South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-19

! Of employment for the next five
days, when the national fuel admin
/ istratiOn's factory shut down order
became effective.
/ Added TO the 1000 factory work
| ers who are affected by the clos
/ ing down orders are approximately
900 employees of theaters, saloons,
/ bowling alleys, billiard halls and
( other places OF amusement, bring
/ ing the approximate number of men
who will be idle in the city during
= the fve-day period TO 10000. Near
/ ly one-sixth Of the total population
| of South Bend will be idle during
the conseTvation period set aside by
the fuel administration.
The order closing down the fac
tories in the city became effective
Friday morning as did the order
closing the saloons for the next five
days Mayor Carson, under the in
structions of County Fuel Admin
! istratOr l.. p. Hardy Friday morn
| ing issued a proclamation closing
all places of amusement in the city.
! This includes. bowling alleys, bill
! lard halls, dance halls, clubs and
( all places of amusement and be-
/ comes effective Saturday morning.
Reason For Theater Order.
THE order closing the theaters
and other places of amusement is
done solely for coal conservation
purposes" said Mr.. Hardy Friday.
AT first l was inclined to allow the
theaters to remain open, believing
| 10 MI
| where people could congregate to
get warm. 1 was under the impress
sion that all places heated by the
/ St. Joseph County Heating Co
| could be allowed to remain open
with little or no use of coal, but
| Mr.. Bryan, of the heating company,
informed me that for every pound
of steam sent through the pipes of
the company meant that much more
coal consumed Consequently l i'm
/ mediately changed the orders re-
| garding theaters and other places
of amusement that might obtain their
heat from the heating company.
They must observe the closing order
the same as all other unexempted
places"
| Police to Enforce Closing.
, The police orders in regard to the
closing of the saloons during the
/ hve-day period are to be rigidly en-
] forced, according to Chief Of Police
/ Kline.
! Some Of the saloons called up
and asked permission to keep open,
saying that they wolld run without
any heat in them, but we told them
/ that they must close and remain
| closed" said the chief Friday.
a few factories that either do not
use coal TO any extent as fuel, the
/ coal being replaced by wood, or
those manufacturing articles of
/ clothing for the army or navy, will
/ be allowed to operate during the
/ fve-day closing down period. About
/ 5000 men are employed in these
industries. They are the Ridenour
Garment Co, employing approx
/ imately 45 persons; the South Bend
/ Wooden Co. employing about $50
| persons; the South Bend Toy Co,
with approximately 400 employees;
\ the Stephenson Mfg. Co, employing
approximately $50 persons; the
i Singer Mfg. Co, with approximately
2.1O0 employees and the South Bend
Dowell works. employing about 40
! persons. These concerns either are
making supplies for the army and
navy. or do not use coal to any ex-
/ tent as fuel
Chamber Open Until Five.
/ The Chamber of Commerce will
/ be allowed to remain open four of
/ the five days until o'clock in the
evening, but it will remain closed
! all day Sunday. This allowance by
/ Mr.. Hardy is made on account Of
I the many necessary meetings that
will be held there during the five
days Administrator Hardy Will
also allow the regular weekly noon
! day luncheon 10 be held at the
/ chamber of Commerce next Mon
day. and the county fuel admins
traitor viii be present himself. The
! luncheon is to be made into a pa
/ triotic gathering. and Sec'y Emmons
\ urges all those who wish 10 attend
| the luncheon 20 make reservations
/ before 3 O'Clock Saturday afternoon.
/ Practically all the meetings, So
! cial and otherwise. that were sched-
uled 10 be held during the next five
| days have either been postponed or
/ cancelled entirely. The meeting of
the Home Service workers of the
American Red Cross. which was 10
+ have been held at the Chamber Of
! Commerce Friday night. was can
celled.
Take Orders PhiloSOphiCaTly.
/ The closing orders are being
/ philosophicaHy received by the
people Of the city generally, al
/ though there is some criticism OF
/ the orders heard here and there
/ The explanation OF National Fuel
! Adm illustrator Garfield Friday morn
llz helped 20 c-zr-fy the local sit
| usticn EreE,ly- The fact that the
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