Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-11-19
Constant Watch Is Kept Over
Every Section of City Where
Damage Can Be Done to
War Industries of Nation.
PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN
SEMI DARKNESS NOW
Food Conservation Is Watch
word in All Restaurants and
Boarding Houses Reforms
Become General.
,srssiAl n,srArcr 70 MORNING JouwsAll

New York, Nov. 1S.--With 10000
secret service agents, detectives and
policemen straining eyes and nerves
for alien activity, every hour of the
day or night, the greatest spy drive
in history here is today being extend
ed over every foot of this island and
its adjacent water fronts. Until their
dragnet has covered every ship, stor-
age yard, war supply plant, food store
and army or navy station. the federal
and police authorities are determined
that this huge hunt for enemy con-
splrdtors shall not cease to be prose-
Cuted with the fullest Iorces at their
command. Already constant watch
for fire or explosion attempts has
been established over every danger
point in the greater city, and before
many weeks are over the sleuths de-
clare that enemy spies must stop their
work or be inevitably captured at it.
Dark Days for New York.
The darkest days that have ever
been known along Broadway are be-
ing experienced now, and the fire.
quenters of the formerly Great White
Way are now exploring these gay re-
gions without the aid of the billion
bulbs of light that the government
has banished from the huge advertis-
ing air belt overhead. Only sober
street ligh,s will hereafter draw on
the coal supply. except from to IL
evenings, the federal conservationists
have decreed, and hundreds of thou
sands of sky signs will be blinded
even before the crowds come out of
the theaters. Wiener lhi6 large loss
of light will in any way chill the gala
spirits of the night FOUNDERS, remains
to be seen, but the great majority of
New Workers will give thanks for this
cut in the consumption of the coal,
that they all crave to fill yawning
household bins.
Pruning Platters.
After many serious sessions of la
boring with pressing problems of fooG
supply, 900 hotel men have lust
left here for their homes to put into
practice upon their guests the con-
serVation codes that nave chiefly con-
cerned this wartime convention of
bonifaces. While kitchen cutting may
make microscopic the portions to be
served to the wayfaring patron of
their tables, these genial hosts have
apparently confined all reductions to
the size, rather than to the price, of
their food ii the proprietors would
prune the cost marks on their bills
of fare as sweepingly as they are to
trim the proportions of platters, plates
and glasses, the people of this city
would applaud much more heartily
their timely program.
Hospital Hardships.
That thousands of poor patients
more than usual must be received in
The free wards of the hospitals here
this winter on account of war condi-
tons that leave many families depen-
dent upon charity, is shown by statis-
ties. just taken to compute the cost
of maintaining this class of institu-
tions throughout the coming
year. While a rise of ove,. 20 per
cent in the price of hospital supplies
will call for contributions larger than
have ever before been needed in this
field, every city hospital will be filled
10 capacity with patients, many of
whom might formerly afford to be
cared for at home, the records show.
With the mighty call for such support
of the medical and surgical organiza
tons for our men abroad, the local
hospital authorities feel that it will
be hard work to take care of the sick
at home through the coming cold sea-
son.
City Cast-Offs.
With more than a thousand high
brow city servants to be set at liberty
on the first day of next year, the EN-
ployment for bright young men with
the reform shape of head is now
crammed by supply and almost closed
on demand. Commissioners, secre-
taries, superintendents. professional
advisers and publicity promoters, who
have been drawing down anywhere
from $4,000 to $4,000 year in ad-
ministering the various city depart
mems under Mayor Mitchell. will be
detached from the public payroll by
the hundred at the end of next month,
Though many of these men may &C
into government service and many
will talk of returning to their lucra-
tive private interests. great many
more will be just plain out of job.