Taiban Valley news., 1918-03-22

shortage in Austria:
"A petition of the Unicn of Cinernt
FTheaters to the emperor requesting
permission to heat cinemas in order Il
avoid the ruiz of the industry, has re
suited in consent being given for the
utilization of old wood as fuel fol
the cinemas in Vienna.
''At Prague all schools were to bt
closed for full month, from Deeem
Der 16 to January Is. At Zizkov (neal
| Prague) the schools have already beer
! closed for month, and the holidays
are likely to last. three months. Al
Budenitz, close to coal mines, the
school is closed. At Smichow strin-
gent measures for economy in the use
of electricity have been taken owing
to the lack of coal; for example, pri-
vate consumers are ordered to restrict
their consumption to single lamp
The lighting of stairs and vestibules
is restricted as much as possible and
must in no case be continued after $
p. m.; the closing of the electricity
works is threatened.
"At Lemberg the electric trans
ceased to run on and from November
%, owing to lack of coal. The mu-
nicipal authorities are doing their ut
most to secure sufficient transport for
coal in order to resume the tramway
service and maintain the gas and wa
ter works. Shops close at 5 p. m,
cafes at p. m. Several schools have
been shut. Trains with a run of less
than one and one-half hours will not be
heated"
New regulations from the Office of
the provost marshal general in regard
to compensation of registration boards
read in part as follows:
"The rate of compensation for mem
bers of local boards up to and includ
ing the completion of the final classi-
fication of the registrants within the
respective Jurisdiction of said board
shall be on the basis of 80 cents, as ag
gregate compensation to the member
ship of the local board, for each regis
trant to whom QUESTIONABLE shall
be mailed and who shall have finally
classified in accordance with the provi-
sions of these regulations.
Money due for said work shall be
paid in proportionate amounts to each
member of local board claiming COM
pensation for his services, unless 1t
shall be requested by the unanimous
vote of the local board that the moneys
due shall be paid in some other pro-
portion. In such case no one member
shall receive more than Is cents of
the allowance of 80 cents for each
classification and no two members
shall receive more than % cents for
each classification to be distributed
between them"
Director General McAdoo and the
food administration have arranged to
cooperate in the distribution of cars
for the food and feed trades.
fThe grain and grain products and
feed shippers are to first apply for cars
in the usual way through railroad
agents in case of not being furnished
within a reasonable time they may
then apply TO the zone representatives
of the food administration grain di-
vision at the various terminals, stat
ing the cars required, point at which
1T is desired cars should be sent, char
acter of the product to be loaded, the
destination of shipment, and the con
signee.
The shippers Of sugar, beans, rice,
vegetables, live stock, meat, and per-
ishables generally, should first apply
for cars In the usual way through rail-
road agents; in case not being fur
nished within reasonable time they
may apply directly to the food admin
istration in Washington, stating the
cars required, the point to be sent, the
character of the commodity to be load
ed, the consignee, and destination.
Persons in military service are per
write for publication in newspapers
and magazines. They may not re-
ceive payment for material furnished
by them.
All letters containing matter for pub
lication written by men in service must
be sent through officers, who will de-
lete all references capable of furnish
ing important information to the en-
emy.
Regular newspaper correspondents
not in military service are not required
to submit copy for censorship, being
guided by the requests for secrecy pub
llshed by the committee on public in
formation. If these are ignored the
privileges of the camp may be with
drawn in the discretion of the camp
commander
None of these rules apply to troops
in France. where the commanding gen
eral of the expeditionary forces Will
establish such regulations as are nee
sary.
Wood pulp is being manufactured
into cloth in Germany, according to ad-
vices received by the bureau of foreign