The sun., 1918-01-21
McAdoo and Garfield Pre-
pare for Supreme Effort
to Get Coal Moving.
APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM
Railroads Clear Lines Of All
Save Fuel Traffic to
Combat Elements.
PUBLIC CHANGING VIEW
Pennsylvania and Other Car
riers to Refuse Freight OF.
fered at Depots To-day.
APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM
PUBLIC CHANGING VIEW

Special DesSsseA 70 THs Sun.
WAsHINoToN, Jan. 1o.--In the faes -
adverse transportation conditions. due -
the recent drop In temperature. d.
Harry A. Garfield. the Fuel AdminAs-
traitor. ana Secretary McAdoo. Director
General Of Railroads, to-day prepared
for the supreme effort to-morrow-ths
supplies and to relieve the freight con-
gestion generally In the East. Dor
thousands tomorrow will be . holiday
for the purpose Of conserving fuel. bat
for the railroads It will be twenty. four
hours Of work, with passenger travel re-
stricted to minimum that freight trains
may have the preference everywhere and
coal the priority.
Just what conditions will prevail
throughout tho many cities and towns
affected by the fuel order remains to
be seen. II the public accepts the spirit
Of the order It Will abstain largely from
business effort. for again II was
stressed tonight by DR.. Garfield that
all stores and retail establishments
were expected to close, food and drug
stores only being excepted. and that to
burn lights was to burn fuel.
Banks Will Remain Open.
That the day may not be quite the
holiday II was expected to be. however.
II indicated by the fact that no general
closing Of banks seems to have been ar
ranged for. Legal difficulties apparently
have stood in the way Of this.
The principal coal carrying roads. par
ticplariy those tapping the mining -.
gions like tho Philadelphia and Read
In6. the BHltfmore and Ohio and othess
were cleared as far as possible Of al,
traffic except coal. Wherever general
freight could he diverted to other lines
In a position 10 carry II such diversion
was made and efforts OF the coal roads
particularly; the Baltimore and Ohio. are
being centred OH coal movement, both IL
loads and empties go!ng back to tn
mines. As result car supply 10 the
mines is approaching normal.
Despite the prevalence Of zero weather
over a large part OF the East and in the
central States the Fuel Administration
stated the steady flow Of fuel to do
nestic consumers and TO t,dewater was
generally reported
AT southern Atlantic ports 1o7.1on
tons Of coal had already been delivered
for fll!ng bankers OK ships and GOO 900
tons were on route, At one Southern
port 10000 tons were delivered for ships
to-day With 10000 tons of bunker
coal either already arrived or en- route
for North Atlantic ports railroad on
clals reported that these shipments wsro
being expedited
Twenty-fOur Hour Day.
AZ both Northern and Southern port.
the organization and machinery TO-
bunker.ng vessels was operated all OF
last night and to-day wherever possible
Twentyfour hour operation will be con.
tinued throughout tie period Of sys
pended Industrial activity.
At the Fue! Administration /. was
said there had been 4 complete change
OF feeling in the country regarding th,
necessity for the curtailmcnt % the us"
Of coal and that cooperation was pract.-
cally general Hundreds Of tclegrans
came 10 pr. Garfield. assuring him that
employees would be paid for their timr
during the closing period. Chambers o:
commerce and manufacturers assoc.a-
.lons throughout the Fast wired they
would observe the spirit OF the order.
Nothing. Fuel Administration officials
said. can prevent thousands Of evas!ons
of the order T. the people affected do no,
cooperate in the fullest measure For
instance, many buildings house single
physician or dentist. and t would be v.r.
tually impossible 10 heat ono office
w!thou. supplying heat TO he rest OF tho
building. Again, many apartment h puscs
have stores On the ground floor and hea,
from tho reat OF the building would heat
these stores 10 srea; extcat.
Few Farther Exemptions.
! Many Of the requests for inierpreta-
tior's puzzled the stan of officials who
attempted to reply TO all that were re-
ceivcd. Although simiiaA answers were
sert to many, the Fuel Administration
continued It's policy of making few gen.
oral rulings. 1t WAS held that to do -,
would let down the bars aud In effect
give permission for many stahlishne nte
to run which otherwise would close. Dr
Garfield ls strongly opposed 10 e1einp-
tlons and holds tina, special fulin7s, ~
made general, would defeat tho purpose
of the order.
According to the bcst Interpretation
available there II nothing in The order
70 prevent saloons from selling drinks
| " they use no fTei for N5at, though tho
Admins Eation hopes thcy will close.
Officials who have urged general
| embargo agairsi TIC Shipment Of freight
! from plants shU' down hs tho closing or
, der MS n means ~ Improving corsestei
/ conditions s;iil believed to.n'Eht thst
such nctian would become necessary he
, fore lhe railroad lan' Is cleared, Tho
/ PENNSYLVANIA Railroad or lis own ac
cord notified shippers that II would no.
receive tIegh OF any character az any
| Of It's stations tomorrow. Other roads
are expected TO follow the Pcnnsyl-
| vania's example on succeeding Mondays
| II the general congestion of cars IL no
relieved.
| FoOa stores Open All Day.
| Final changes were made In rulings
and regulations under the Fuel A6min's-
tration's order Tonight The most I'M
portant change permits food stores to
! remain open all day tomorrow. 1t wac
stated that because Of confusion In the
| minda Of tho public rela'ive 10 rules on
| the closing ~ SOo6 n st,'',ut1f,c stores