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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
Edmund Mitchell,
Food Administrator.
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Members of the State Fuel Advisory
Committee met with Fuel Administrator
TenWeeges and Food Administrator Mitt h
ell yesterday afternoon for the consider
alton of the various questions and prob
lens which have developed IN connection
with the recent fuel conservation order
from DIR. Garfield, making Monday
HOLIDAYS until March 25. Numerous mat
ters were considered, since applications
for specific rulings have been received In
large numbers from all parts OF the state
After thorough discussion, the following
rulings and interpretations were unani-
mously reached
That all interpretations of the effect
of the order Of DIR Garfield upon alt
places of business selling foods and food
products viii be made by Edmund Nit
chell. the Federal Food Administrator.
That drug stores may remain open on
Mondays for the sale Of drugs and drug
supplies only.
of every description, including saloons
and harber-shops, must close absolutely
each Monday.
That all hotels and restaurants may
remain open on Mondays for the serving
of meals and rec ption Of guests, but will
not be permitted 10 sell cigars cigarettes,
candies, liquors or soft drinks
That pool-roons, biiliard-rooms, bowl
ing alleys and all other places Of amuse-
rnent whatsoever shall be required to
Close on Tuesdays in lieu of Mosdayr.
That all questions, not included IN the
above classification shall be referred TO the
chairman of each local committee for set
tlement.
That there has been no change in the
application Of the original order from Dr.
Garfield, as to manufacturing establish
ments, which must remain closed on
Mondays, as contemplated IN that order
un.ess they have been exempted specif-
ically In orders from Washington.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
AUSTRIA TO MAKE:
A SEPARATE PEACE
WITH B0LSHEV|K|
Declares Readiness to Quit Abso.
lutte Alliance With
Germany.
BIG REJOICING AT HOME
BY Associated Press to Every Evening

by Associated Press TO Every Evening
LONDON, JAN. 26.
Austria has declared her readiness to
conclude separate peace without Ger
many and to accept the Russian demo-
cratic program with the exception OF
self-deterrnination OF nations, says q
dispatch from Petrograd TO the Exchange
Telegraph Co.
Another dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Co. from Petrograd dated
Friday says:
"The Bolshevik newspapers today re-
port that great demonstrations are TAX
ing place all over Austria-Hungary
Worknen's and Soldiers organizations
have been formed at Vienna and Buda-
pest A big strike has begun at Warsaw.
"The Socialist congress at Warsaw
has resolved to organize q revolutionary
Council of Worklnen's and Soldiers
Deputies"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
S1,0O0,00O DOCK
. F|REAT NEWARK,
CAUSED BY SPIES
Fleeing Man Fires on Soldiers and
Sends Bullet Through
Sergeant's Hat.
NUMEROUS OTHER BLAZES
by Associated Press 20 Every Evening.

NEwARK N j., JAS. %.
More than q million dollars worth 81
property WIS destroyed today in q fire,
believed to be the work of German
gpies which burned up oil bsrges, a pier,
warehouse 8 ard freight cars on Newark
Bav close 70 the plant Of the Submarine
Bo'st Corporation and stores Of the quar-
ter5naster's department of the army.
he Elaze was discovered by soldiers
who claimed they saw man running
away from the scene shortly after the
frs broke out When they tried 20 stop
hil;l 1 shot was fired and bullet went
through the hat Of the sergeant in COM
m@nd Of the guard he man who hred
ths shot escaped.
.Several hundred feet Of dock was burned
hfore dynamite was used 70 stop the
s}read oi the flames.
This plant was recently Inspected. BIZ
Chairman f. n Hurley ot the I nftssl
states Shipping Board. who ordered adj
dstionai military guards for the prop
erty. The order was gwen, il was said
because Of the hints q spy plot which
reached Mr. Hurley The keel of n IS 600
ton ship was recently put. down III the;
pard
When the Submarine boat Corpora,
jions S ere department realized the FRS
vas getting beyond their C5ntrol. u SUM
noned the Newark FIRE department..
Dynamite was used to F:ast q channel
in the ice so New York fire boats could
reach the barges.
Sixtv. guards and 201 soldiers ace
lengaged in protecting the terminals
and boat building plants where thousands
Of workrnen are employed. While the
fire was in progress the soldiers created
a fire zone and kept shooting their guns
in the air TO prevent anyone from ap-
proaching the blaze
Three women and Il men were on the
barges when the FIRE started and they
have beer rounded up by the military
guard and placed under detention. No
lives ar,npar ? , have heC1 lost
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
PRESIDENTS COLD LESS SEVERE,
Executive Remains Indoors, However.
and Receives Few Callers.
BY Associated Press to Every Evening

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
Washington, Jan. 26.-Presldent VIII
sons cold showed some Improvement
today but he remained indoors and no
engagements were made fcr hum.
President Wilson locked himself IN his
study Yesterday, missing the cabinet
meeting. DENYING himself to all callers.
1t was then announced he had slight
cold" Tht last time he had one he
answered Germany
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
COLD WAVE ON WAY HERE.
Snow Predicted for Tomorrow Followed
nv Clearing Conditions
.atei Press 70 Every Evening

BY Associated Press 20 Every Evening
Washington, Jan Weather Rre-
dictions for the week beginning Sunday,
issued bv tbs Weather Bureau today, are:
North and Middle Atlantic States
Snow. colder Sunday; much colder Sun
dav nj bt Fair, cold until after middle
of the week, followed by rising tempeFa-
ture and unsettled weather toward end
of the week
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
FOOD PROCLAMATION READY.
VIII be Given Out at White House
Sometime Tonight.
ociated Press to Every Evening

BY Associated Press to Every Evening
Washington, Jan. 26.-President Viii
son today completed his proclamation
calling on the American people for greater
food saving in order TO release more food
for the army and for the Allies, and it will
he given out at the White House tonight
for publication in Sundays newspapers.
The proclamation will present the
Food Administration S 1918 food conserya-
ton program and will he accompanied by
regulations by the Food Administration
limiting the sale and distribution of wheat
-four
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
TWO OF PERSHING'S MEN DIE

BY Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Washington, Jan 26.-Gen. Pershing
today reported the following deaths from
natural causes among the American
expeditIonary forces:
Corporal Clary Osborne, pneumonia,
227 Dale street, McKeesp1rt, Pa
Private Frederick l.. Curtis, frontal
=inusitia, 1875 Broadway, Lynn, Mass.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
AMUSEMlENTs TONIGHT.

PLAYHOUSE Leave ID ~ IAa--'
Csarrick Nsudsvilie.
Queen u reasy Money
Majestic 'fhe spirit o6 IL.
Victoria Magda
Savoy" Gates OF Gl2dues<.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
BOUGHT BLANKETS IN SPAIN.
Pershing Also Was Authorized TO Get
Uniforms in Britain.
d Press TO Every Even : Z

BY Associated Press TO Every Even
Washington, Jan. 26-More of the
secret testimony before the Senate mill
tary committee made public today d.s-
closes that on Dec l3 Gen Pershing was
authorized to buy 200, 900 British uniforms
for American troops and 100000 blankets
in Spain
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
MAxIM GoRKY WOUNDED.
Noted Prussian Author Narrowly Es
capes Assassination.
sociated Press TO Every Evenine

By Associated Press TO Every Evening
Petrograd, Jan 26.-MaNim Gorky, a
widely known Russian author and editor
Of the Svovodnaia Zhizn, was struck in
the neck and slightly wounded by stray
shot while driving in cab today. accord
ing to a newspaper report published here.
The shot Was fred from an unknown
source
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
CITY OF WILMINGTON IN TROUBLE
By Associated Press to Every Evening

BY Associated Press TO Every Evening
An Atlantic Port Jan. 26.-Tbe
steamer City of Wilmington reported by
wireless today that she was disabled at
sea because of boiler trouble and that
the supply of provisions was about ex-
hausted. Naval authorities did not reveal
the vessels position, but it was said ships
had been ordered to her assistance.
Officials of the Wilson Line say that
there is but one City of Wilmington in
the American registry and that is their
boat. They believe that there must have
been some mistake in the dispatch re-
garding the name of the boat.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
RUMANIAN TROOPS IN BATTLE
WITH BOLSREVikI AT kISHlNEN

London, Jan. 26.-kishinev is reported
TO be surrounded by Rumanian troops
according to a Petro<rad dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Co. and hot fighting
is said TO be III progress between the
Rolshevik troops and the Rumanlans.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
SPECIFIC I UL'NG
ON THE MUNDAY
CLOSING ORDER
Announced by Fuel Administrator
TenWeeges, Following a
Conference.
APPLICATION is GENERAL
APPLICATION is GENERAL
ALL FOOD STORES
CLOSE MONDAY NOON

"All food stores in Delaware,
for the sale Of food only, may re-
msin open on Monday until noon,
provided, however, they do not sell
tobacco. cigars, candy or soft
drinks.
Wholesale food stores will close
at noon Monday. but may keep
their warehouses open for the re-
ception Of incoming freight only.
The railroads will not accept out
going freight on Monday. This
does not mean that all the Offices
shall be kept open. but only suf-
6cient Office 10 receive incoming
freight.
Edmund Mitchell,
Food Administrator"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
SCRANTON MAN "GASSED. ?

Ottawa, Ont, Jan. 26 The following
American names appear in today's
casualty list: Wounded: J. g. Cameron,
North Falmouth, Mass, and gassed, FL
Davis. Scranton. Pa
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
NORTH DAKOTA IN DRY LINE.
Legislature Ratifes Federal Prohibition
Amendment.
By Associated Press 70 Every EveI

By Associated Press to Every Evening
Bismarck. Jan. 26,-Thc Senate with
only two dissenting votes LAST night com
Cured in the House resolution ratifying
the Federal prohibition amendment
Lexington, Jan 26.-The Taylor bone
dry bill, the most drastic anti-hquor mea-
sure ever offered to i kentucky Legis-
lature, was passed by the Senate late
Yesterday, 26 to 4
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
Register Browns Condition.

There Is no change IN the condition o.
Isaac R. Brown, register Of wills, who
has been suffering from carbuncles for {
month
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
Store Stock Sold.

snenf Francis today sold the contents
OF Frank Levy's general store, at Christi
Ans. 80 J. j.. IIei6owitz for s26S.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26
WEATHER: FORECAST.

BY Associated Press ~ Every 6vsuint
washington. Jan. 70. weather oreN-ask
snow az rain tonisht and sunday co.der
sunday night, Increasing north hnanurt hoast
" indS.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-01-26

Lost something Try q classified adv
in Every Evening ADV.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-17
GOOD CROPS IN VIRGINIA;
CORN AND TOBACCO YIELD
Government Report or the Looks OF
Vikings Up to November I Very
Cheering.

The report of the Federal Bureau of
Crop Estimates. just issued. is based on
the returns up to November /, and it
makes n good showing for Virginia. 1t
shows that in this State the corn crop
TO be not quite equal in size to last
year. but 100000 bushels greater
than any other previous crop, and IS
per cent above the iive-year average;
a tobacco crop only a tribe short of
the bumper crop of 1913. which final
estimates may show that 1t exceeds; a
commercial apple crop in excess Of last
year. although tho total crop OF the
state is less, while buckwheat APP
years bumper crop. rhe potato crop
Of about $500. 900 bushels is short over
4.ooe,ooo bushels of the great crop of
last year and 1000, 200 to 1000. 900 be-
low the preceding two years, but is
5000. 900 to 100000 bushels In excess
or prior years. Sweet potatoes are about
short of 1916. The month has been
generally favorable for the harvesting
OF crops and the maturity of late crops,
most OF which show high quality. 1t
particularly east of the mountains. for
best results in the seeding and de-
Eelopncnt Of fall-sown grains.
Corn yields are placed at twenty
eight bushels per acre. being one and
one-half bushels less than last year,
but two and onc-half above the aver
0oo bushels. against 12,275.0OO last year.
and Jl.5iS.000 average. The quality of
nincty-two is five higher than average
and six higher than the quality re-
ported for last years crop. which sub
scpuenty proved too high. The stock
on corn from previous years remainin :
on farms is 3 - per cent. which is equal
TO the average farm reserve at this
date. and a third greater than last year.
The United states corn crop is o,749.-
100000 bushels. compared with 3.159.-
$4,000 last year. and 2,761.252.000 aver
age. Quality is high.
The preliminary estimate OF tobacco
yields. 10 pounds to the acre. is high.
though not the highest on record. 1t is
seventy pounds in excess OF last year,
and thirty-eight higher than the aver
age. The outturn was satisfactory in
all but Il few limited sections. II aver
aged higher in the central portion OF
the State than In the bright districts
of the South. The crop amounts to
l5o99!.ooO pounds. being about 129.-
100000 in 1917 and 1916, and 144,375,OOO
in 1915
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-17
Dry Goods ReYie,Y.

NEW YORK. November lG.-Cotton
goods markets arc unsettled, with
prices tending toward lower levels.
Offerings of unfinished goods have been
more general. Government orders are
being COMPROMISED and awards on past
bids are being held up. The first Offer
ings of goods not wanted by the gov
eminent are appearing in the mar
kets.
Buyers are unwilling to operate In
the face of so many uncertainties,
and the large selling agencies are
making no efforts 10 secure new bust
ness on staple goods. Jobbers are
selling goods under the market whore
they can find customers but il is diff
cult to secure action Cancellations are
troubling many mills and agents. am
jobbers also are finding that many
retailers prefer TO revise their spring
business where they can do SO. SONG
lines of print cloths have been Offered
without takers at l cent a yard under
government price levels.
There has been quite free Offering
Of Oscnaburgs, single filling duck and
some constructions of coarse ShectingS
and drills. The REIMBURSEMENT of gov :
eminent business is likely o be well
under way shortly. and when it has
been completed mills Will be in IL posi-
ton TO appraise conditions more ac-
curately
Prices quoted arc nominal. as fol-
lows:
Print cloths, os-inch. 64x64s. IL IA
cents: GiN60's. IL 5-S cents; 3S Is
inch. 6+N6+'s 16 Is cents: brown sheet
ings. Southern standards. 20 IS cents:
denims. go Southern: indigo. 81 IL
cents: tickines. S ounce. 81 SIS cents:
~ ID cents; dress ginghams. % cents
and "a cents
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-17
CHEAPER COAL is IN SIGHT,
IN OPINION OF THE TRADE
Black Diamond Sees Some Confusion
Ahead. hut Looks for Quick Re
Adjustment of Prices.

Now that the war is practically
closed. Black Diamond. the leading
Goa. and fuel journal Of tho country
sees confusion ahead for the coal in
dustry and lower prices for the con-
Since the retirement of Austria. the
ehd OF the war was known to be in
evitable in the near future. The i'm
mediate effect in all trades was appar-
eht. Mercantile houses which had been
Keen TO buy anything three months ago
were not buying anything at all. They
are not buying anything now until
prices have been readJusted.
Early this week the government Of
Great Britain cancelled it's orders for
war supplies from American factories
| which had been selling them for four
years.
The middle of this week the United
cipal sources Of supply that their or
ders might he cancelled and then gave
them some reinsurance about raw ma
terials they had bought.
The three facts stated indicate but
one thing. The war demand will stop
as quickly as it began. That instant
with those that are expected as they
were higher than prices which previ-
o t.y prevailed. This means the coal
OF business. Those who had bought
coal for the making of munitions Will
c ce no i ,hnie In need Of it and will
IONS began to appear in Pittsburgh
the middle OF this week. The retire
ment of one class OF buyers will be
but the prelude to the long and hard
search for other buyers to take the
place Of the government. That is the
truly big situation facing the coal
trade. The confusion can we'll be i'm :
agined. m
There is another situation facing the
coal trade The Lever law limits con-
duration of the war When the war
endis-whether 1t stops with the ces-
sation of hostilities or whether with
the signing of the terms of peace-the
really pig question is not whether the
fuei /administration will hang on for
a matter of six months or a year hold
ing an obsolete power in it's hands. but
wnether 1t can be of service to the
trade in helping to straighten the con-
fusion which a collapse in the market
must occasion. The power of the ad :
ministration is to fix minimum prices
only and to expedite production only
Inc immediate future need is to put a
steadying hand under prices and to
unit production to the much smaller
vital question is whether tho fuel adj
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-17
NORTH CAROLINA NOTES
NeW enterprises In Several Sections of
"iu -'orth Stnte-Mcrchnntx' NIu-
tunl Company Coming

The Bearskin Cotton Mills propose to
construct an electric light system for
the mill village near Monroe.
The Neck lenburg Mills COMPANY has
been Incorporated with $4,000 canitaI
stock to establish corn and flour iii
al Charlotte.
The North Carolina Merchants Mu-
tuaI Flre insurance Company is beih g
organized at Winston Salem under rho
auspices Of the insurance committee of
The Merchants Association of North
Carolina.
The Mocksville Furniture Company
started the rebuilding of its main pla n,
at Mocksville. which was recently de-
siroyed by fire at a loss of $4,000.
The town of Murphy has issued
bonds to the amount of $4,000 for the
purpose of establishing a hydro-elec-
trio plant In the place.
The Deep River Broom Company has
been chartered and organized to build
and operate big broom factory at
Ramsuer.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-17
COTTON MARKETS.
(BV C1AkIe q BUTCH g CO.
Richmond. Va NoNe m Der Is.

NEW YORK November l6-The cotton
mdrsnees S met selns from sou,hern
while there was trade Suyins on r, Inc decline
" W 10 evening -up OF accounts for over the
The close ,Y %ss STEADY .sss s a net i
800 early January broke to 2795, rallied to
The market opentd hrrn at an advance
OF is to points on overnight bayinG orders
SIS on the call In the ease OF January
poSna 'hs ,Ss low eye Of
and of p points from the closing price OF
hs TSsrs he as S
figures. which WAS promoted by the absence :s,
and MANY ALSO have been in9enced By
por,s. that there would be little or no fur
poses pose rus checked the advance aud there
rs iar M senr off ts
$50 and March to :7.55. The market then
Ing for BOTH I iapsnese and domestic accoan,.
but the bulgcs met hedge selling. and late
il the later ,Tsdins.s. beeember closed at
~ to congestion OF the cables. but was
Yesterday, while the appearance of Southern
selling orders on the advances increased the
to some Of the on prvaes re essG
received here during the morning. z Is not
the 3o-cent level.
Bales ressDts %0I is
bales stock. l.3I9,3S bales.
bales.
Total for *eason-Rcceipts. 1.Gs.soi bales:
exports. 1.oo5.ST2 bales.
NEW ORLEANS. November ls.-Moderate-
ly wide advances in the early trading in
cotton TO-DAY were followed nv a reaction
toward the close. and a net decline was es-
tabiished under liberal liouidation OF long
contracts. During the greater part of the
session stsadineSs was displayed. but there
was q sudden slump toward the end when
offerings Increased Irregularty was dis
nayed around the openins. but the mark ct
moved UP to an advance Of IN to IL points
From this u fell to level to 10 points
the distant months showing more weakness
of to Is points. " " 1885,
The buying OF the session was chiefly due
10 the announcement frnr, Washington that
the war Industries Board had recommend
20 that no further pricc fixing he done in
the cotton goods marke,. This was con-
Of tho artificial conditions under which, The
trade is now oneratinC. a private burean
nat ,b out midd Tcn"ft rs,imsing total snninrs
ndiea ting an " ~. cn1 for the last ginning
during the sale period last year. ''''"'o
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-17
SOME FACTS FROM AFFAIR
Brief Notes Giving An Idea of Indus
trial Affairs in Lnnds Beyond the
Sens.

British Columbia's lumber mills. II
is said, can produce about 2,00o, 100000
feet of lumber every year
Morocco has resumed the cultivation
of cotton. after lapse of more than
forty years. 1t does not rank as high
as American cotton.
Italy is not on the starving line: II
has Il wheat crop estimated at 100000
600 bushels this year. compared with
l4o.000.000 bushels in 1917.
Italians take the lead in the sale Of
human hair. the main source of their
supply being obtained from the peas
ant women of Italy. Dalmatia and
Switzerland.
Fresh milk is being supplied to 90
010 sick and wounded soldiers in France
Dy 1000 cows which the French gov
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-17

maintained In face OF tho demsddsn
the people for coal out Of whoR. thsv
are now zoned. After those zones hsvs
they promise to be, tho return OF priccs
to normal levels will be very much
faster than otherwise could be Ina
case. -
Because the influence OF tho gov.
eminent is decidedly in doubt. the ecoai
market is in confusion at the moment
and acknowledges only ono thing. ana
that Is current production is Erester
than current demand. This is true In;
every market, all grades OF coal cors
sdcred." 49,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-17

eminent has agreed to loan to the
American Red Cross
q, Deninark and Sweden are using pea
nbcr TO make textile goods. The peat
WOOL is made into natting. carpets.
sores Tor footwear and other things.
IN some cases animal hair is mixed
win 1t. BY mixing it from 80 to 40
per cent of wool they make a cloth Of
e;Hceiient quality and thread stronger
than that made of wool alone
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-17
CMICAGU LIVE sT0CK MARKET.

g CHICAGO. November iG.-Hoss: Receipts.
lower 10 10 3 ee Cents under Sester
na rS ,gensral o. trade butchers rsoII7so:
outs ii.ooV15.25: pigs good to choice. 1890
Cattle: Receipts. 1000 head: compared
with week ago. native steers. Is to 10
cents higher: In between to good grades adj
rancinE most: butchers cattle irregular. %
gents 70 TO 81 higher: Westerns generally .
20 10 20 cents higher: desirable feeders %
Sheep; Receipts. 5000 head: compared with
q week ago. lat lambs steady to % cents
hEner: sneep and warnings steady to -
cents lower: feeding stock Steady.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-17
More Than Doub,i,r con,c,t,

BESSEAiER CITY. n. O.. November
1.-THE forty-eight additional looms
and the 500 new saindles In the big
plant of the lluss Manufacturing Com
pany will make a total of LAG looms
and 5000 spindles. which will enable
former output of tine damask The in
stallation of the additional machinery
will be completed at an early date