New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-01-27
Civ VIII BE metropolis
of ldleness" for "a Hours
Tomorrow
Drastic Penalties
For All Violations
More Exemptions Made;
Goa! Receipts Drop; Nor
NAL Supply Expected

incl holiday tomorrow under an official
programme Of !nactivities that prom
i,es 70 make it the worlds metropolis
II idIeness for twcnty-four hours. To-
e,l fuel administrators. Federal agents
and city police banded themselves TO-
eether yesterday and agreed to bend
every energy TO make violation or eva
sion Of this decree impossible or so ex-
,ensjve as to discourage repetition.
This decision VAS reached yesterday
alter it was discovered that numerous
industries threatened TO nullify the
Monday closing conservation plan
through the simple device Of remaining
s,sn Saturday afternoons and adding
trcm one 70 two hours to each remain
iue working day Of the week. State
Tssl Administrator Albert Il. Wiggin
said that this arrangement obviously
was violation Of the spirit Of the
Garfield closing order, but not Of Its
letter. Other administrators inclined
to the belief that the plan was jus.i-
fable as means Of providing full pay
checks for workers who could i'll afford
10 lose the wages demanded Of them
through the Monday holiday.
Heavy Penalty on Violations
The final conference Of the after-
noon, participated in by Mr.. Wiggin,
Reeve Sehley, administrator for New
York County and James n. Rosenberg,
counsel for the fuel administration, re-
suited in the naming Of just such adj
ditioual exemptions as will permit the
city to exist for the day, and no more.
Moreover. announcements were sent
cut to those who might have been ex-
pected to find evasion Of the rules
profitable announcement that are ex-
pectsd to show that the cost of violat-
ing them is prohibitive.
Clubs were informed that the rule
requiring them to use neither heat,
light nor power in rooms used for bars
or where liquor was served during the
day would be enforced to the letter.
Proof of violation will result in shut
ting of supplies of light and fuel to
such offenders. Since the enforcement
Of this penalty would be go much more
costly than the slight returns that
might accrue from the one days re-
ceipts, it is thought that few organiza-
tons will attempt to violate the order
Cabaret owners were told that they
might make use Of the privilege Of
keeping open their places Of business
so long as they served only soft drinks.
But II it is found that single alco-
holic drink is sold, according to Mr..
Schley, the management will be COM
PEELED to reckon with the city police,
the United States District Attorney, the
concern from which he purchases his
coal, the corporation that supplies his
electric current and the local fuel ad-
m'n!strators. Each agency has a par
tlcular penalty for him and each agency
promises to enforce it.
Notices we're sent to drug stores in
forming their managers that they
would be permitted to sell drugs and
I'LL Prescriptions all day, but that food
products could be sold until noon oniv.
Other Exemptions Made
Other exemptions announced for the
Gay, in addition to those made public
yesterday morning, were:
. Colleges. churches. public libraries and pub
lie Museums.
Manufacturers Of cottonseed oil.
building and loan associations.
sonsulates OF foreign governments.
news stands in hotels and other buildings
Only. s~o''''
Places OF amusement ordinarily open after
nion'sht may remain open after that hous,
as usual.
Entertainments advertised on or before
January H.
LODGE md <hap F~S<
stores selling fuel may remain open TO
sell fuel only
YM. c. A. and Y. w. C. A. buildings.
W., atosists may use only enough fuel to pre-
vent plants from freezing.
IN Wall Street the day will be OBJ
served as a legal holiday as nearly
as liberal application of banking
s sSies Will permit. An Of the big OK
1Casnses, including the Stock, Cotton,
main closed all day. Even the curb
market, which operates in snowdrifts
wen weather conditions demand, will
slose tor the day beca.se Of the i'm
p.Tosslolllty Of transacting business in
eae lace Of such complete inertia OF
agencies contributing to its support.
Coal Receipts Fall on
The days coal receipts dwindled
iia0m the rs, 900 tons of Friday to slight
y more than 10000 tons. An exact
H s1's! OF 20,l60 tons was announced by
voal Statistician W. Willis. who eaid
s sase 1t was expected to have accurate
sHsuses on the city's fuel receipts in
luture.
ne dwindling supply Of coal reach
o eSE New York was not due to a falling
w IN the dumping of fuel into barges
81 tae jersey terminals, but to the fact
b sss an increased quantity Of coal is
s"e nsrbor. Practically all Of the coal
arriving at tidewater was dumped.
Local administrators said that the
..senty-four-hour day practically was in
operation at some Of the big docks on
s sae Jersey side Of the river already,
uncut ofhcial orders from DR.. Gar
.sld' The -aief Fuel Administrators
s s~o speed-up" men returned to the
tsp!tal during the afternoon to report
s sHst such was the case, and, it is pro-
iIatMea' recommend that the situation be
wv IN the hands Of local administra-
'0,s and fuel men.
n M Wlggin and his associates ex-
tphsessed satisfaction with the work Of
NJ Ne TWO men, and it was agreed that
, ,"W York probably will be given its
IN! snare Of coal arriving at tidewater
e. e. sne future. While tho quantity Of
Nv tSSs' actually reaching the city during
s .ne week ended at 6 o'clock last night
II slightly less than during any week
nv ;" tne famine, this fact was not looked
S lyon as OF q particularly depressing
s sssufe by the administrators, who are
srsnVlnced that the rene dial measures
wv IN force will gradually bring about