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New-York tribune., 1918-01-12

reducing coal to industries when a gen
eral policy had been evolved. State
fuel administrators. he explained, could
close industries, theatres and other es-
adjustments, il necessary to tide over
any emergency.
j. j. Storrow, Of Boston. fuel admin
istrator for New England, notified DR..
Garfield to-day that he had devised a
plan for saving two days on the return
trip of every coal car taking coal from
the mines to New England towns. This
saving, he said. will make up the add-
tional $40 cars of coal that DR.. Gar
field h; ordered shall be shipped to
New England daily.
A larger supply of coal was promised
Chicago to-day when the fuel admins
tration issued orders that producers in
the Pocahontas field of West Virginia
should maintain shipments to the city
at so per cent of the amounts called
:or in their contracts. The fuel ad
ministration had cut these contract
shipments to supply more needy COM
munities elsewhere
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Raging Blizzard in
Chicago Adds to
Shortage in Fuel

CHICAGO, Jan. 11.-With the second
big snow Of the week buryng Chicago
and a sub-zero cold wave sweeping
toward the city on forty-mlc gale,
Chicago again faced danger Of fam
inc of fuel and food.
From New Orleans to Lake Superior
and west to Texas all the sections of
the Southwest, West and Northwest
are feeling the same storm. At Gal
weston, Tex, snow is falling, and in
the Texas Panhandle the thermometer
is below zero.
AT Devils Lake, N. d.. it was 32 de-
grees below zero; at Omaha, % below;
at O'Neill, Neb., 81 below, and up in
Canada, in Saskatchewan, it is az de-
grccs below. A maximum of 5 below
zero is predicted for Chicago tonight.
Six inches of snow is reported in
Northern Texas and Oklahoma, and
nine inches in Kansas. According to
Weather Bureau officials the storm is
expected to follow the Eastern line of
the Appalachian and reach the St. Law
renee Valley by Saturday or Sunday
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Exports to Sweden
Only 81 in November
Large Shipments Made to Hol-
land and Norway, Which
Made Agreements

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Alncrican
supplies were allowed to move more
freely in November to northern Euro
pean neutrals with which rcGxport
agreements had been reached, and ex-
ports to the Allies were reduced
sharply.
Figures made public today by the
bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce show that decrease in ship
nents to Great Britain, France and
Italy accounted for most of the S55.
10000 reduction in exports over the
preceding month. On the other hand,
the Netherlands received S14,91477s
worth of goods in November, compared
with $70S7,o56 in October, and Nor
way received s2,2S5.543. compared with
$55S,640 the month before.
Exports to Sweden, which has not
entered into a satisfactory arrange
ment, are listed at 81. In the pre-
vious month there were no shipments
to that country. Shipments to Den
mark and Spain also showed decreases
as compared with October.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12

Il catastrophe at this time would catch
tho insurance companies when they
could not renew or replace those assets
from sources ordinarily available.
I he danger hes in the fact that the
city's secondary line Of defence has
been frozen up or nullificd for lack Of
coal. The secondary linc-and also the
first line, in n sensc-is the system Of
sprinklers and standpipes in all the
big buildings. 1t is the automatic
sprinkler that is relied upon to hold a
fire in check until the engines arrive.
1t is the standpipc that guarantees all
buildings higher than twelve or four
teen stories against fire. Beyond that
height the high pressure streams, even
1t they reach, strike at such an acute
angle as to dissipate much Of their CT
fcctivencss.
The sprinklcrs and the standpipes,
ranged as they are in battalions and
regiments throughout the business sec
tions of the city, virtually constitute a
mobile wall Of water which can be raised
at moments notice against the spread
of great fire But now they are frozen
and burst because of unheatcd or semi :
heated buildings or the occupants OF
the buildings, warned by the water
losses of tllrir business associates, have
drawn the water from the pipes lest
they burst and inundatc floor after
floor.
"The proposition for which have re-
reatcdly stood in public and private -
that under modern conditions no great
conhagration could occur in New York
does not and could not apply undcs
conditions such as have developed in
the last two weeks" Chief Kenlon told
the insurance men. "My own belief is
that if to those conditions moderately
heavy fall Of snow is added, the proba- =
bility of disastrous conflagration
would be very considerable indeed"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Merchants to Show
City Should Receive
Priority Coal Order

Realizing that New England has been
able to obtain preferential treatment
on coal priority orders because it had
at hand facts and figures showing its
fuel needs. the Merchants Associa-
tion decided Yesterday to take an in
dustrial coal census of New York City.
A committee will be formed to day
to list every industry and its minimum
fuel requirements. This list will be
presented to the national fuel admin
lstration at Washington to prove that
unless vastly larger coal supply is
Forthcoming, disaster will overtake the
mills and factories, many of which are
working day and night turning out war
material.
The association dispatched the fol-
lowing telegram to DIR. Harry A. Gar
field:
The coal situation in this city is cx-
trcmely serious and is daily becoming
worse. Despite the fact that coal receipts
at this point have recently been materially
increased by the provision of more adequate
transportation facilities. greater guam
t!ties OF fuel have become available for
use in this city largely by reason of the
fact that coal delivered here at tidcwater
in place of being retained to meet the local
needs. is shipped to New England points
under existing priority orders, thereby
leaving the people and the industries of
this city with less than half the coal abso-
lutely necessary for daily requirements.
More than $4,000 tons are daily re-
auired for the ordinary uses of our popu-
lation. The daily receipts at this port
would suffice to supply this quantity, but,
in fact. only about half the receipts are re-
tanned here and. on some days. the guam
tity available for local distribution is very
much below that amount. Thousands of
people arc suffering severely being abso-
lutely without coal and unable to obtain
any regular supply. Many schools have
been closed; hospitals and public institu-
tons are in grave danger large part of
the hotels obtain but few hours
supply and are in an extremely precarious
condition.
Many factories, business houses and Of
flee buildings can obtain no coal. and
general closing of business and industry is
imminent unless more effective measures
for relief are at once taken.
We urge. therefore. that the priority
orders hitherto issued by you be either re-
scinded far modified as to permit a
sufficient part OF the coal which is ar
irving at this point and passing through to
other sections to be retained here to supply
the desperate need of this city's people"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Whitlock and Garland
In Academy of Arts

Brand Whitlock, Minister to Bel
glum, and Hamlin Garland, the author.
were elected members of the Academy
of Arts and Letters yesterday The
organization now has its full member
ship of fifty.
Mr.. Whitlock is the youngest man
on the list of the acaedmy. Before his
appointment to Belgium, he was May
the author of several novels, biogra-
phies and books of sociological impor-
tancc.
Mr.. Garland is story teller. essayist
and poet. Most OF his work has been
in connection with the growth and de-
velopment of the Middle West, in which
he was born and where he lived Until
few years ago.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
New Jersey Workers Lose $500,000
When Coal Famine Halts Industry

plants at once bought 1000 cords Of
wood and began using that.
Want Paterson Saloons Closed
William Kearns, fuel administrator
for Paterson, asked the school board to
rescind its order to reopen on Monday
the twenty-five schools which have
been closed since Christmas. This was
taken up at a meeting of mill men
who, before taking a vote to call q
mass meeting for Monday night, sug-
gested that it would be better to close
the 345 saloons of Paterson before de-
priving $4,000 children of school privi-
leges and causing their parents trc-
mendous financial loss by part time
closing of the mills.
To Appeal to Garfield
The Jersey City Chamber Of Com
mcrce, after hearing of the paralyzing
effect of the fuel shortage on the in
dustries of that city and Bayonne, de-
clded to ask the appointment of dele
gates, representing all Northern Jer-
sey cities, to 90 to Washington to-mor-
row night or Monday and put the
states case personally before Dr. Harry
A. Garfield the National Fuel Admin
istrator Local administrators who
conferred with the manufacturers and
chambers of commerce of various cities
declared that bureau chiefs in Wash
lngton had badly handled the interests
of New Jersey.
The Public Service Corporation needs
$4,000 tons of coal for it's central d.
vision alone to resume full-time power
service, it was said. It's other divisions
require $4,000 tons. Until it gets a re-
serve Of at least $4,000 tons to supple
ment its day to day receipts the situa-
ton will remain unchanged.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
West Opposes Federal
Control of Mining Plants

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Protests by
the score came to the headquarters
OF the American Mining Congress to-
day from the West in opposition to
proposed government control OF min
eral deposits, mines and mining plants
during the war. The kilograms said
mass meetings would be held in many
cities in Colorado, Wyoming. Nevada
ana Utah to voice popular feeling
against such action.
Representatives OF the Mining Con-
gress SAID they had been furnished by
the Bureau of Mines with copies of a
bill which Representative Foster. of
Illinois. chairman Of the Committee on
Mines and Mining, would introduce in
the House Monday. providing for con
troll of mineral deposits by the Prcs-
dent similar to that provided in The
food bill for food and coal. The bill
would appropriate S150000,000 for the
work
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Carranza After Palaez
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Increasee

WASHINGTON, Jan. increased
international interest in Mexico's af
fairs has followed the recent here OF
unofficial information that President
Carranza again is considering plan
to drive Manual Palace from control of
the Tampico oil fields. Private reports
forecast an early resumption of mill
tary operations against Palaez, but
there also is information indicating
that the Mexican government is at
tempting to deal with the situation
through political changes.
Palace is reported to have declared
that so long as Candido Aguilar re-
mained at the head of the Vera Cruz
state government he would continue in
revolt. Consequently, Carranza is be-
ing urged by some of his advisers to
transfer Aguilar to the Ministry OF
Foreign Affairs in the hope that il
might solve the problem OF the oil
fields domination.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Mrs. Sheehy Skeffington
Gives Petition to Wilson

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Mrs. Sheehv
Sketfington, widow of Francis Skefinp-
ton, the Irish editor executed in the
Dublin uprising of 1916, was received
at the White House to-day by President
Wilson.
She came to present a petition signed
py many prominent Irish women, ask
ing that the United States recognize
the political independence of Ireland.
Earlier in the day the same appeal was
placed before Speaker Clark.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
10: is Fixed as Boston
Theatre Closing Hour
Storrow Refuses Exemption
and Managers Agree; 10
O'clock for Movies

..BOSTON. Jan. 11.-James J. Storrow,
fuel administrator, refused to-day to
exempt theatres from the early closing
order which is to become effective
throughout Massachusetts Monday, but
granted an extension of fifteen minutes
for night performances. After con-
ference at the State House, the man
ayers of the Boston playhouses agreed
to start performances at 7:A5 p. m
and to close at 1915 p. IN.
The managers had contendcd that to
close their doors at 10 o'clock would
seriously injure their business and re-
suit in a considerable decrease in the
government war tax. which amounts in
this city to nearly 100000 month.
The order as it applies to moving
picture theatres and other amusements
was not changed, and Mr. Storrow said
that they would have to close at 10
o'clock.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Will of Lieut.. A. C. Spalding.
Killed at Front, Is Filed

The war time will of Lieutenant Al
bert Goodwill Spaldins. an American
officer of the Ennskillen Fusiliers.
who was killed on July |, 1916, "some-
where in France" was filed yesterday.
Lieutenant Spading, who was son of
the late A. G. Spalding, sporting goods
manufacturer, executed his will in
London on December Is, 1915.
He left $4,000 to Irene Brown, of
East Orange, n. j.. Harriet Brown
Spalding and William Brown, of East
Orange, received $4,000 each. The
residuary estate, which is valued at
more than $4,000, is left to Keith
Spalding, of Chicago, brother
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Nash Motors Declares
Initial Dividend of Sc

Directors of the Nash Motors Com
pany yesterday declared an initial divi-
dend of Sc share of the $4,000 shares
of common stock outstanding, in ad-
dition to the regular quarterly dis
trbution Of Sl.75 share on the So
200 preferred stock. This com
pany was organized in July, 1916, bv
c. W. Nash, who had been president Of
the General Motors Corporation. In
addition to the Nash car it makes JET
fiery cars and trucks
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Strike on Federal Work:
Marines Guard Plant

Two hundred and fifty employees of
the Ford Marine Appliance Corpora
ton, which is working on government
contracts, went on strike yesterday
afternoon in the shop at so Lafayette
Street. Two hours later guard of
marines, undcr the command of a lieu
tenant, took post in the building. A
sentry, with rifle over his shoulder.
paced the sidewalk in front of the
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Robbers Kill Five at
Camp Funston Bank

CAMP FUNSTON, Kan. Jan. IL
-Four military policemen and banker
were killed here tonight when q band
OF robbers attempted to rob the bank
at the army cantonment here.
;. Inc robbers, it was stated. wore SOL
der uniforms. '0'
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Roosevelt to Investigate
East Side Conditions To-dav

Colonel Roosevelt will make a trip
through East Side and other tenement
house districts this morning. at the in
vltation of the Community Clearing
House. to see the privations caused by
the high price of milk.
Members Of the New York Academy
of Medicine will be among the party.
and pair of scales will be taken to de-
terlninc precisely the effect Of malnu-
triton.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Would Rid Socialism of Marx

PARIS, Jan. 11.-A group for study
mas been organized by the French So
c'allst party, with the object of ridding
socialism of the influence of Karl Marx.
the German Socialist writer.
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a consequent slackening of eff
fort and these ut this stage of
affairs would be fatal to our
cause.
OF course it is barely possible
that some fortunate circum-
stance may befall TO throw vic
tory TO our arms, but this is ex.
tremely unlikely until we have
greatly increased our strength
ON the fighting front.
So let us reach out after four
or five millions of lighting
men, put them on the front,
and then sustain them. IL
must not be said that America,
II nation that has never yet
done things by halves, has now
taken up the practice. We will
have peace when our arms en-
force it-not before.
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Work or Fight.

The decree has gone forth
"work or fight" 1t is well-as
for az it goes. But, limited tc
subjects Of the selected draft, i,
doesn't begin To reach far
enough. 1t should be made to
rcnch all classes and conditions
of American life; from tho hobo
by the roadside to the million
nire in his limousine. ono
dronos in American should he
the wntch-cry Till the great con.
ilict is won.
America expects every man
To do his duty. VIII public
sentiment see that he does il;
Giving is not enough, though
one give to his last mite. Money
can not win this war: but that
which money can buy-the
fruits of toil-can and will win.
The millionaire gives hun
dreds of thousands to buy can
non-but if no cannon is made,
tho gift ia nhorlive.
1t is labor that is needed now
intelligent, persistent, increas.
ing labor, that shall go to fur
nish and create those vital SIN.
ews OF war, without which our
great armies will be impotent.
Bar the sluggnrd. Place him
under the ban of a supreme
public contempt. 1t matters
not his poverty or his millions,
demand that he Work-nnd at
some needful occupation.
Labor is king, and must hold
the HI ron until it has made
this world safe for all peaceful
peoples.
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We're With You, Woodrow
Wilson, Hundred
Million Strong.

Were with you, Woodrow
Wilson, hundred million
strong"
Any audience which can see
that title flashed on the screen,
as it is in "l'hc Kaiser, the
Beast Of Berlin in the partlc
ularly appropriate place where
it appears, and not literally go
off its nut with excitement, is
a pretty hard audience to en-
thuse. Millions Of people
throughout the United States
have Joined in thunderous
rounds of applause at this point
in the part fancy and part fact
story of the kaiser will certain
~ do the same thing ut the
Amuzu Theatre when the pic.
ture is shown there on today
and tomorrow.
All the madness of the war
cfazed mind of the kaiser, all
the viciousness OF the crimes
pcrpctuated in his name and
under his orders, are shown in
this picture with vividness at
once horrible and thrilling. The
sacking of l. twain is reproduce
cd with infinite attention to
detail, immediately after the
first scenes Of the film
showing Belgium in times of
peace.
The decoration of the com
mander of the u boat which
sank the I4usitania j s shown
and he is later shown as insane,
seeking out The cowardice in
the head of the kaiser when he
describes to him how the hands
OF drowning children are reach
ing for him constantly.
The visit of Ambassador Ger
ard TO the kaiser when the kali
ser told him that Germany
would stand no nonsense"
from America after the war,
brought vigorous applause.
MIR. Gerard is depicted MS smil
ing aud bowling when the kai
ser makes the statement, and +,
MS he bows, he touches the tiny
metal flag iii his coat lapel and
smiles
The downfall Of Berlin and
Imprisonment of the kaiser
closes the picture, through
winch runs a small tragic story
of the love OF n young Belgian
girl, the destruction of her
home and the death of her fl
ancc. Rupert Julian takes the
leading role as tie kaiser.
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lowed the instructions Of the
food pledge card, have planted
gardens, canned and preserved.
In thousands Of our homes "a
complete revolution has been
made in the family diet, so that
there might be saving i'll the
food stuffs that are needed by
cur allies abroad. am going
home now and tell our women
that they must put all their en-
ergy into the saving of wheat,
since the wheat loaf has be-
come symbol Of life of all
western European nations We
are not To feel that we can
abandon our program of con
scrvation because we hope for
an abundant harvest. The food
problem is not ended, lit may
become more severe. I'VE can
not relax that psy chology of
devotion in God matters
throughout the whole period Of
the war MIR. Hoover said so
and | heard him.
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Our Conservation Strengthens
the Morale OF Allies.

The enormous Importance to
tho morale OF our allies of n
continued supply Of meat and
wheat from America was en-
phasized by Mr., Hoover nj the
recent conference of the Wo-
mans Committee of the Couu-
Gil of National Defonse in
Washington. His statement
brought wildly to the minds of
the delegates the connection be.
tween their own efforts toward
the conservation Of food and
the great issues facing our al
lien abroad Mr., Hoover said:
The meat question has been
and remains Il serious one. The
English found themselves con.
fronted by n critical situation
and had to reduce their con
sumption to one and one fourth
pounds per week per capita as
against normal consumption
OF about three pounds. Now
they arc able 60 increase the ra.
ton. That has been not only
Of physical Importance but OF
enormous Importance to the
morale OF the nation, because
with the short bread and meat
ration existing in the early part
Of March il SEINE alienation
could not have been had in the
face of the encouragement of
the German drive, the results
might have been serious"
II like to think that my state
helped 10 make possible the in
crease. in the English ration"
said one of the chairmen in dis
cussing MIR. liooyer's talk,
"And why should not think
go, since our women have fol.
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DANGERS OF 0ver-Coniidence

No greater calamity could
overtakc this country than our
people TO become possessed of
the erroneous belief that the
war is as good as won, and
that further strenuous cxcrtion
IL unnecessary,
The war is not won, and I'M
less all indications are mislcad.
ing, is not likely to be won
soon. Fhc forces contendin G
for victory are far TOO evenly
matched for either to obtain
any decided victory.
Every man, woman and CHI lid
in this country should nerve
themselves constantly remind
themselves that their utmost
exertion and sacrifice is imyer-
ativcly demanded. Any other
attitude must result in n weak
cning Of the will TO win, and
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SUBSCRIBERS are earnestly re.
quested to observe the date
printed on their address slips,
which will keep them at all
times posted rs to the date
of the expiration of their sub
ecription. Prompt and timely
attention TO this request will
save all parties great deal Of
tauoyancc.
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A Danger.

In the spring of this year,
when the people of this country
became really awake To the fact
TINT food shortage was among
the possibilities of the coming
year, the call went out from Of
fetal Washington for a record
production of food and feed
crops The answer TO that call
was prompt and decisive. We
are informed that the output of
the farms and gardens and or.
charis was never greater than
this year.
This is gratifying and shows
the readiness with which our
people rise to an emergency,
But there is "A danger that may
grow out of the situation that
must be guarded against.
Production of the food crops
IL destructive to soil fertility.
Over n great part of our coun-
try our farmers, in order to
maintain the strength of their
soils, have had TO resort TO crop
rotation, and that frequently
when they could have realized
a greater immediate profit to
have stuck to certain straight
crops. Especially are the four
great staples wheat, corn, oats
and potatoes-e extremely hard
on our soils.
Now the probabilities arc that
the prices of nll these crops will
continue high for some time To
come, and their production will
be great temptation to our
people. TO a reasonable extent
this will be necessary, but ii
should not be carried 10 an cx-
tremc. Soil once depleted is
hard to restore as any cxpe-
rienccd farmer can testify.
AS an evidence of the result
OF adhcring to the staple food
crops, we have but to point to
certain sections Of the grca,
grain belt of northern Illinois
and Indiana. Since the advent
of high prices, many farmers
of that section have virtually
surrendered their farms TO the
production of wheat, corn aud
oats. The old established rota.
ton has been abandoned, with
the result that the land is being
depleted ut n really alarm ne
rate.
We must preserve soil fcrtili
~. We must not be guilty OF
killing the goose that lays III,
golden egg.