Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-18
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City Heeds Mandate
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order. They met in the Parkway Build
l Ing 70 arrange a massmeeting.
Complaints and protests were give
/ short shrift by the Federal authorities
This is no time TO criticize anything
I the Government does" declared United
! States District Attorney Francis Fisher
I Kane 81 myself DO not know that the
| situation required such action, but the
| Government at Washington is In direct
/ touch with the situation and we must
abide by its decision"
Hundreds Of protests, appeals and in
/ qulries made the District Attorneys
/ office a besieged place today All were
referred to state Fuel Administrator
/ Potter.
MY position is a thankless one but
am going through with IL II II kills me-
/ said Mr. Potter. 1T is my Government
/ l am working for"
/ The Philadelphia Industrial district.
1 because OF its vat and vital war pro-
gram, wa granted liberal exemption.
All the hipyard worked at full blat.
/ The flour, baking, sugar, milk, oil and
| cold-storage industries were unaffected
| by the shutdown order.
IMPORTANT EXEMPTIONS
Important plants exempted in spe.
/ cial order were the Mdvale Steel and
! Ordnance Company, Link Belt Company.
! Remington Arms Company, Of Della
ware Bethlehem Steel Company, Cam
der Forge Company and the huge eN-
| plosives works of the du Pont, Hercules
| and Aetna companies,
Sections of other plants working on
| shlpyard supplies and other special
1 needs also were In operation.
! Others did not lay their men off, but
Iii .NsHt H.Hta
or on odd jobs that did rot require the
burning oc fuel
Many plants will continue paying their
workmen's wages, according to an
| nouncement by firms. OF the 100000
thrown out of work in the Philadelphia
district-which includes all the territory
within a twenty-mile radius of City Hall
at least 1000 will be paid in full, it
was estimated at the fuel adminis-
traitors office this morning from reports
| received
Mr.. Potter. who is president of
Thomas Potter, Sons & Co. oilcloth and
linoleum manufacturers, has not an
nounced yet whether or not the workers
there will be paid in full
MANY CONTINUE SALARIES
! Virtually all Of the department stores
announced that the salaries Of their EN-.
ployes would continue. Several an.
nounced their intention Of keeping the
shipping and receiving department at
work to remove all consignments.
1t is expected that many other firms
will follow this lead. II. O. Wilbur &
Sons, Inc, one Of the biggest chocolate
manufacturers in the country, announced
today that the wagons Of the company
are at the disposal of the fuel admin
instration and the express companies tt
be used TO relieve congestion at freight
terminals in addition to removing their
own consignments.
Oficials Of the Pennsylvania and Phil
adelphia and Reading Railroads are still
somewhat uncertain as to the part the
roads are to play in the handling )f
freight under the new scheme of things.
They are awaiting instructions from
Secretary McAdoo, director general Of
the railroads.
r. II. r. DEVISING NEW SCHEDULE
Pennsylvania Railroad officials met
today to devise a Monday holiday sched-
ule.
one thousand Of the 1900 city saloons
are expected to remain open, Neil Bon
ner, president of the Retail Liquor Deal
ers' Association, said.
Bars in hotels will close, j. Miller
Frazier manager of the Bellevue-Strat-
ford. said. A meeting of the Hotel
Mems Association at the Bellevue-Sirat-
ford this afternoon will discuss the
matter Club bars also are expected
TO close.
To prevent the possibility of any dis
order or rioting resulting from the con-
fusion incident TO the closing down OF
the plants. Superintendent of Police Rob
iison has instructed every police leu
tenant to hold every available police
man, not engaged in active duty, in re-
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the force. The men are subject to call
at a moments notice.
Mayor Smith win today issue a
proclamation warning owners Of big
buildings in which fire sDrinkle~ sveto0ls
are installed to take all steps TO pre-
vent the possibility of these systems
freezing in case Of sudden cold snap.
He will point out the grave danger that
might result if fire started in a con-
gested section of the city.
Any violations Of the order VIII be the
Gignal for prompt and vigorous prosecu-
tion. it was announced at the office Of
United States District Attorney Francis
Fisher Kane Agents of the Department
of Justice and the Secret Service force
in Philadelphia will see that firms OF
individuals ignoring the proclamation
are brought to the bar of justice" The
municipal police win also aid in this
work.
LIMIT CAR SERVICE MONDAY
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com.
pany, on the Monday holidays ordered
by Doctor Garfield, will provide a two
third service on surface, elevated and
subway lines.
What is expected of all classes of in
dustry on the Monday holidays IS APP
parently clear. The outstanding features
are that the grocery stores, drug stores
bakeries and all other places supplying
necessary food articles will remain open.
1t is possible that many of them wi
close at noon, as they are only per-
mitted to heat the stores until that time