Evening star., 1918-01-18
DISTRICT ADJUSTS
ITSELF TO RESTRICTION


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tions will be made wherever some work
may be necessary to provide for safety.
Applies to Electric Power.
Industrial plants which operate with
electrical power are in the same class
as those which generate their own
power. They may not use current dur
Ing the dve-day period. which began to-
ing during the term Of restriction.
There 10 nothing in the order which
would prevent the doing Of such works
around an Industrial plant as may be
nowsr noRe without hht 1T the use Of heat. light or
administration is that operations will
be fully suspended
once buildings present complex
problem and Administrator Weaver has
not yet worked out a general ruling.
Rooms in such buildings occupied by
Ine government or by physicians and
dentists may have heat and light. Heat
ana hght must not be supplied to other
rooms on any of the next ten Mondays.
Ihe light question is not dinicult. but
decisions as to heat probably will have
to be made to At individual cases.
Where q building 10 largely occupied
oy the government or by physicians
heat cut or from other rooms.
Whore there are only q few exempted
rooms in big building they may be
heated with gas or oil stoves. All Of
the upper floors Of one Of the principal
theaters are occupied by the govern
ment. They will have to be heated.
but the theater may have neither heat
nor light.
The fact that Washington Is dry"
n
decide many vexing questions. AS ho-
tells here do not serve liquor they are
not affected in any way by the order.
Not Affected by Order.
AS food manufacturing plants are to
be supplied with fuel. they are not
affected by the order. Orders exempt
ing such collateral industries as are
designated by Clarence r. Wilson, food
administrator for tho District, as es-
sential will be issued by Fuel Admin
istrator Weaver. State fuel admin
istrators have been instructed by DR..
Garfield to follow the recommendations
Of state food administrators on this
question. Mr.. Wilson will Issue a
statement tomorrow covering such
matters in tho fuel administration pro-
gram as he thinks como under his
Jurisdiction.
Undecided about closing the plant, which
is producing government war material ex-
clusively, officials Of the Washington Steel
today awaited definite instructions from,
DR.. Garfield as to operation during the
hve-day period and on succeeding Mon
days The plant started work today while
William Dalton, manager
OF the company, declared officials were un-
certain OF their status under the classidca-
ton OF the administration which permits
the operation Of certain plants working
on government contracts A meeting Of
the board of directors Of the company this
afternoon is expected to take dennite az
tion.
Laundries Welcome News.
The order by Fuel Administrator
Weaver permitting laundries to operate
was welcome news to the managers of
local plants. who held informal confer
ences on the situation. Some plants re-
rnained closed for the day while others.
with a bulk OF orders on hand, began
work as usual. 1t was explained that to
hold clothes in process of cleaning would
result in their being ruined. and even If
the order applied to laundries managers
would keep running until the clothes
were washed and delivered.
Division OF opinion existed among ice
plant managers who appealed individ-
three local factories of the American
Ice Company closed down last night IN
til Wednesday. The Chapin-Sacks Com
pany, which manufactures ice cream
and Is at present storing ice for sum-
mer consumption. was running in full
blast today. Of1cials of the company
said they were informed by the fuel ad-
that the storing of ice for
summer use was regarded in the class
OF excepted products and they would be
a n 70 I'D
period.
Plant Uses No Power.
Because the plant uses no power
which COMES from fuel products, the
Ice Manufacturing Com
pany went ahead with operations to-
day. This plant Is run by water-power
and officials did not regard the Garfield
order as applicable to the factory.
A hundred employees Of the Ford Mo-
tor Car Company went home last night
to remain away from work until
plants and factories operated by Ford
would observe the order to the letter.
In Detroit alone forty thousand en-
ployes will be idle for the rest period
Other shops and plants in the District
closed their doors last night and told
their employees not to come back until
next Wednesday.
Theatrical managers were a class of
unenviable citizens today. They could
not decide about closing their places
Monday. hoping to the last that some
modification of the order would exempt
amusement places in view Of their rela-
tion to war activities.
Will Not Lose Pay.
The Cosmos Theater will be closed
Monday and employees will not lose
their days wages. according to a state
ment by A.. ]. Brylawski. manager.
Some Of the smaller houses and moving
picture theaters have made plans to
close, 1t was said.
Raymond S. Robbins, manager of
B. F. Keith's Theater. was today with
out definite instructions from the fuel
administration regarding the closing
of his house. He said tickets are still
being sold for Monday performances.
explanation being made to patrons that
they would be taken up in event of an
order to close.
Although he was hopeful of a modifi-
cation of the order, Mr.. Robbins said
he expected his theater to be dark
A committee Of theatrical
managers laid before President Wilson |
last night a suggestion that theaters |
be allowed to keep open Monday to en-
those who are out of shop, |
factory and Office on that day. and close |
on some other day of the week.
The Belasco Theater adopted the |
same policy, selling tickets for Monday |
in the hope that DR.. Garfield would |
modify his order affecting amusement
places If the order stands as pro-