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New-York tribune., 1918-01-11
Hotel Guests Flee Fire
Officials Investigate ohs'
Blaze in the Martinique

Fire Marshal Brophy is inves,ga.r.ttt
a fire which originating or the e'r,ss pro.:
floor of the Hotel Martinique Dls lss
way and Thirty second Stress, :. a..
night, communicated 10 the tweiisA'
fourteenth floors. .soe
A bellboy discovered the fre ~ 81
IL O'Clock in a linen closet ana IN
in an alarm through the automalS, il
box Before the hotel empioyess =. nd
brigade could get into action 1hs ss ~ ~ II
had shot up through an slrshals. !. AZ
floor above and to the fourteen.h csR
With the arrival OF Deputy .r .;,s
Smokey Joe Martin. three , ens h h
and two trucks. Guests poured if0,ii ne.
motel lobby and rrii, and the pross s
theatre crowd choAed traffic on '
way. .ess
When the tiremen reached 'ne tss,
of the fire there was nothing ios
to do but to check up on the WV
the employees brigade.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11
Buffalo Has Only Enough
Coal to Last T1uo Days
Snecinl Correspondence

BUFFALO. Jan. 1o.-Two days sup
ply of coal is all that stands between
Buffalo and an industrial crash. The
priority order, divcrting soft coal to
New England, has stripped this city
and adjacent territory of thrce-fourths
of its fuel supply.
Promises have been given by Wash
ington that the Buffalo General Elec-
trio Company-power maker for this
region-will get adequate coal next
week. But this does not solve the
nroblem in other quarters. Business,
large and small, totters on the edge
of complete shutdown. Schools and
hospitals have been provided Cor, as
has the city watcrworks.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11
Packers 1917 Profits
Exceed All Records
Swift e. Co. Earn 34.65 Per
Cent on $1OO,OOO,OOO
CAPITAL Stock

CHICAGO, Jan. 1o.-Nct profits far
surpassing all previous records we're
reported by Swift & Co., packers, to-
day, for the fiscal year ended with
September, 1917. The profits given are
equivalent to 3465 per cent on the com
panys $10O,OO0,OOO capital stock and
compare with net profits of S2O,465, 900
IN 1916, which were equal to 27.29 per
cent on the $75,o0O,O00 stock then out
standing.
Gross sales attained new record of
$S75, 100000, which compares with
$575,000,ooo in 1916. The company ex-
pended $450,o0o,OOO for livestock in
1917.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11
What Is Going On To-day

rec aenis.,on TO the American Museum Of Natural
!a{Isgd st3 the e. New York biological Park the an
OF Safety and The Aquarium eA'n
lu,vnaa,'ie 'yn,,,,nn Shew, M Grand Central Palace
Dsssnsl Hotel Mcap1 ssS'IaS''o All JaS Of Clothing
Nss'ns S1diu Of % 'n9 Toy MnufacurcIs of tho United
Meeting OF the Post Parliament. Hotel McAlpn
Meeting of tho Century Theatre CLUB, Hotel As,or
Lu,,cneon of the Meridian Club Of New York Hotel
A4d5sss By G6arIss f Hughes on New Phases Of
Nc" York state Bar Association. A. VVcst Eort tie
qDa erick Edwin fsigs t aiisFo00 o sddTsss @ by 81
at reception. loel Astor. p. "ar m AAa fu'ure" :"
Meeting Of tho Womans Democratic Club Of Now
M;s5s Ss p 'he N'%' wamss }? Ia Law Club ., New vnr
,,l9' Hotel McAlpin. $50 ?. m - -'e" A01a'
p1SG uasa yS5s 3 nf " 1 larson The Dairy
neuiion .,iy; s59 ds 7; +. m ,,n,,,,on cu Inner
no4 N OF Ne" York aid Vicinity Hotel savoy. : "a
Adasssi sstins BY Of EfssdGr @ g Gsne,s White at tho
o;rd S4s Fs5n 5Aysnne. ,. N ''''s' Association
orsanizsr Cooper Jl,i Tnio5 MaE'ln on Spencer the
Address by Edward kins on The ,o,o ., -.
~, roeis before The Harlem Cultural Circle PINE aie
aGr00' ~ 81. Nicholas and Seventh avenues.
Address by Howard r. Bayne on The Aanin,s,rs.
United ne meeting Of 'aI,asSt ,he Ses Of yr tue
Gsenea9gica and Biographical society sS Wess
Ah,erta annent and ball OF the Uniformed Firemen.
q tSsr Is4,S5 .r NTy York Teracs Garden
Dance OF the st. Lawrence Unhersv ,smh io
Astor. evening. S'uo' hue.
fuoie Iecture BY Father Giles Beaj.nio cab,,o, -,
Asace Recngcrcd'' French 'rhpstr. .rnn ,au~nc' o
9N,psf ana dance OF the Athene Cub Of New York
Waldorf Astoria, evening.
PUBLIC LECTURES or THE BOARD OF EDU-
CATION. s:lj p. Il.
MANHATTAE
Milton, rIntansn nNd ho Divine Ris,s ri
lIngs" ]. duncan Spaeth ph u wad!eigl
lish school. l5th Street. west OF Seventh Ave
"kpins." FREDERICK rauding. Arnold To,nbse
House 81 East Broadway.
Firth and Growth OF Suns Professor Samuel C.
Schmucker. Ph- u. Public LIBRARY 71a Easi
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11
Coal Shortage Closes
Plants in Providence
Especial CORES pondence]

PROVIDENCE, Jan. 1o.-Closing Of
several factories in Providence and Its
outlying districts, because OF lack OF
fuel, has temporarily thrown ooo men
list will be greatly increased. In addl-
tion. other factories, employing hun
dreds of hands. have been forced to
run only part time
CITY schools have been reopened and
have enough fuel to run during, the
month. The schoolhouses have bcen
thrown open to families, and many
mothers and young children. unable TO
keep warm at home, have awaited them"
sclycs of the opportunlty.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11
City Firernen Help
Utica Situation
+ Special CDyYespondencel

t777cc'''oc 7707tUt7tct u
UTICA, Jan. 1O.--With a municipal
cal bureau established and tiremen
with city sleighs filling orders, the
local coal situation is being cared for
as far as possible. Up to date no
schools and no business places or fac
tories have been closed owing TO lack Of
fuel.
The scarcity of buckwheat coal
threatens to compel the closing of the
Utica Free Academy. This is extreme.
ly vital because of the coming Regents
examinations.
Some of the churches have united
their services to conserve coal, while
others have closed the main editices
and are holding meetings in the
chapels.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11
Troy in No Danger of
Facing Coal Famine
( Special C0rresDondencc

TROY, Jan. 1O.-~The fuel situation
in this city is considered very favor
able in view of all the circumstances
Fuel Administrators Albert f. Cluett
has SO far not been compelled to do
anything except cut the street advcrtis-
ing lighting.
Coal dealers. it is true. sell in sman
quantities, but no one has been re-
fused who had the money. Not a rae
tory has been closed, nor is one in
danger. All the schools arc open and
no complaint has been received from
any of the hospitals or other public
institutions
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11
Syracuse Schools
And Factories May
Be Forced to Close
I Special CorresDOpdeuceI

SYRACUSE, Jan. 1o.-All schools. a
score Of manufacturing plants, and
every public building not absolutely
essential Will be closed within thirty
SIX hours unless Syracuse gets coal.
The situation to-day is worse ;nan at
any time since the fuel famine.
Heads of manufacturing plants ap
pealed to the city coal administrator
to-day for the pink cards giving them
priority rights from dealers. They
obtained the cards but the dealers can.
not fill their orders.
To-day g dozen carloads of fuel
reached the local yards. AS work.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11
Estimates 1917 Coal Output
As 5O,OOO,OOO Tons Short

}NDIANAPOLIS, Ian. 1o.-An esti-
mate that at least SG,0o0,000 more tons
Of coal than were produced in 1917
could have been taken out by the min
crs in the country is contained in q
statement to-day by John L. Lewis,
vice president of the United Mine
Workers America,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11

New Police Commission.
Declares l O'clock clo.
ing Is Permanent
NoTammany Loopho1.|
Restaurant Keepers o.,
Edict Promptly and Tu,
Hundreds Out

frcderlck. IL. Bugher, the new POI.
Commissioner, put the lid on p,..,
way at ! a. m. to-day and prom;s.aa
inspectors concerned shat henc.t,-s
during his regime it was to be an -.
matte, self-closing lid, without r.
many keyhole, it Is understood =
and down Broadway cafes and ,.~.
rants whose proprietors long aco.
got the edict Of Mayor Nitcbs, =.
April, were slamming their dom,
the faces of prospective patron, =.
upon the coattails of recent ones
1t was the morning Of the ....
drouth, and parched and pantins -
Of visitors from Walla WaIla -, y
points east went to their hotel, =,
tucked themselves under tie cov.,f ;.
an hour that would have scsns,l..,
the home folks.
Commissioner Bugher, the deceos,,
~ soft spoken, deceptively slend., s..
Immaculate person who was plum,..
behind the big mahogany desk r;.,
glass top at Headquarters on short y.
tlce, was the originator Of the drou,,
In the same astonishing fashion tS,
information drifted his way when ~ T.
was Deputy Commissioner. he :,
quired pretty thorough knowledge a,
conditions i'll New York before bs =,
down at that desk, or very soon aft.
ward.
Calls Policemen In
For scarcely had he seated himvs
before he called to Headouarsr
dozens of young patrolmen, most i
them from outlying precincts. i.
said. These were policemen of Il.
new school. whose horizontal feet an
neatly clad in No. 8's despite tt.,
perpendicular SIX feet. Moreogs-
from the feet up there was no.ti~
save the blue uniform 10 stamp tbg
men az policemen
The Police Commissioner dire,p
them to substitute plain clothes r
the uniforms and to go out and 1s
cover whether New York vas kes,,
the good resolution Il made last hA
at Mayor Mitchel's suggestion. Ii
young men in the No. SIS did lust tsa
and their reports were on CONF
sioner Bugher's desk yesterday viz
two or three inspectors called yes'ts
day afternoon.
Those Young policemen had =;
slighted their Job The No. SIS ID
travcrsed the highways and byvr
and the more imposing. exclu sivsa
expensive the resort the more IL
oughly had the work been done. The
were few places that had not opened
them after j. m. There we're few
that had denied them drinks after IL
prescribed hour.
One O'clock Is O'clock
The word was quietly passed tit
henceforth the | o'clock meant ots,i
not .
The news travelled swiftly, as srti
news will. Speeding. { was the rune
that several score more young pat.e.
men, who looked about as much IL,
policemen is Commissioner Bugbs,
does, had been sent out on special as
signments # there were any Of 4.
all ~ places that didn't get tx
news a ewhat experienced trayeleI
il those oarts was unable to find thss
last night. The lid WAS OF, and it vs.
Busher lid, too.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11


Some of the theatres have supplies
of coal that will carry them along for
three weeks or "a month. Others arc
obtaining their fuel like the majority
of the city's industries, in small guam
titles from day to day. Whether an
effort would be made to commander
the Goa! of the fortunate theatres that
happen to possess more than their i'm
mediate fuel requirements is one Of
the numerous questions that arose dur
ing the day and which remain unan
swered.
"There are so many questions in
volved in the broad issue of elminat
ing the non-essentials that no one man
can answer them" said Mr.. Wiggin
"Who can say what is pat essential :?
Also, how much of fuel saving would
Justify the closing of business and
the throwing of many employees out Of
work? I would prefer to have the ma
tional Administration pass upon this
question and have uniform decision
for the entire country"
~It'wrs agreed. however, that'it would
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11

men started to unload government or
ders arrived that it should be sent to
Northern New York towns.s
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11
could be curtailed it would greatly
relieve situation here.
"ALBERT II. WIGGIN."

"ALBERT II. WIGGIN."
Pleas for priority orders favoring
New York continued to meet with firm
refusals from Fuel Administrator Gar
field, according to dispatches from
Washington last night He based his
refusal, it was announced, upon the
theory that the routing of additional
cars to the city would succeed only
in adding to freight congestion and
might not increase the visible supply
of coal here. Moreover, he refused to
alter his decision not to rescind the
priority order under which New Eng
land obtains 500 cars of coal daily.
Some idea of the seriousness of the
situation may be obtained from the
fact that even army movements we're
suspended and the army was side
tracked for the day in order to make
coal shipments possible. All troop
trains that were moving toward New
York or over lines that might be used
by New bound coal trains were
diverted TO roundabout sidings, where
they moved slowly or stood still until
the fuel trains had passed.
1t is expected that the chief activi-
ties of the city and state fuel admin
istrators here to-day will consist of
obtaining information concerning the
probable losses, and the idlcness that
would result from complete or partial
tie-up of the city's amusement enter
prises and saloons. A conference be-
tween State Fuel Administrators Wig.
gin; Harry Peters. head of the local
Conservation committee; Reece Schley,
fuel administrator for New York
county. and James N. Rosenberg,
counsel for the administrators will
be held during the morning.
New York still has approximately
. 10000 saloons that have survived the
numerous regulations aimed at them
during the war. Just how much fuel
they consume is an almost unanswer-
able question, because of the fact that
many Of them arc in !i buildngs ,l31s. that at
the closing of these saloons. 1T was
explained BY saloon men, no fuel would
be saved, since the plants would con, n
tinue to burn just the same amount OF
fuel as before.
Unofficial estimates Of the fuel, that
is consumed daily by the probable
"non-essentals," as made yesterday
Uera &C follOWS: .
New-York tribune., 1918-01-11
Coal Shortage
h71perils City's
Night Life

Continued from page !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-28
ARSENAL ARMORY
IN USE FOR TWO
YEARS THURSDAY

The second anniversary OF the
reopening of the armory shops at
Rock Island arsenal takes place to-
morrow
When orders were received to
resume operations in these shops
two years ago the buildings, with
the exception OF a small portion,
were filed to the ceiling with
stores and supplies A force Of ~
men constituted the personnel Of
the shops at that time.
In the course of a few months
the buildings were cleaned, ma
chinery and tools overhaulfd and
repaired. and July /, 1917, the fol-
lowing report was made:
"A total of 1881 United States
rifles, caliber 80 and caliber %
model of 1903. were cleaned and
repaired during the current year Of
1916 and 1917; also 1929 reyolvers,
caliber 80 and caliber .45: 12,728
miscellaneous articles. such as
bolos. rear sights, barrels and re-
ceivers. bayonets, etc, were clean
ed and repaired. and 325l new
United States rifles. caliber 50,
model Of 1908, assembled and tar
geted and ready to pack.
This report, though seemingly
Small at this time. represented a
tremendous task. due principally 10
the fact that practically all en-
ployes were inexperienced in the
manufacture of rifles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-28
END DANCER AT
SLOUGH BRIDGE
Rock Island Arsenal Authorities
Plan to Construct FOOt-Path
Across Niaduct.

Construction work on a wooden
foot-path over the mississippi river
at Forty-third street will begin
within the next few days, accord
ing to an announcement by the
Rock Island arsenal authorities.
The work is expected 10 be COM
pleted within a week.
The foot-path will be erected for
the benefit of those arsenal work
ers living in Moline and the east
end of Rock Island who use the
street railway bridge at Forty
third street in crossing the river to
go to work. The path fills long
felt need Of the workers, and is
expected to prove the elimination
OF any danger TO the men crossing
the river at that point
Often ines employees coming TO
work have been caught on the mar
row street railway bridge at the
time street car crossed, and in
these instances the men were
forced to hang out over the sides
of the bridge while the car passed.
Several accidents and a fatality
have taken place there, due to this
reason.
The foOt-path will be 80 inches
wide and viii be built on the east
side OF the street railway bridge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-28
AT SESSION WHEN
BOARD CHOSE MEN
FOR ROCK ISLAND

Springfield, Ill. Aug. 28.-That
the work of the division of pardous
and paroles in paroling men out of
the two penitentiaries and the re-
formatory into essential industrial
plants of the state is attracting
wide spread attention is evidenced
by the visit of Frank A Brooks,
chairman of the state board of pa
role OF Massachusetts, to Illinois
to learn the details of the plan
originated in this state and now in
successful operation.
State officials of Massachusetts,
received their first knowledge of
the Illinois so-called industrial
parole plan through a short para
graph printed in one of the Massa-
chusetts penitentiary papers. After
conference with the members of
the Massachusetts parole board
and other state officers, Governor
,. w. Mccall sent Mr.. Brooks to
Illinois, with directions 10 investi-
gate the industrial parole and to
make full and complete report.
Chairman Brooks sat with the
Illinois division of pardons and
paroles at Joliet through the work
of selecting 80 men who are to be
sent to Rock Island to work in the
large industrial plants which have
government contracts. These Sc
lectlons make a total of 420 men
released from the two prisons and
the reformatOry and sent into in
dustrial service.
In addressing the Joliet prisoners
Chairman Brooks of the Massa-
chusetts parole board said:
'All of this has been interesting
to me. 1t has been correctly
stated to the men here that what
ever is done is far reaching, not
only in Illinois but in all the east
ern states. We heard of his
through paper published in our
institution. If I were to say a
word to the men it would be to i'm
press upon them the individual re-
spOnsibility which eaca one OF
them has. A slight mistake or mis-
step by you would be known not
only in Illinois. but all over, you
might say, the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-28
POLICE RECOVER
CARS STOLEN BY
STRANGE PERSON

Rock Island police have recov-
cred two automobiles which were
stolen in this city a few days ago.
One car was taken Saturday night
and the other Sunday afternoon.
A car belonging to c. b. Cook of
Milan was stolen Sunday after
noon. 1t was recovered yesterday
on Ninth street and Second ave
nue.
A car, the property Of George
Crawford, also of Milan, was stolen
Saturday night. 1t was recovered
last night on Ninth street and
Twelfth avenue
Ed Vaughan was today fined s.
by Police Magistrate Charles Smith
on a charge of exceeding the auto
mobile speed limit.
William Ballinger paid So on a
charge of operating an automobile
without proper lights.
Charles Bratton was taxed SO on
a charge OF being drunk and dis
orderly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-28

Since July ], 1917. the armory
has made some wonderful progress,
thousands Of rifles have been turn
ed out and shipped and as many
cleaned and repaired Hundreds Of
thousands Of spare and repair parts
for rifles, in addition TO those as
sembled. have been manufactured
and shipped overseas; hundreds ~
thousands Of bits. stumps. reinines
and other cavalry equipment have
been forged and forwarded 10 other
depots for finishing, assembling and
shipping.
with the present force Of 1000
loyal men and women especially
trained in the manufacture Of rifles,
the armory will make some history
during the coming year that Ger
tainly will not be pleasant for
kaiser lovers 10 hear about" Il.
c. Jasper, foreman in charge of
manufacturing in the srmory shops.
said in discussing the progress
there"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-28
OFFICERS RECHOSEN
BY CHIROPRATORS

The annual meeting of the I'LL
nois Association of Ch,ropractors
was held Monday at the New Har-
per hotel officers who have served
during the past year were re
elected. They are:
President-F. II. Seuboid, Chi
cagO.
Vice President-L. A. Stansbury,
Joliet.
Secretary-WilIiam c. Rice, Chi
cage.
Treasurer. A. Donnelley of
Alexis.
The meeting next year will be
held in Joliet sometime in Aug
ust At that time further plans for
the reconstruction work to be car
ried on by the chiropractors after
the war will be made The plan
for this period was discussed in
formally Monday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-28

The work which is being done
here has originated in this insti-
tuition in Joliet. or perhaps in this
state. The men of this board have
assumed a personal responsibility.
The failure of that would have a
terrible effect on them.
THE men in our penitentiaries in
the east realize and know that
Massachusetts is investigating this
scheme, as | am here because of
the governors order to see what
Illinois is doing. | wish you all
kinds of luck. II is better you
should make success of ii, not
only for us but your own state.
Whatever you do we shall watch
very closely and shall keep in close
touch with you l am going home
with good reports.
Now if we adopt this system in
Massachusetts it will be because
of what has been done in Illinois
The credit belongs here. The SUI
cess or failure of that work will
land eventually on this state and
this board of paroles. They will
be credited if you make good; they
will be blamed if you make a
failure of it, Now, all OF this de-
ponds on you. Go out and make
good and don't go back on this
board that has done SO much hard
work.
Il am going to request that pa
perS be sent to me and | shall
subscribe for the paper here and |
shall search it and see what the
success or the failure of this
scheme has been.
You are a bright looking lot of
men. Wipe out the past and start
in new"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-28

I'VE have gained many miles
and have them on the run. OF
course We have many mics yet TO
go, but every mile we take we
keep and you know that's worth
something" writes Lloyd c. John
son, son of Mr. and MIS-. Jerry
Johnson, 1892 Ninth-dnd-a-haIf
avenue, while in a hospital recov-
ering from wounds received in ac-
ton in France. Mr. Johnson is 2
private in the supply company Of
the regular army infantry
He has been in France since last
January, enlisting April 8, 1917, in
Rock Island. He is % years of
age In his letter he states that
his wounds are slight and that he
expects to get into action within a
short time from date of writing. He
says in part:
I know it has been quite a little
while since l wrote, but we have
been so busy during the last month
or so that I didn't have time to
write to anybody. l am in the hos
pital just now, with slight wounds,
and am leaving soon, so don I
worry. I am feeling fine and ex-
pect to be back with the boys in a
! short time.
Yes mother. back where some
/ OF the boys are they don't even
/ know there is war, and up here
/ where we are, we don't know any
| thing else but war. Well l lost my
/ little team of mules and they didn I
! get sick and die either, see? They
I gave me a real nice fat team of
/ French horses. and you can imag-
/ inc how l get along with a team,
| that when you want them to go
you say, "a lay toOt sweet" mean
! ing get up now.
We'll keep up your courage and
| hopes folks. We have gained many
/ miles and have them on the run.
/ OF course we have many miles yet
| to go, but every mile we take we
! keep, and that is worth something.
! You don't need to worry about me.
! for We get plenty to eat and plenty
| of clothing. We don't need money
| for there isn't anything TO spend it
/ for, even if We had millions. You
/ can't imagine the amount of wheat
/ the French raise that seems to be
/ the main product of this country"