Arizona republican., 1918-01-18
FUEL RULER PUTS
 HIS SIGNATURE TO
 SHUT DOWN ORDER
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request capital not to shift the bur den to labor
 Schools were declared exempted to- night from the closing order under which they are classed as municipal buildings Fuel, officials said, may go to schools freely not only during the five day period but on the Mon- day holidays as well.
 Food industries without exception will be permitted to operate full time
 Prohibition of the use of fuel by various consumers will close hotel and cafe bars in the eastern hall 0! the country on the Monday holidays unless the managemehts prefer their establishments to be heatless.
 Another difference from the pre- limnary abstract is in provision that operation of manufacturlhS plants which must be running con tinuousIy to prevent serious damage must be "only to such all extent as is necessary during the next five days and the succeeding ten Mon days This would apply to blast furnaces and otaer such plants. In their Monday editions, which are limited to those ordinarily issued on | holidays, newspapers are en1olheu from issuing the large editions usu- ally put out on Sundays. Public utilities buildings, telegraph and telephone offices have been audeo in the official order to the llsc "I hnsiress buildings which may be heated on the Monday holidays.
 Wave of Indignation
 A wave of indignant protest agalnst the governments drastic fuel restrlc- ton order which swept over congress l today eliminated in the adoption py 1 the senate tonight 50 to 19, Of reso- llution requesting a five day suspensloh of the orders. Efforts to get vote lon similar resolution in the house was blocked by objection.
 Hours were spent in stormy debate in both senate and house, members vehemently characterizing the future 1 ad administration's step as vailing ma tional calamity" And industrial pa ralvsis." Partisan lines were largely disregarded, particularly in the senate and when it became apparent that the order was going into effect in spite Of the senate request, plans were lad for submitting an appeal directly to Presl- dent Wilson tomorrow.
 Issuance of the orders tonight was q great discourtesy to the senate, sald 1 Senator Hitchcock, author of the reso- 1 lution adopted
 Congress, flooded by telegrams of protest from business interests gave over virtually the entire day to the sub- feet. Resolutions requesting postpone ment were introduced in the senate and house.
 It was six o'clock and just about the time the fuel administrators formal order was made public that the senate adopted the Hitchcock resolution.
 Tn the house, after sharp debate, a vote on Representative Gilletts reso- Hutton was prevented by refusal of Rep resentative Cox of Indiana, democrat, to give unanimous consent for its con- sideration.
 Action in the senate was delayed long enough for Dr. Garfield to be sum- moned to the capitol and questioned by the senate manufactures sub-com- mittee investigating the fuel shortage, Senator Reed, the chairman, reported that he was not satisfied with the eX- planation.
 Leaders in the movement for a war council to control and direct general war policies of the government think the situation insures favorable action on their proposals.
 Senators Lewis, Simmons and Jones of New Mexico, in the senate, and Rep resentative Raney in the house, were among the principal speakers in de- fense of the administration. They all admitted tHat the order entailed serious consequences, but opposed nasty action in disturbing orders under authority granted by congress having the ap- proVaI of the.president and presumably essential
 Denies Administration Right
 Senator Knox said that he had been unable to find anything in the act u<. der which the administration claimed the power that would prevent private persons to use coal which they had in their own possession.
 ri Tn my opinion,' said Senator Knox