnaces, it is prophe-
sled that there will be much shortage
Of all fuel from now on until the
spring sun can take up the burden Of
home and office heat and light. If
the bitter winter weather that has
held the town for a month ahead of
time, continues through the next few
months everyone here is prepared for
privation in indoor living that may
make big inroads into the life and
health of the community.
Fatal Fumes.
With half dozen deaths from au-
tomobile exhaust poisoning already re-
ported from small suburban garages
hereabouts, every effort is now being
made by the authorities to warn car
owners of the danger of dallying with
their engines indoors during cold
conditions. AS terrific as trench gas
are the vapors bred by bad explosion
of gasoline, the doctors declare, while
so subtle is their effect that the VIC
tim may succumb before he can crawl
the length of his machine. Though
scores of careless chauffeurs have
thus far escaped the peril of exhaust
fumes with only bad scare, so far
this winter, the medical men prophesy
that large loss Of life will result i.
the practice of running engines coop
ed up indoors, is not speedily discon-
tinued.
Christmas Cheer.
To rally soldiers and sailors beneath
its boughs on Christmas eve, q com
munity Christmas tree has Just been
set up in the center OF Madison
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