The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-18

after a telephone conversation With
the White House. called his legal
aids ~ put the order III final form.
Appeal to Wilson. =.
Tonight :. WAS indicated that An
appeal might he made 10 President
wilson. The suggestion also was
henrti THAI the food control bill,
uudor which d.. GARFIELD acted,
might be repealed, but there APP
peared Little prospect that this
would bs done, since & could hard
ly be accomplished before the Ave-
day period was over.
Macy Seuctors, when they heard
that tie order would be carried out,
insisted that the fIol administra-
ton was exceeding Its authority.
and thai /. could not Prevent on
owner Of fuel from using stores III
his possession. Fuel adM!nistra-
ton officials, however. pointed to
provisions Of the act imposing
heavy penalties on anyone who vio-
. latcS regulations President wilson
MAY prescribe under tho act.
Even Gas Included.
Although 1irat interpretations OF
the order iatitc.tsd that Its provi-
siors would not apply to the use OF
wood, oil, @as and other forms OF
fuei, to-niga- it WAS declared that
all fuel Of every description was In
tended. production OF tuel will not
pc ntezfcTcd with in any way.
III statement tssnod tonight,
juEtifyirg n;Y Ecaon. Or. GARFIELD
declared that tHs chief cons:dera-
ton prompting II wa1 the necessity
Sor prov ding tCo! for ships to
carry food and supplies abroad Tor
American troops and tine allies.
Tho country, he said, Is suffering
from over-production and can well
suspend manufacturing enterprises
for Z short ti:nc.
To assist Il getting coal To ships
in Now York harbor, Dr.. Garfield
tonight sent to New York one OF
his assistants, who WILL remain
there until bunker coal orce more IL
moving freely. Ships Nunkefs, un-
de- tho closing order, ars put in
preferential class along with house.
hold users. public utilities and other
consumers on whose coal uses there
arc pat nc restrictions.
Adverse. Comment.
Officials Tonight varied widely
In their views o! the wisdom CT the
order. Apparently Few wore in
formed before IL was finally dec1d-
ad upon at : conference yesterday
between President Wilson, DR.. Gar
fold and Secretaries Baker and
Dan.tis. Many took the Views OF
business men, who wero heard from
nv tho thousands, that 1t would do
far moro harm than good.
Protests came from every region
Of the country. Business organtza-
lions flooded tho fuel a<lmiptstra-
ton the White House n1d Con-
gress with kilograms aoking to DO
hoard before the order became Of
fective. The wS.r service commit
tee Of the Chamber Of Commerce OF
tho united States intercepted DR..
GARFIELD a. tho Capitol, and after an
hourrs con ference ipsued n state
men: filed with objections to tbs
plan, but saying that now it had
been ordered, II should DO complied
with Loyalty.
Labor's Attitude.
organized labor's attitude was set
forth tonight b: Samuel Golnpers,
president Of the American Fedora
lion o. Labor, who Issued state
,nsnt. declaring the workers OF tho
nation, although they would be the
chief uufrercrs, would maintain
;oual stand. Doubt was expressed
hy Nr. Gompers that the fve-tlny
ausrension was the best way to
meet the situation. and he suggested
that a wiser course would have been
r. place NIL Industries OF the coun-
try on An eight-hour basis during
the war.
Dr. Garfield appealed tonight
through the press to all employers
.8,cted by the order to pay their
,n,ploy,s whlo their plants arc
closed down Just as If they were in
full operation.
TT is theif patriotic duty" DR..
GARFIELD said. land they should rise
TO the OCCASION"
Will Take AL Coal.
To keep MP a maximum fuel pro-
duotiou DR.. Garfield tonight wired
coal operators who are Under con-
tract to supply industries which VIII
DO shut down to ship their coal rs
usual, oonsignInE It to state fuel ad-