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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-28
'Lightless Night"
Finds White Way
Well Darkened

Lightless night became more Of q
fact than ever in New York last night.
The Great Dark Way blotted out the
few white lights which had failed to
flicker ont along Broadway the week
before, and the ancient belief that all
one might need to find n friend from
Kankakee or the Suez Canal would be
10 stand at the corner Of Broadway
and Forty~second Street was, for onca
fiction.
While there was no one 70 verify the
statement, IL was said that several Of
the owners Of places which had failed
TO obey the mandate Of Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield had received warning
that failure last night would result in
cutting of their supply Of electricity.
Be the cause what it may, lights on
Broadway were genuine rarity.
Some few Of the hotels and restau-
rants did succeed in lighting up the
gloom for a few feet to either side Of
their entrances by placing extra lamps
Just inside the doorways.
In Harlem and The Bronx there was
the same careful observation of the
ruling and a hasty trip around the
city between Q o'clock and midnight
failed 10 disclose more than two or
three isolated instances where strict
observance might have been qnes-
toned.
]. ". Lieb, jr.. chief engineer Of the
Edison Company. said the lights
which come under restriction COM
prise about 1 per cent Of his COM
panv's business, which requires burn
ing 1000 tons of coal g day. On this
basis the saving would be thirty tons
each lightless night. Mr.. Lieb said
hn company had not been able to
figure the actual saving.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-28
Camp Dix Inspected
200 Men Have No Woollen
Coats; 10 No Army Clothes

CAMP DIX, Y. j., Dec. 27.-Division-
al Headquarters, after examining the
equipment of the 10000 men in camp,
in accordance with War Department
orders, announced to-day that only
nineteen were without army clothing.
About 2,700, however, have not received
woollen overcoats.
Brigadier General J. F. Mallory
started for Fort Greene, y. c., 70 take
charge of regular army command
Major General Hugh l.. Scott, new COM
mandant of the cantonment, is expected
on Wednesday. Pending his arrival
Brigadier General j. +. Bean will be in
command. BrigadieN General John +.
Mcmahon, who has been in command
Of the negro troops here, is to go
South, according TO report, with the
rank Of major general.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-28
Buys Liberty Bond
To Avoid Lynching
Wealthy Citizen and Pastor
Seized by Mob for Alleged
Disloyal Remarks

AUDUBON. Iowa. Dec. 2I.-becau.e OF
alleged unpatriotic utterancees' the heV.
". A. Starck and Fred lenehneit' VINO
e said TO be wealth.. were seized oy
crowd of citizens yesterday, VINO put
ropes around their necks. ieneknelE
was dragged for o block and released
ON tho public Fqusre. where ne signed
A check for 1000 Liberty BOND
Stsrct also was released, on the IN
tervention Of his wiz, lie promised TO
leave town at once,
According to reports to-day the. mol,
was made up Of parents OF enlisted
bovs. both mon are understood to have
hccn called before tho county council
81 defence eevoral times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-28
Truck Train on Last Lag
Army Squadron VIII Reach
Baltimore To-day

WESTMINSTER, Nd, Dec. 27.-After
a cold. rough trip over the Alleghanies
and the Blue Ridge Mountains, during
which their progress was much I'M
peded by deep SHOWS, the thirty army
trucks, manned by eighty soldiers, in
command OF Captain Bennett Bronson
and Lieutenant c. A. Riley, arrived
here from Detroit on the last lap Of
their journey 10 Baltimore, which city
they will reach tomorrow afternoon.
The squadron left Detroit three
weeks ago Captain Bronson spoke Of
the cordial receptions given them al
various cities, and expressed deep re-
greet over the accident in Ohio, when
one OF the trucks WAS struck and
wrecked by & railroad train and one
man was killed and another seriously
wounded
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-28
Saws Bank Head Confessed

PEORIA. IL, Dec. 27.-Crowds
surged into the courtroom this morn
ing 20 hear the continuance Of the
evidence in the coroner's inquiry into
the killing last Sunday morning Of
Berne VI. Mead. cashier OF the State
Trust and Savings Bank.
Hdgar A. Strause, president of the
bank, was in the habit OF carrying a
revolver, was the statement Of David
". Norton. teller in the bank. who
identified the gun found near the body
Of SIR. Mead as having been removed
from one OF the teller's cages.
4. II. Bishop, u clerk in a sporting
goods store. testified the gun with
which Strause IS alleged TO have killed
the cashier was sold 20 him just
month ago to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-28
Commissioner Colver
Blames Carriers for
Miners ldIeness
Inquiry Is Limited
Seizure of Railroads VIII
Narrow Senate Inyes-
tigation

WASHINGTON, Dec, 25.-President
wilson's decision 10 take over the faiI-
roads will keen the Senate coal inquiry
within narrower limits than originally
planned. Members Of the msnuiactuf-
ers' committee. invest eating both coal
and sugar. arc disinclinod TO so into
The TRANSPORTATION difficulties now that
they believe Improvement IS N sigh'
and In the hearing to-day touched only
casually upon She lack Of railroad iacn-
tics which has been blamed for most
Of the coal shortage, 49,,
". B. ColvcC, member OF the Guerra
TRADE commission, the only witness 70
day. said failure OF railroads 10 p;Ace
enough cars a. mines had resulted IN
biturainous miners Of the country DeinS
idle an average Of two or three cay
a week, which not only limits produe-
ton but tends 20 mako l2borefs as,
contented. Had there been plenty OF
cars this year, he stated, enough eHa4
could have been mined 10 MAKE up Ihs
50O00,000 ton shortage Fuel Admins
traitor Gsrfield estimates exists
Misplacing Of Cars Blamed
Mr. Colver reiterated, however: the
commissions opinion that no car snort
soc exists and that misplaeing OF cars
is what is causing the trouble
Production was NJ Its lowest eoo ana
nrices the highest, ne testified when
president Wilson set tentative ro2I
nrices in August. and il was pTlce con
ditions prior to that and transports
tion conditions, both rail and water
since that led 70 the present SlpuaIlon,
Early last summer, Mr.. ColveT 'oIo
the committee the operators nah con
trarted for IS per cent o. the esn-
mated output for the year at prices
higher than those later nxed. just
before the prices were fixed there was
violent bidding for coal not contracted
for. and in many cases sAl hlGher
nrices we're paid
Then Mr.. Colver explained, the
GENERATORS hurried 10 deliver this high
priced product, leaving. the contract
coal the bulk Of deliveries, until later
In consequence, he said coal usually
shipped TO the Great Lakes New Eng
land and other sections during the
summer was not sent, and in the fall,
when the operators turned TO their
contracts. there were no facilities for
delivery
Wilson's Prices High
Prices set by the President were
high, the Commissioner testified, but
not nearly so high as those in most
contracts, and much lower than that
sold without contract. Existing con-
tracts in most instances have been al
lowed to stand; hence much coal IS
being sold at prices higher than those
fixed by the President
The committee will take up sugar
again tomorrow morning, with Food
administrator Hoover testifying- The
statement which he tried 10 get be
fore the committee last week already
has been made public ct the White
House, but it is expected he will be
questioned during the entire day.
other sugar witnesses may be called
for Saturday, but the committee has
no definite plans beyond Friday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-28
Bomb Missed u. S. Consul

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.--Ihe State
Department received to-day a dispatch
from Consul General John A. Ray, az
odessa. stating that. At l o'clock on
the morning OF December 70. bomb
was thrown ~ the consulate generals
Office. the building being considerably
damaged. The consul general was not
In the Offices, and 10 was not reported
that any persons were injured.
Anarchists were believed 20 have
committed the outrage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-28
John J. Dempsey Elected
Vice-President of E. r. 7.

John J. Dempsey, superintendent OF
the New York Consolidated Railways,
vas elected vice-president OF the OPP
Grating companies OF the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit system At n meeting or
the directors yesterday afternoon.
lie win succeed Slaughter W. Han.
Who will leave the Brooklyn transport
uol system on January | 20 become
president Of the Third Avenue railroad
line. 81 Nsr York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-28
Wiggin Leaves for Wash
ington to Consult With
Garfield
Supply Is Adequate
Schley Says Receipts Are In
creasing and Whole Situa-
ton Is Favorable

State Fuel Administrator Albert H..
Wiggin Left for Washington yesterday
to consult with the National Fuel Adj
ministration on the subject % insuring
New York City against suffering from
lack Of coal IN case o. another coal
spell. With the temperaturo dropping
and predictions from the weather man
that a cold wave IS sweeping eastward,
local fuel officials felt apprehensive
that the city was doomed to suffering
which tho present supply and the daily
receipts could no. ward OF.
u was stated in the Offices Of the
state and county administration that
1ir. Wigcin would ask National Fuel
Administrators Harry A. Garfield how
20 proceed in tho matter OF drafting
coal" If necessary. An official Of the
National Fuel Administration made use
Of this expression IN letter to Health
Commissioner Haven Emerson, made
publip a few days ago. The men re-
sponsiblo for keeping New York City
coaled up want TO know how TO go
about this matter OF conscr,pting fuel,
Coal Receipts Increasing
County Fuel Administrators Reeve
schley said yesterday that the coal re
ceipts NJ Jersey tidewater points and
IN New York City were increasing grad
1ially and that the whole situation was
rather favorable at present There was
little or no suffering reported, and the
cellar dealers are being provided. All
tho fuel administrators expressed con-
fdence that government control of the
railroads would tend TO improve mat
ters and that nothing but actual lack
OF production could plunge the city
into any prolonged siege of fuel short
age.
About one hundred representatives Of
apartment owners associations called
on Mr.. Schley during the afternoon to
offer suggestions for improved methods
Of distribution. They were especially
bitter in their criticism of the govern
ment for having held OUT assurances
last spring and summer that there
would be no shortage this winter. They
pointed out that they were advised not
10 stock up. as there would be plenty
of coal at lower prices than prevailed
last spring.
DR. Henry ". Berg. OF the United
Real Estate Owners Association, told
Mr.. Schley that the fuel administra-
tion's rule which provided that coal
could only be delivered in ton lots was
"infantile." One ton st a time, he said,
was Of no use to the owner Of an apart
nent building consuming that amount
in two days. He suggested that the
administration distribute TO each indi-
vidual purchaser q minimum Of ten
days supply.
Would Join Heating PlHnts
Dr. Berg also suggested that coal
could be saved IL permission were given
for connecting the heRting plants Of
large buildings that had coal with the
heating plants OF smaller adjoining
buildings. Waste steam and return
steam could be utilized in this manner
10 heat buildings the furnaces Of which
were cold.
He said hospitals, which are on the
preferred list for coRl deliveries, could
heat small buildings adjoining al very
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-28
$4,000 Disappears From
Railway Mail Pouch

RICHMOND, Va, Dec PA pouch
containing $4,000, sent by the Federal
Reserve Bank Of Richmond to bank in
Columbia, s c, disappeared In transit
last Saturday and is believed 10 have
been stolen No trace Of il mas been
found
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-28

G.v Davis, she Ietrseted all her STATE.
nCnt-. ine.much as she was not IN.
der oath at the time she made her
accusations 70 IL not expected anything
further will be done in the matter.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-14
TOO fat?
Here's a Simple, Safe and
Reliable Way to Reduce
Your Weight

Nd,bo YOU have nearly worn out body
and patience trying to secure satisiac-
tory weight reduction by following
drastic rules requiring starvation diet
ing or tlrcsomc, troublesome exercises,
or drugging
Even so, YOU should not lose hope
and imagine that YOU must carry
through life load OF burdcusomc, un-
healthy flesh Here's 4 very simple.
easy-to-follow system OF treatment that
Is said to bring truly remarkable re-.
suits for others aud it will be easy TO
prove what it can do for YOU.
Go TO Your druggist and get a small
box ot OIL OF korein capsules Take
onc capsule after each meal and one
before retiring at night, also follow the
other simple directions that come with
the capsules
Tai, method should reduce YOUR
weight ten TO sixty pounds Cor what.
ever you w,b in a short time aud
Leave your general health and figure
greatly improved.
You will be amazed at the improve.
ncnt in your mind as we'll as your
BODY when YOU have begun to reduce
your weight
OIL of koreiu is absolutely harmless.
Is r..a,lut to take and mi, treatment
i, surely worthy ot a fair trial II YOU
want to become thinner, healthier and
Younger in appearaucc-Adv
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-14

my allusion, so lelt safe in making Il.
Dickys voice was embarrassed as he
answered;
No, is something Nou wouldn't I'M
derSand Only man could do u. Let
me have William, please, and will YOU
ask Katie whether she got my shirts
from the laundy|
II was upon my lips to say YES !
understand only too we'll" but ! smoth-
cred u, sent William TO the telephone,
and started IN search ot Katie, although
! knew the message was only a suhter-
iucc t' yet me away from the tcle-
phone \, | went heard Williams
voice IN earnest rcaSsurau,e
"Oh, yes got that DoN hunted
all over behind everything TO see moth.
m was lett behlpd No sir. don't
think nobody teclied 1t II, light here,
an I'm golu' to put It ON the push cart
the iu't thing All right. III put away
where nohody'l disturb IT. hll he safe
with me, MIR Gramic
Evidently Dicky', relief at finding the
box had been undSturbcd was SO great
he forgot all about the message he had
given me AT any rate. when | returned
from the kitchen. where Katie wa hui-
ly doing the last things" | found the
receiver replaced on the hook, and VII.
liam standing beside It like sentinel
81 know now what was in that box
found behind the railcrS Mis- GrlmIc'
he said proudly "Mr Gralyic he Nald
he had some drawings in Il he wouldn't
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-14

treatment OF Mr.. Brennan that had in
turiated the man, but the knowledge
didn't make his voice or manner any
less Acrid as he answered
We'll. its up 10 you to he out ot
there at noon, that's all Where's that
other idiot, that William Trumbull}'
Right here" Ny own voice was
none too sweet His manner irritated
me and | had still before my eyes the
photograph OF Grace Draper whNh |
had Just discovered in the box William
rrumbull had found pushed back be
hind the raiters in the attic
Tell him to come to the phone then
He'll have 10 do
How william Answered.
Y sudden light broke upon me Heed
less Dickv had just remembered the
box with its contents Of letters, photo
graphs and memcntos OF Grace Draper
aud other feminine friends, which he
had put behind the raiters Tor safe
keeping II was a box he did not wish
me to see, and It was OUT of the Ques
tion for him TO leave II to the CaSual
inQuiSitlyeness OF the Brennan family
And II 1t were not away from the Breu.
nan home before noon he wouldn't bC
able to getft Dicky was in dilemma
pcrpIexing indeed With a sudden NAL.
icious impulse spoke sweetly over the
phone
Couldn't attend to anything yor
want done, Dicky2 You know how CT.
ratio our Caliban is."
| knew William wouldn't understand
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-14

80 "esDs., aier uot al enemy, who
olAlrs ,Irin"tIyI.
t0n 2.pon tyrgy and permanently
phJsi~P 20. 'nay',G y"at Tor military
service
~ rsrsca raopg, sun. to be a sol.
die ot the ULtS States
~ lAcehs~' pilot urtusI.] employed in
tho pirsut, o. r.. vucr ion
WIN eeiv'ous Yerur,ss
Member OF w,l.r~N,sr'I,d religious
500 or organization, or orEer'=ed and cN-
tsunE o. MAy 10. isl7. who's. tEsn oAit,-
nG creed or primo plea forbid Ils lneiA-
bsrs 10 ;Sr;l5pNN IN war IN Auv form.
against w1y o. participation therein.
Ngli aud medical advisory boards
now benz organized IN every com.
unm'y WI aid The .eglstrar. in mak
ms m, aG,wers. He will indicate in
wha' occupations he considers himself
expert and IRON thar '''t il is proposed
to c.eal" separate groups OF men
trained 'u any particular trade or pro-
lcs,lor should the need arise ior them
Dependency Question
The question on the subject OF de-
pendent, are framed 10 meet every
possible Circumstance and to draw out
every bit OF information that might
bc OF value TO the boards in fixing
the class to which a man is to be as
signed
No detail Of the status OF dependents,
OF possible or actual outside sources
OF income has been overlooked.
Seven Days 70 Answer.
Seven days are allowed rcgiStrantS
after rcccjp, Of the QUESTIONABLE 10
illl it out and return it TO the local
board Officials here believe that
classification by the boards will be a
routine process requiring little time
The rcgiStrant, after filling in the
inside OF his queStionnaire indicates on
the front the class to which he be
leye, he should be assigned. If the
board agrees, there is no further action
necessary Ivy either party until the III
dyiHal come. due ior military service
and is called up for physical exami-
nation. If the hoard disagrees and
place the regiStrant in another class
the machinery Tor appeal to the district
board is set in motion automatically
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-14
THREE

lose for anything Gee. I'm glad 7 found
1t for him.
! smiled wanly At the old fellow.
pride, and then bitterly at Dcky's CON
plHcent pulling the wool over my
eyes
Ralie's Wall.
So thNc were only drawing ia the
boN I've had seerettd with such care
Well so far as was concerned. "draw.
ing," they should be ! certainly never
should let Dlcky know ! had opeued
the box and had found among other
things the recent photograph OF Gfac,
Draper, which showed he must have
heard from her within very short
time.
But the presence OF the girls photo.
graph among my husbands belonging
made me certain that the prcmonltion !
had had OF coming trouble was 10 idle
ono ! had a sudden longing for Lii.
ljanS counsel, aud resolved that the
minute / had thing, IN their places IL
my new home would fly 10 the friend
who had never yet failed me
\ crash from the kitchen, shril
cry from hattie brought me out Of ms
reflections with q Jump heard her
glit feet running from the kitchen, anG
then she burst IN upon me with wall (;
"Oh Mi,,, Graham, dot Mccstcf
Brennan he IN dc kitchen. and he ioost
raising yun awiulislorm
(CopytighD
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-14
Girls at Norman
Give More Than
Boys to Y. M. c. A,

NORMAN. Okla. Nov A total
Of S.6OO was subscribed among stu
dents and members Of the faculty OF
the University OF Oklahoma the trt
day Of the drive for the Student
Friendship War Fund, a part OF tho
army y. NJ. {. a. fund. Five hundred
students and twenty faculty members
subscribed this amount Indications are
that the total will exceed 5000, tie
schools quota OF this amount 'OO
girl students pledged s. and -OO
men students Sl015.
Unpaid telephone bills for the month
OF November arc past due. II not oaid
bv s p, m, Of the 18th, service will be
discontinued Southwest Bell Icl K Tel.
C,-Adl
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-14

Questioning
~ ICKN'S voi'e came over the Nirc
| ,harrlv lie was evidently agi.
tatcd over something. and | gath
cred from his manner that he wished
anyone rather than ! had answered the
telephone
"Nhcres Jlmo' he demanded. with
ou, waiting to ask how things were
progressing with us. 81 must speak to
HIM directly"
Jim is over at the other house With
a load Of furniture" | returned COM
poScdly Hell be back here shortly
for the last load OF kitchen things, but
he will hardly have time to call YOU
up, for it is getting near noon and
have no desire to be here at that time,
YOU know"
Dicky evidently kne% To what | re-
ferred. the ultimatum OF Our disagree
able landlord, Mr., brennan, that the
last one OF our possessions must be out
OF his gate by the stroke OF noon. lie
knew also that il was his own cavalier
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-14
Tons of Turkey
Will Be Used by
Men at Doniphan

CAMP DUNIPHAN, Ntv lI.-l'ii-
teen ton, Of turkey will be bought by
the qulrtcrmastcr to supply the touch
Of home to tho camp Thanksgiving
day Requests for bids were sent out
today to wholcSaecrS, specifying young
turkeys weighing no less than twenty
pounds. Each man will be allowed
nineteen ounces of turkey
Every Thinning" OF the old fash
ioned Thanksgiving dinner will he given
the bows.