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New-York tribune., 1918-01-05
Relief for Boston Coal
Famine Fails to Arriue

BOSTON, Jan. 4.--The coal situation
in New England was more serious to-
day than at any previous time this
winter.
Promised relief through the arrival
Of steamers and barges and shipment
by rail. was not forthcoming, and it
was frankly admitted at the office of
the New England fuel administrator
that many industrial plants probably
would be forced to close, while suffer
ing in many homes would become more
intense
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05
Lane Invited to Tell
Of His Coal Compact
Senators Want to Know Why
Baker Repudiated Voluntary
Agreement With Operators
IStof (orrcsnoNdence |

WASHINGTON. Jan Both Secrs
tary Of the Interior Franklin K. Lane
and T.. ). Peabody. chairman of th'
coal production committee Of the Coun
cll OF National Defence, viii be IN
Nifed 10 appear before the Senate Con
m1ttee on Manufactures to testify re-
gardlng the voluntary coal agreemen.
with the operators negotiated last June
and the events which preceded It's
s2rupt reputation By Secretary o.
War Baker. / is further likely tha'
Secretary Baker may bc aummoped 70
testify.
Information before members OF ns
senate committee charges that ne
Baker reputation of the Lane Peaboos
agreement with the operators IS lareei!
responsible for the acute coal shoF'
ages which have developed in various
parts of shc country during the ps''
several weeks 1t is declared that Ser
rotary Bakers action caused a s.cceeo
and lack of confidence in the govern
ment which reduced coal products.
by more than 5000. .01J tors. This CO.
III production came, Il IS pointed oHs
at . time when railroad congestion NV
not developed the distribution trounie.
with which the fuel adm inistration ~ NJ
lad to wrestle in more recent nion'D'
There was much surprise IN ofle's
circles At the time Of the Baker. q
ton at Secretary Lanes silence ana u
action. IN TACT. it has been intimate
in wcll-informed quarters that seer
tary Lane has regretted the passr's
stand he chose to take. Howess,
friends OF the Secretary Of the lntetlss
now see in the Forthcoming testimou'
before the Senate committee coz
llete vindication Of his voluntary p1'''
agreement with the coal operators
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05

cars had been sent through the Penn
sylvanla tunnels to Long Island City
yards, and between $50 and 200 cars
had been f1oated over from the Jersey
shores to various points Of Manhattan,
The Bronx and Long Island
Mr.. Schley said that twenty-five
white wings sent by Mayor lIylan had
broken up great quantities of frozen
coal in cars over in the Sunnyside
yards, SO that there was no congestion
of coal cars there. Burns Brothers, he
reported, broke up frozen coal in TWEEN
ty-fivc cars, using their own labor.
Twenty cars, he declared, had been
switched from Sunnyside to the Deg
non terminal yard by the greensboro
Bridge, where they would be unloaded
into trucks for Manhattan and The
Bronx.
The Erie reported delivering $500
tons by barge from its Undercliffe,
N. J., terminals, and floating ten cars
to the Eric pier at Twenty eighth
Street and the North River, where coal
has never before been delivered. The
Lchigh Valley sent LOG cars of coal on
floats to various yards in Manhattan
and The Bronx, while nineteen cars
We're contained in the trains sent
through the Pennsylvania tubes. Eight
more cars We're floated to Long Island
City, and 725 cars were yesterday
loins unloaded into bargcs at Perth
Amboy and shipped to the city.
The Lackawanna reported delivering
by bargcs to Manhattan between sixty
and seventy carloads. and ten cars
We're sent on car floats TO the Penn
sylvania yards at the foot of Thirty
seventh street.
Coal Trains by Tube
The lions share Of the trains that
have passed through the Pennsylvania
tubes has gone to more than Il score
Of towns OF Long Island, outside the
city limits.
At a meeting of superintendent OF
railroad docks in the office of Chair
man Peters, Of the Fuel Conservation
Committee, a telegram was sent to
National Fuel Administrators Garfield
recommending that all coal shipments
to New York City be pooled to further
facilitate the movement Of fuel to tide
water
Mr. Peters said that this radical
means Of facilitating shipments had
been proposed some time ago, and that
he hoped it would go into effect im-
mediately. It would mean, he said.
that there would DC no sorting Of cars
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05
Order 500 More Cars
F or Coal Shipments

WASHINGTON. Jan. A.-Eforts to
speed the movement Of coal and other
freight continued to-day along with
the legislative and labor phases of the
railway movement. Special orders were
issued providing that 500 additional
cars shall be furnished daily to GER
tain specified bitumnous and anthra-
cite mines. mainly in Pennsylvania, for
supplying New England
These problems forced Mr. McAdoo
10 postpone until tomorrow action on
Eastern passenger traffic officials rec
concentrations for curtailment of pas
sengcr schedules. but he is expected
to issue orders then for abandonment
Of a number OF trains and elimination
OF parlor and sleeping cars to a great
extent
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05
Pennsylvania, Coal State,
Pinched by Fuel Famine,
Appeals to Government

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 4.-Pennsyl-
vania, which produces II per cent OF
tho coal output of the United States,
to-day appealed, through its Federal
Fuel Administrator, TO the government
to save it further suffering due to the
scarcity of coal to the consumers
The appeal protested against al
legged discrimination and against the
Federal government sending anthracite
coal to the South and Southwest,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05

After pointing out that the task now
faced is to keep mines going, conges-
ton cleared away and sensible distribu-
tion made, he concluded:
"Mr. McAdoo, as a practical man, will
attend to this. Meanwhile I feel quite
sure that the country will have no OBJ
lection to Professor Gariield's continu-
ing his study of psychology. That will
keep him out of the coal business and
McAdoo in it, FOR which God be
praised"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05
Ice Ties Up Virginia Rivers

RICHMOND. Va. Jan. Il. River
traffic in many parts of Virginia was
at a standstill to-day as the result of
cold The James River here is frozen
over for the first time since 1899. he
Old Dominion passenger and mail
steamers arc held in the ice
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05
Miss Bird graan To BE BrIde

The marriage Of Miss Anna NJ
Briasnan. daughter Of General o..
Ms. Oliver r. Bridgmsn, 10 UeS.. :.
...lonzo Alvarez VIII take place Z, I,
" "eonesday afternoon et ! cc!ocs ..s !.
the Church OF the Heavenly Rest. lhss,d
will be no reception. Mr.. Alvarez III
his bride after their wedding trip W.
hive in Mobile. Ala
New-York tribune., 1918-01-05
Suffrage Bill
Gains Strength;
Likely to Pass

Continued from page !
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
MUNICH IS IITTLE
CHANGED BY WAR
BUT SEEMS GAYER
Darkness in Evening to Save
Fuel and Minor Differences
Only Signs of Suffering To
Be Noted.

MUNICH, Dec. 9. (By the Associated
Press. )-Munich looks much less
changed after four years of war thSn
those who knew it would have. thougnt
possible, The city appears lar nVe'ler
and gayer than two and a hah or
three years ago, then the correspond
ent visited II. Part Of this impression
is unquestionably due to the p~rotusion
OF Bavarian- German flags everywhere,
emphasized by the red banners OF the
socialists.
Although fairly dark in the evening,
because coal must be saved, the streets
are crowded during the early hours ana
the restaurants are open. 1t Is in NIL
nor details that changes are most APP
parent at first glance, For stahc
aver many of the larger restaurants
and prominent hotels have paper nap
kins and paper tablecloths. Every post
age stamp one ticks has a strange, dis
agreeable taste because a shortage or
something has led TO the introduction
of a substitute for the ~time-honored
"StiCkum.'
Bicycle tires long ago disappeared and
have been replaced by coils Of steel.
The streets are as clean as ever
and the stores as beautiful, although
filled with articles, the prices OF which
would have been unbelievable four
years ago.
Food apparently is obtalnable easy
in restaurants, although expensive. The
suffering seems to fall heavily on the
poor people.
The most interesting feature Of Mu-
| Mich, as in every other German city
today, Is the new status of the CON-
| mon soldier. He may frequently be
seen riding in automobiles while OFF,
GERS walk. He never salutes his for
mer superiors, The success OF the new
regime is forecast as being great or
small. according to those with whom
one talks.
The city has resumed dancing, which
has occasioned a terrific editorial out
burst from a portion of the press. For
mer Imperial Chancellor Won Hertling's
organ, the Bavarian Courier, says:
Our enemies will be robbed Of the
last vestige of pity II they hear this.
Are they not right"
The Courier assails the people of
Munich with uneXampled bitterness,
directing a TRADE against those who
are spending money because they have
1t in their pockets, regardless of the
time when their debts must be paid"
1t says that civilians are sacrificing
the rations intended for the army dur
ing the coming winter. 1t adds that
the bad German retreat" lost most
of the provisions being held by the
army and hat stores are now scanty.
In spite of this, it says, the food al
lowance has been increased rather than
decreased.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
STUDENTS AT NORMAL
STAGE PLAY AS BENEFIT

A large audience shared the tears
and laughter of Mrs. Wigs and her
interesting family at the West Ten
nessee Normal Friday night. The play,
Mrs. Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch
was presented by the members of the
Sigma Alpha MI Literary society un-
der the direction OF Mrs. Lydia Robert
son Caldwell, for the benefit of the
war work fund of the school and the
little adopted orphan Of the society.
Miss Lousie Garibaldi as Mrs. Wigs
was a real treat, and the Wigs chill
dren, as portrayed by Emily Vaughan,
Kimbrough Swift, Bessie Traylor and
e. NJ. Schaeffer, brought forth much
laughter. The case of AL the world
loves a lover" was easily true of Miss
Lucy Alcott and Robert Redding, as
played by Miss Elizabeth Greer and
John Jacobs, for they proved to be an
ideal couple. Miss Anna K. Thorp as
Miss Hazy, George L, Moss as Chris,
the little lame boy, n Miss Imelda
Stanton as Mrs. Eichorn were also very
good.
Mrs. Caldwell, who is instructor Of
modern drama n public speaking at
the Normal. is a director of unusual
ability, and under her management a
number Of very successful plays have
been staged al Normal during the past
two years.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
AUTOS BRING IN
REVENUE OF $4,000

There are 10000 automobiles in the
city Of Memphis, 100 motorcycles and
IS automobile dealers, according to
John C. McLemore, county court clerk.
McLemore is basing this estimate on
the number OF licenses sold during the
year. Approximately $780, 900 in licenses
has been collected this year and Nc
Lemore expects $75, 900 from licenses
will be received in 1919.
The supply Of new automobile license
plates has been received from Nash
Vile and will go on sale Dec. 90. Nc
Lemore usges all persons desiring
licenses for 1919 to come early and
avoid the rush in January.
The automobile numbers run from
1901 to 2 $500. The motorcycle mum =
bers run from 1901 to 1900 and the
dealers numbers frmo 3,404 to 3,4SS.
Ali funds received from automobile
licenses remain in the county to be
used on the state highways within the
county, except 10 per cent, which goes
to the state highway commission to
be used in clerk hire, office rent and
the purchase OF auto plates.
The county averages from $50, 900 to
$40, 900 a year for the highways.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
DOWN IN BED
AND so WEAK
Lady Suffered Terribly for
Eight Weeks, But Her Case
Showed Wonderful I'M
provement After TAX
ing Cardui. 9

Johnson City, Tenn.-Mrs. NJ. r,
Scott, living near this town, states:
About three years ago l was down in
bed terrible and so weak l
couldn't bear the sight Of food. This
condition continued for about eight
weeks. thought l was going
to die, and knew I must get some
thing to do me some good. l had
heard all my life of Cardui and the
good results obtained from its use. So
l decided to try 1t.
After about a half bottle Of Cardui
my appetite improved, then I was less
nervous. l kept it up until l had taken
five bottles-and such an improve
ment! l gained flesh and now am the
picture Of health, due, l believe, solely
to the use OF Cardui. | am the mother
Of ten children and feel we'll and
strong"
Cardui Is a mild, medicinal tonic for
women. 1t has stood the most severe
of all tests-the test of time, having
been in use for over forty years. 1t
is composed Of purely vegetable in
gradients, which have been found to
help build up the vitality, tone up the
nerves and strengthen the womanly
constitution.
Try Cardui. adv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
ADJUSTMENTS
LoeW's LYceum.

A bill which is made up of comedy,
pretty girls and considerable music,
blended into a most pleasing entirety,
Is offered for the first four days of the
week at Loew's Lyceum. Heading the
funmakers are the Eight Village Slick
ers, a group of rural comedians who
nave mastered the traits of the country
precincts to a remarkable degree, and
these eccentricities they have brought
10 the stage in a manner that calls for
gales of laughter from their audiences.
"A packed house witnessed each Of the
performances Sunday and came away
1eellng better for having seen the pro-
gram,
Another interesting number which is
ABOVE the average is hat Of Annette
pare, a winsome miss who puts over
her songs with a winning personality.
Armstrong and Ford, disguised, as an
English chappie and a policeman, offer
10 minutes Of ~rapid-fire comedy chat
ter, while Blair and Crystal never fail
TO delight In bits Of musical comedy
entitled Counting at the Tennis
Court"
The first motion picture production
in which Fred Stone, the legitimate
stage comedian and acrobat, is starred,
lands Stone in the front ranks Of Dopu-
lar stars. The Goat" shows him first
as an iron worker in a big picture
studio, where he falls victim to the
lure of the camera and sees him
through many daring and funny sta
atoms, all set amidst the actual in
teriors of a real motion picture studio
The picture is well worth seeing
Loew's News Weekly is added.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
LESS MEAT # BACK
AND KIDNEYS HURT
Take a Glass of Salts to Flush
Kidneys If Bladder
Bothers You.

Eating meat regularly eventually, pro-
duces kidney trouble in some form or
other, says a well-known authority, be-
cause the uric acid in meat excites the
kidneys, they become overworked; get
sluggish; clog up and cause all sorts Of
distress, particularly backache and mis-
cry in the kidney region; rheumatic
twinges, severe headaches, acid stom-
ach, constipation, torpid liver, sleepless-
ness, bladder and urinary irritation.
The moment your back hurts or Kid
neys aren't acting right, or II bladder
bothers you, get about four ounces of
Jad Salts from any good pharmacy;
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for a few days
and your kidneys will then act fine.
This famous salts is made from the acid
of grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for gen.
erations to flush clogged kidneys and
stimulate them to normal activity; also
to neutralize the acids In the urine so 1t
no longer irritates, thus ending bladder
disorders.
Jad Salts cannot injure anyone
makes a delightful effervescent lithia-
water drink which millions Of men and
women take now and then to keep the
Kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus
avoiding serious kidney disease. adv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
Loew's Princess.

John Barrymore will be the star for
Monday and Tuesday at Loew's Prin-
cess in ION the Quiet" a perturbation
of the famous stage farce OF the same
name in which Willie Collier scored
such a big hit a few years ago. ION
the Quiet" is the rollicking story of a
Young college students quest OF love,
guarded by a stern guardian. They are
secretly married, but complications de-
velop, due to their secrecy and a second
wedding is performed, upon which
hangs the fortune. A new Lyons-Mo-
ran comedy will be the added feature.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
Moving Pictures
New Majestic No. 1.

The Road Through the Dark" Clara
kimball Young's picture, is seen at
New Majestic No. l today, Tuesday and
Wednesday. The story deals with Ga
brielle Jardee (Clara Kimball Young),
the daughter of a very conservative Pa.
risian family. She Is in love with an
American, John Morgan, who her par
ents d~isapprove of, She is sent away
from Paris to a small village, where
her aunt lives, with her sister and
brother. The war comes and the Ger
mans enter the town. She becomes tho
mistress of a German kommandant. BY
means of a code which John under
stands she supplies the French govern
ment with valuable information. In
Berlin, she kills Karl and makes her
escape to Paris, where she meets John,
who offers her the love she thought she
had lost,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
Quick Way to End
Stomach roubIe
Prepare 1t at Homo for Few Cents,
Take 1t Regularly for Week or 90
} and Just Watch the Results.

Wouldn't you like to know once more
what 1t means to feel a good healthy
appetite and hen sit down and enjoy q
hearty meal without suffering from In
digestion, gas, belching. bloating, heart
palpitation, nervousness and other dis
tress as you usually do?
Then take this advice and get two
ounces of concentrated liquid Marlix
(aromatic) rs cents worth, from your
druggist or by mail from The Marlix
Co., Fort Wayne, Ind. Dilute the Mar
lix with double the quantity of pure
water and take a ~teaspoonful before
each meal.
Just see how quickly you get blessed
relief. Its effect is wonderful. No mat
ter what you've tried or what has fail
ed to help you, this simple old home
remedy has got to help and benefit you
or money back. That's how sure It Is.
You'll say It Is worth a hundred times
the price. Get 1t now and try 1t before
your next meal.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
0rpheum.

The first big classical dancing revue
Of the present season will head the
weeks bill at the Orpheum, beginning
with the matinee Monday, when Mile,
Dazzle will make her first Memphis APP
p~earance. For her present engagement
she Is assisted by Constantin Kobeleff
and her ballet. which is a feature. Bert
Baker and company will appear In a
sketch, 'Prevarication,' which was
constructed for laughing purposes only.
Ethel MacDonough has a new act, Elk
elusive Character Song Readings
written for her by Blair Treynor. Sam
Adams and J, P. Griffith, in "A Music
Gymnasium Petty Reat and brother,
in a musical offering; The Morak Sis
tiers, four Belgian girls, Queens OF
Aerial Acrobatics;" and the Orpheum
Travel Weekly and the official weekly
allied war review complete the bill.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
Majestic No. 9.

England and the United States Off
cially have adopted the motion picture
as a e of instruction to machine
gunners. The old method of spoken
lectures has been abandoned, expert
ments having demonstrated that one
motion picture lecture will do the WORK
of Is spoken ones.
Therefore it is only reasonable tc
in films is of more interest and educa-
tional value than textbooks. lectures
etc. 1t was this thought which inspired
the preparation Of "Chrashing Through
to Berlin" the great war review, which
comes to Majestic No. . Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday. :
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
HOMEMADE
COUGH SYRUP
Helps Whole Family, Quickly.
Woman's Interesting
Letter.

Mrs, NJ. H. Van Wart, Lents, Ore.
writes:
II feel it a duty to write you. Four
years G my husband had a bad cough
and found no relief from any cough
Metho-Laxene and made 1t up as a
cough syrup and it quickly cured him.
Now, this last winter, my two boys
had fearful coughs and it has cured
them. 1t also gives me great relief
from asthma, from which | suffer in
winter time, as you know here we have
it so rainy instead Of snow, as back
east, etc"
This concentrated essence called
Mentho-Laxene, is sold by druggists in
with syrup, making a whole pint very
cheaply, as per directions with each
bottle. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
TO HOLD ELECTION.

NATCHEZ, Miss, Dec. Q. (spl)-
municipal election will be held here
Tuesday to elect a mayor, city clerk,
tax collector, city treasurer, chief Of
police, health officer, and one alderman
for each ward. No opposition has de-
veloped to any Of the nominees Of the
primary.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
Lyric.

Margaret Anglin will come to the
English life and called 'Bil-
leted,' which took rank as the best
comedy of the season during its recent
long runs in New York, Chicago and
Boston, and it will doubtless hold that
rank for a long time to come. The
comedy is in three acts, and from the
rise Of the curtain it has the sparkle
and glitter Of polite comedy. And yet
behind all its frothy, farcical situations
and brilliant epigrammatic, dialogue,
there lies large significance--the feel
ing that after all, war changes every
thing. "Billeted" will be presented here
by the original New York cast.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
DEAD HERO

UNION CITY, Tenn, Dec. 8. (Spl.)-
Memorial services were conducted at
the Methodist church Sunday after
Charles jenkins, Of this city. who lost
his life fighting in the trenches in
France.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09
w A N ! = .

Eyeryone with a cold to try HANDLE
ton's Quick Kold-Kaps, and watch how
quickly it cures them. And II cough
ing, sore throat or Group, use kold-Ru
cents each. Hambleton Drug Co.. Mem
nhis,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09

4O-inch Satin Lunette and So
inch Lorraine, the most beauti-
full OF all satins for handsome
costumes; new colorings and
black a yard ...... $2.S5
40-inch Printed Pussy Willow Taf-
feta, exquisite soft finish; very
handsome line Of exclusive de
signs in floral, oriental and the
more simple ideas, for dresses
and Innings; a yard 49,. $2.75
Kimono Silks for house dresses
and jackets; a very handsome
and exclusive line of floral. Per
sian and oriental designs; a
yard ..... S1.20
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09

40-inch Black Satin Charmeuse, a
very rich, lustrous black, lovely
soft finish exceptional value at
this very low price: yard, $40
40-inch Crepe Onde, a very soft
silken fabric OF extreme beauty;
superb line Of the latest Fall
c%olorings; saving OF 75c a yard;
special, a yard ...... .$2.25
32-inch Tub Silks, a most accept
able gift for men. for shirts; a
complete assortment OF plain
and satin stripes on crepe,
broadcloth and radium grounds;
a yard .S1.SS
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09

Warm, comfortable Bath Robes,
bright, attractive colors, neatly
finished with cord and tassel;
many styles are trimmed with
satin ribbon; $5.05, $6.05 and
$3.50.
Great variety OF styles in our
wonderful collection from the
Orient; new arrivals, in at
tractive colors, including the
famous padded robes, at 1880,
$500 and $3.50.
japanese Kimonos, of silk and
crepe de chine; beautiful shades
OF embroidery In tho Japanese
colors; they are smart and very
unusual values at $3.50,
$500, $3.50, $3.50.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-09

Novelty Negligees, made OF crepe
de chine, charming styles and
colors to choose from. They
have been designed for every
type Of figure; each, $1,000
$3.50 to $500.
Negligees of exquisite fabrics,
Ferrywear and Golfwear, most
beautiful %colors, delightfully."-
fashioned; $20.95 to $35.0 90.
A smart assemblage OF Matinees.
made OF Crepe de Chine. Cor
duroy and Golfwear, attractive
ly designed; especially fea-
tured for holiday gifts; $500,
$3.50, $3.50 to $500.
Flesh Crepe de Chine and Satin
Camlsoles, exquisite styles,
wonderful assemblage; $1.25,
St.75, $3.50 up to 1918.