The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-17

| cessation of production in eastern
F., plants. However, they will profit by
| the saving of coal.
! Doctor Garfield's prohibition ex-
| tends to fuel oil users and establish
ments using gasoline power as well
as coal and coke. Water power, how
ever. may be Used at all times Offices
| . nd stores will be allowed to keep fires
| sufficient to prevent freezing and at
| tendant disturbance of fire risks but
no temperatures higher than thirty
two degrees Fahrenheit are allowed.
! Stores which can operate without the
use of coal for heating purposes may
| remain open. Grocery stores are not
| affected by the order since they han
die perishable foods
! One Edition for Newspapers.
| Newspapers on Monday, January 81
and for nine Mondays following, will
! be limited to the number of editions
customary on holidays. Theaters and
all places of amusement must close on
the ten Monday holidays but not dur
ing the whole five days period
Monday, January FL. will be OBJ
served as one of the ten Monday holi-
days, tho it will also be one of the
five days during which all industry is
suspended. Doctor Garfield forbids
both delivery and use of coal in es-
ia blishments affected.
Even coal on hand may not be used.
Speeding up after the five day rest
will be guarded against by the fuel
administration. Orders for coal ship
mepts after the five day period will
be determined by the priority order
esta blished today.
Domestic consumers must be kept
warm and other absolute necessary
consumers must be supplied" Doctor
Garfield stated. "All industry must be
equally restricted in its use of coal in
order that the available supply for the
remainder of the winter may be prop
I..sA
for the essential needs during the
winter"
Ship Congestion a Reason.
No attempt was made to allow mu-
nitions and war work to continue.
Doctor Garfield stated that it would
be impossible to separate essential
from essential Industries for this
purpose. Shipping congestion is so
great that cessation of war work will
not hamper the deliveries of supplies.
he stated, for vast stores of finished
goods are piled on wharves awaiting
shipment and stopping of manufac-
ture for this period will enable trans
portation congestion to be cleared.
Exception is made in the case of
such plants as from their nature must
be continuously operated seven days
each week to avoid serious injury to
the plant or its contents. Blast fur
naces and similar establishments
would be excepted under this pro-
vision.
Newspapers are excepted by the fol-
lowing provision:
Printers or publishers of daily
papers may burn fuel as usual ex-
cepting on every Monday from Janu
airy 81 to March %, inclusive, on which
days they may burn fuel to such an
extent as is necessary to issue such
editions as such papers customarily
issue on important national legal
holidays, and where such papers do
not issue any edition on a holiday
they are permitted to issue one edi-
ton on the said Mondays.
Printing establishments may burn
fuel January IS. 10. 30 and % to
such extent is necessary to issue
current numbers of magazines and
other publications periodically issued"
Must Close Offices and Stores.
The lid is clamped down tight on
each Monday until March 2o- by pro-
hibitions which provide that only such
fuel sufficient to prevent freezing may
be burned on the Monday holiday.
Business or professional offices ex-
cept offices used by the United States,
state, county or municipal govern
merits, transportation companies, or
which are occupied by banks and
trust companies or by physicians or
dentists must close.
Wholesale or retail stores or any 9TH
err stores or business houses or build
maintained for the purpose of selling
food only, for which purpose stores
may maintain necessary heat until
noon and for the purpose of selling
drugs and medical supplies only may
maintain necessary heat turnout the
day and evening.
Theaters, moving picture houses,
bowling alleys, billiard rooms, private
or public dance halls or any other
place of amusement must close.
n fIln1 he ed m h1I
where liquor is sold on these Monday
holidays.
Street cars, including surface, ele-
waited, subway and suburban cars and
trains, cannot use fuel on these days
in excess of amounts used on the Sun
days previous
Can Distribute Coal Mondays.
Buildings used in production dis
tribution of fuel are not affected in
any way.
Special provisions to prevent injury
to health, suffering, destruction of
property by freezing or fire and other
special application for. relief may be
made by state fuel administrations,
where they sdeem such suspension of
the fuel administrations orders i'm
perative.
Railroads Get Coal First.
Order of preference in allotment of
coal. both during the suspension per-
iod and on all occasions until further
Is SUBSTANTIALLY dS lOllOWS.
1-RailroadS.-
domestic consumers, hospitals,
charitable institutions, army and navy
environments.
3--Public utilities, telephones, tele-
graphs.
4-Ships and vessels for bunker
purposes.
5-Strictly governmental purposes
of the federal, municipal. county or
state governments for necessary public
uses, not including orders from fac
tories working on contracts for the
United States
Manufactures of perishable food
or of food for necessary immediate
consumption. No fucl shall be deliv-
cred, according to the order, to any
person or firm for uses not specified