The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-21
RUSHING COAL
TO SEABOARD
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ing for warmer weather throughout
the east and south
The best showing thus far has
! been made at southern Atlantic ports
! where 1O7,700 tons of bunker coal
has been delivered and is ready for
| loading with 100000 more tons en-
| route. At one port more than $4,000
| tons were delivered over Sunday
! Northern Atlantic ports are expect
| ing 10000 tons during the next Few
days and twenty-four hour Loading
schedule will be continued during the
period Of industrial suspension in the
east.
Deep SHOWS, zero temperatures and
promise Of only slightly warmer
weather came in reports to the fuel
and railway administrations as a
discouraging factor in the movement
of trains during the next forty-eight
hours.
industrial America has done her
part. 1t is now up to the weather
and the national railway" 1t was
stated at the fuel administration. All
energies are centralized on the ire
mendous transportation problem. To
W1ldL are Lie. SAdSt iSSuito "
the Garfield order, the senate inter-
state commerce committee today
summoned Director General McAdoo
to reappear on the stand. committee
members promise complete airing
of the present transportation crisis
which McAdoo Saturday admitted
had been little relieved. since gov
eminent control went into effect.
;- he nj i'm, nf r.
Adoo sought to relieve the freight
jam by shutting down industries in
stead of using a more direct route
placing an embargo on non-essential
In freight shipments, advocated by
the fuel administration. Now Off
Gals say the close down order will
result in only moderate relief from
the coal tie-up and the embargo will
be necessary ir addition-fiye days
later.
With Hands in Pocket.
CHICAGO, Jan. 21-Father Dearborn
stood around with his hands in his
pockets today and tried to act natural.
The first "workless Monday" de-
creed by the fuel administration, was
a struggle to appear as though 1T was
the usual thing to hang around the
house, or go to a movie in the middle
of the day, instead of rushing down to
the office, the shop or the factory. The
result was a meticulous observance of
/ the Garfield order, but poorly sup
pressed resentment at the enforced
| Ioafing."
More than a half million persons
were idle In Chicago alone, while near
! " half that number were similarly at
fected in other parts of the state.
Movies, theatres, billiard rooms and
dance halls were taxed to their limit
| to provide recreation for the restless
public, who sought amusement with a
spirit of grim determination.
| Drinks could be had only in an at
mosphere that was more suggestive OF
whale Oil and pemmican than hfghballs
and ham sandwiches. The state fuel
administration had ruled that saloons
which remained closed might maintain
a temperature of As degrees. but where
drinks were sold should be heatless.
/ A majority Of saloons elected to
close but many opened promptly al
| midnight with sweatered, overloaded
shivering barkeeps mixing trapped
connections for equally shiverfng pa
tents.
The only thing Which could be
bought in Ohio today was reading mat
erial, medicine, laundry. food, amuse
ment, and a room to sleep in.
Drug stores were open only for the
sale of medicines.
Saloons were closed tight with few
exceptions. Even the sale of tobacco
was taboo.
Bone Dry Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, Jan. 21.-"Bone
dry"