Evening journal., 1918-01-17


ment by a shutdown.
The dupont Company has not made
any arrangements as yet to close the
dupont building. The nve-day order
does not apply to ofllee buildings. but
the order prohibiting use OF fuel or
power on Mondays does. However,
buildings containing banks are not af-
feeted by the fuel order. Under this
the dupont and Equitable buildings
could be kept heated
Interpreted generally, the Washing
ton order means that manufacturing
plants can go ahead with any work
that does not require burning Of fuel
or use Of power, but cannot do any
work that requires the use Of fuel or
power. Thus a manufacturing plant
going while other departments would
might keep some Of its departments
he closed down For instance, ship
carpenters and laborers in shipyards
and other plants who do not use fuel
or power could go ahead with their
work Hand caulkers on ships also
could work. on the other hand, plate
filters, riveters, heaters, etc. in ship
yards will be thrown out IL the Garfield
order stands
saloons and wholesale and retail
stores excepting food and drug stores)
schools, theatres. amusement houses,
etc, can keep open on Mondays if they
desire, but they cannot be heated on
Mondays. Rather than run cold stop-
age" houses on Mondays, It is alto
gether likely that the theatres will be
closed that day.
The theatre managers desire it known
that the Garfield order applies only to
them closing on Mondays, and not for
the five days beginning tomorrow. 4
committee representing the Theatre
Managers Association Of the United
States will confer with President Will
son this afternoon 10 try to have the
theatre closing order modified, Manager
Allemann. of The Playhouse stated If
theatres are to be closed, they advo-
cate that they be closed on Tuesdays
instead of on Mondays. BY keeping
/ the theatres open on Mondays the
thousands Of persons given an enforced
holiday on that day would have some
place TO go 90 spend their time. the
theatre managers argue.
saloons can dispense liquor on Mon
days, hut the saloons cannot be
heated cold storage Mondays" will
create a demand for stimulants in the
saloons The order affecting stores.
theatres, schools and saloons applies
10 Mondays only, and not for five days
While breweries are affected by the
'flve-day order forbidding the use Of
fuel or power, they are not prohibit
ed from operations that do not require
fuel or power nor are they prohibited
from making deliveries of their prod
ucts.
Industries Are Undecided.
j. B. Weaver, general manager Of the
Harlan plant Of the Bethlehem Ship
building Corporation, stated this morn.
ing that no closing down Of that plant
under the Fuel Administration order
would take place except under direct
instructions from Washington. They
did not accept the order as printed
through newspapers as sufficient. Al
noon, no instructions from Washington
had been received by the Harlan plant
C. Stewart Lee, general manager OF
the Pusey and Jones Company. sale
that he could not make any statement
in regard to closing that plant, but re-
I lcllcu llt papers 10 the Emergency
Fleet Corporation for an answer as q
what they would do.
The Wilmington steel Company ha.
not yet decided what moves it will b.
/ necessary for It TO make. The Hille:
and Jones Company, and the American
Car and Foundry Company also sa Z
they are undecided Onlcials Of thos.
companies met this morning to con,
slider the fuel Administrations order
ard IT'S effect upon them, snd may
reach some decision this afternoon
they said
The Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company
made the statement that they would
+. obey the order as required and would
close down,
The F. Blumenthal Company Is con.
! sdering the matter 40 a meeting, anC
some decision will probably be made
IBIS afternoon as to what it will do
Other morocco plants also were unde
ciued, and pointed out that some Of
their departments would sustain heavy
loss II compelled 10 close down.
Banks Not Affected.
Some bankers Of the State, who evi
IDENTIFY did not understand Fuel Ad
ministraior Garfield's order as to iti