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New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
Steps Taken to Keep RAIL-
of the War Armv
Filled =
Plan to Furlough
roops for Harve,.
Basis of State Quotas Mad.
More Equitable by Exc|ud.
ing Enemy Aliens

WASHINGToN, Jan. l5.-Ths o..
crnment has decided on draft rey;s.- ~
ton of all young men as fast AZ ~.
become twenty-one years old a. ;,
means Of keeping filed the ranks o. ..
war army. It has decided sgains. ~.
ing The draft age lin.t above thirv..,.
years.
An Administration bill vas mt.
duced today at the request of the w.,
Department by Chairman Chambers,
Of the Senate Military Commits. :.
register for draft al men who b...
reached twenty-one since June ). Is,-
when the draft lay became esect;.
The Administrators support seems :.
assure its prompt passage. The br
agrees with the recent recommsp1..
tons of the provost marshal Gensu,
Crowder.
Other Administration bills inrs.
duced to-day By Chairman Chamh,.
lain 81 the request OF the Var D..
partmcnt viii supplement- the drsA
law to make i workable under corj
tions that have developed. One wout
permit furloughing Of National Arm
troops for harvest work or other CIV.
ian duty. Another would eliminate e.
emy alien population from the basis O.
calculations for draft quotas By max.
ing the basis for each state the nun.
Der OF men available in Class l.
Badge for Exempted Men
Still another bill would provide =
badge or button for exempted men.
Registration OF men who have be.
come of age since the draf. law was
enacted, the War Department. est.
mates, viii add about 100000 men to
the draft availables each year.
The bill changing me basis Of s.aa
quota is believed to provide nor
equitable system. as It will exclude e..
tircly enemy aliens from the bass
Enemy aliens were included in tie
basis for the first draft and there VS.
much complaint. Heavy enemy slis
populations in some congested districe
forced Americans TO army duty, II.
gardless Of exemption claims, to mal
up district quotas.
TIE bill to permit troops to 20 Il
agricultural work merely would 81
thorize the Secretary. Of War to IN,
lough men for civilian duty. kG
iSnown. however, that the War Depan
ment intends to use the authority pru-
cipal!y to provide men FOR hsrss.
time and other agricultural work vita
10 the food supply.
To facilitate collection OF private ir-
surance policies held by troops, ano.ls,
bill would require private insurants
companies 10 accept the Official arm
record as proof of death of men anon,
the army insured. Il is designed
meet the cases Of men reported mlsslc
to which there Is no actJsl proof Of
death. In case of payment by ms
ance companies upon policies held bF
men reported missing and who a-er
should appear, the bill provides for
reimbursement 70 tie insurance CON-
panies by the government.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
Roads Disclair1a
All Blame for
Coal Shortage
More Fuel Being Brought
to Tidewater Than City
Consumes Normally

SO far as coal is concerned, The rail
ways maintain that they have disposed
Of their New York problem They
submit figures to prove that they are
bringing far more coal to tidewater
for delivery to New York than the
city's daily normal consumption. The
real problem now from railway point
cf view il; to clean up yards ana tormi-
nais and endeavor to attain the high
est oosslbl" degree OF effectiveness in
coallng and loading the Is odd ships
that are delayed in New YorA harbor.
IT is understood that the Allied gov
crnmcnts are making representations
at Washington concerning the food
crisis resulting from the failure of
American ports to coal ships and Load
them promptly that make /. coailess
New York iooS like q small speck to
government officials. 1t is also said
lean forces in France and clsewho re
abroad is seriously reduced by The OBJ
struction of shipping.
With improvement in the weather
throughout trunk line territory rail-
road mon now begin to see some i'm
piovemcnt in freight moving, though
so far they have been able TO accom-
phsh little more than to begin to dig
their yards and tracks out Of the snow
Passenger trains are running on all
lines, but some are as much as twelve
hours late. In sections of New York
and Pennsylvania there was a heavy
fall Of snow Monday night.
Neither Pittsburgh nor Buffalo was
able to report any perceptibc improve
ment III the freight situation, but mod
Grating weather made them hopeful of
substantial results from renewed ef-
forts within twenty-four hours.
he most serious news was from Chi
cago, where 1t was officially reported
,h"' 'herc nad pccn no empty car de
llverles to Western lines since last Fri
day.
h's means very grave delay in the
iorwardlng Of foodstufTs for the Allies.
IN New York it was announced that
292 railroad lighters had been DELAYED
an average of seven days each. which
tells the story Of failure to load ships
representatives of the railways en-
tcrng New York met yesterday after
neon to consider plan Of store door
deliveries of less than carload shin
ments with a view to breaking the
blockade of freight stored on piers.
he New York Central alone is stor-
ing 100000 tons of such freight, and
altogether several hundred thousand
tons await delivery. The plan dis
cussed was the old one of mobilizing
all freight trucks by means of some
sort Of a pooling arrangement so that
there will be created regular system
of delivering freight as soon as it ar
rives.
Yesterday was the first day of the
new general embargo against the port
Of New York, designed to make way
for the elimination of the corocctiOn ,e
domestic freight in carload lots at this
port and to inaugurate system of
shipping by permits that Will insure
the proper unloading of cars rs soon
as they arrive. Contrary to expccta.
tons there was no rush to put in ap-
plcatlons for permits to get goods
through the embargo.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
Spoermann Is Brought
To Baltimore; More
Arrests Are EgoJe

", BALTIMORE. Jan. 10 lieutenant t
Waiter Spoermann, alleged German spy.
arrested on the aviation field near
Norfolk last week, was brought u Bal
tlmore this atlernoon He was rushed
from the railroad station to the United
States Marshal's Office and later lodce,,
in jail
Two hours previous to his arrival.
ms brother Frederick H. c. Spoermann.
VINO was arrested here last night. was
sent to Jail also
Another man, Marius Arsch. OF this
city, Was arrested to-day by the Fed
eral agents There were rumors tba.
other suspects were being rounded up.
Alsch, II developed, held some papers
belonging to Lieutenant Spoermann.
He himself volunteered the information
TO the Baltimore police and he was
taken in charge by United States of
iicers until the papers were seized.
Records a. the local Federal Office
show that an enemy alien permit vas
issued TO Sporemann several months
AGO. ard the record showed statements
from Spoermann that he had come to
America with his brother, Frederick.
in 1910.
These statements, SO far as could be
aScerlalned. were never verified by the
Federal agents. Papers seized in his
rooms in Baltimore last week, with
those indicating dealings with both
Bcrnstorff and Boy indicated that
he had "reported for service" in Ger
many after the way began in August,
1914.
This would apparently dispute Spore-
inann's statements on his alien record
IN 1910, except that he could have re
turned to Germany surreptitiously, re-
ported for service there, and later re-
entered the United States without de-
tection
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
German Spy's S
Arrest Caused
By His Fiancee
Continued from uaEc J

my country, and | would break my en-
gagement to him and never speak to
hlm again. If he were a spy But I
know that he is not, and | know that
he can prove he is not.
"Why, only last week he sent me a
beautiful flag from the camp near New
port News, and have never heard him
say word against this country. He
IS German, though, and for that rea-
son was opposed to his going to the
camps"
The SD article of war was pointed
cut as clearly giving the War Depart
mcnt jurisdiction in the Spoern1ann
case. Itreads:
Any person who, in time of way.
snail be found lurking or acting as a
py IN or about any forti.ications, posts.
quarters or encampmcnts Of any Of the
armies of the United States or else
Where' snail be tried by a general
courtmartlal or military commission
md shall, on conviction thereof, suffer
DEATH"
Sporemann is accused of attempting
TO tire magazine at the army aviation
i'old near Norfolk This accusation.
army lawyers asserted. was one that
rnooubtedlv came within the meaniIl:.
q the SD article OF war. While the
Espionage Act also provides for the
oeath penalty in extreme cases, army
"fflclals pointed out That no provision
IN the act could be interpreted as lin
ting the acts OF military courts
Courtmartial procedure, they CON
tended. took precedence over all civil
statutes in time of war. Some officers
suggested that the entire country
should be placed under martial law,
as long as the war lasts, and all cases
OF espionage sabotage, treason and
spying should be subjected 10 military
action, TO stamp out any acts intende
t" menace life or property or impede
the conduct of the war
The State Department was unable to
confirm the report that Sporemann was
associated with Captain Bov-Fd. for
merlY German military a.fnche hern
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
Snow, Rain and Wind.
With Fog, Made Up
Days Weather Here

Flrst came little SNOW; then came
"a lot of rain. Fog followed in varvin.,
ueSrees OF density, and before the sun
llhaily got chance 20 shine, the big
seso WIND of the year, or in MANY
months. Tor that matter, swept down
from the northwest. Then ended
tWenty-four hours Of weather, and New
orh was glad.
New York put in strenuous day
2attIlng with the clements Yesterday
kaln came down in torrents in the
moTnlng, washing away every sign Of
the snow OF the night before. and turn
ing streets INTO fair sized rivers.
The wind and tide entered into q
comolnation IN restraint Of trade, gen
eral comfort and good nature. ard he
fore they got through they had backed
water up IN the North and East rivers
higher than il bad been IN Years.
Early in the afternoon the wind be
gan 10 blow, gently at first, but with
er-increasing violence, until at &
o'clock the measuring instruments on
top of the Weather Bureau recorded
scventy-two miles an hour. At 9 O'Clock
the wind had died down 80 mere fift.y
miles an hour and the weather man re
ported then that there WAS no sign of
It's going any lower.
ne StoIn was very general through
out the Eastern states. II originated
in the Northwest and covered the en-
tire area east of the Mississippi ana
as far south AS the Carolinas.
Inc snowfall which started the
weather movies amounted to between
threc-hfths and seNen-tnnths Of "a,
inch. The rain which followed totaNnd
1.04 inches, and the wind. which fairly
we'll dried up things. averaged a bit
over fifty miles an hour for several
hours. ~
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
Aiier, WHO Failed TO File
QUESTIONABLE Is Interned

NEWARK, n. J.. Jan. 15-Arre:tsd
as an alien enemy, William T. Her
scheimer, of 30S Magnolia Avenue, ler-
sey City. wss ordered interned on Elh'
Island tonight, after he admitted 70
Federal officials here that he had Oee'
employed near the Brooklyn watertr't'
plant which burned down fortngi'
ago.
Merscheimer added that be had bss'
employed also in the plant of the "s''
lnghouse Company, working on COVER
ment contracts. and had sought -
with the Splitdorf Electrical Compsli
IN Newark, where parts OF the new LII
erty motor are manufactured.
He was first arrested ten days az
Tor failure TO fill out his draft cues
tlonnaire. He had moved from the &c
dress given when ne registered in Juhs
and his name was included in llss Q
del.nquents published
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
2 Dealers Subp@naed
AS Coal Prohteers

Subp~nas We're issued yesterday
afternoon by Assistant District Attor-
rey James +. Smith for two East Side
dealers, who it is alleged. have charged
the poor of that section as much as
$50 Il ton for coal. The dealers will
probably be brought before Judgc
Wadhams in General Sessions to-day.
Judge Wadhams. by Advancement
with District Attorney Swami, has vol
unteercd to sit in Part | of General
Sessions for the remainder of the
month as committing magistrate in
a John Doe inquiry into prolitecring.
The District Attorney has invited
every orc having legal evidence of
oVercharging or boarding to submit
i; to his assistant for prcscntation be
fore Judge Wadhams.
Mr.. Smith has been Informed that it
Is n common sight on busy street cor
neis OF the lower East Side to see driy.
crs Of coal carts selling bags o. coal
at Sl.1o apiece. TIE bags are sup
posed to contain 100 pounds Of coal.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
Only Brooklyn Schools Now
Affected by Coal Shorsaoe

Brooklyn remains the only borough
od tne greater city whose schools are
afected by the shortage of coal Pat
f,oA fo, 10 J. ones, Sgperi41ttendent Of supplies
terday that l3o schools in RrooiS,,.,-
would remain closed until February +
IN accordance with the original NAV
mat much time being necessary to no. no.
Siae Sr, them with d reserve supply Of coal
In nree schools in Manhattan and two
IN me Bronx are closed. but coal Short
"se IS not the reason. Defective pipes
-.a'u ,ho;. oollers caused them to suspend
aheir activities, and repairs are being
made as Speedily as nossihle .l'7
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
Garfield Favors Ban
On the Non-Essentials

WASIiINGTON, Jan. 15-Dcnial of
coal supplies to the less essential indus
trles for a period Of a week o.. lonaor
ana railroad embargo against the shin
"eIit OF non essentials arc included In
p'ah under consideration to-day bv
so;e' iil'cnV olhclals studying means Of
'el.SNlhg the coal famine in the East
Already nr. Garfield has prepaTcd 8
preferential list for the guidance Of
'uel admlnlstration offciAls in distr;b-
"''nE coal, which directs that fuel sun
Pi'es DC apportioncd, in order. to housc-
no'derS, to public utilities 20 shins
transporting war supplies and To VA
'Huus'r'ts- consumers who do not come
"i'h'h these classes viii be the ones
Whosc supplies Will be held up if dras-
'lc measures are attempted.
1t was believed tonight that mr. 20.
'leld would decide to shut down cnt;ral,
the less essential industries for n ner,od
la'her than ask President Wilson to de-
clare Monday an industrial holiday he
cause 1t would fit in better with the nro
posal that rail shipments be denied TO
Vie products of certain industries.
me ran embargo proposal was placed
before Director General McAdoo to-day
II would stop the operation of many
eactories, but those which have coal
tNpplles on hand could continue r,,n-
~SAS until their reserves were cx-
-'tNSted.
= 40 i,an i is contended would 20
ar toward relieving railroad congas-
t'on and would give the roads an op-
portunity to turn their efforts to NOV
ing coal Railroad officials believe j..
would be the best arrangement if put
into force in connection with cuttiu.r
OF coal shipments TO the less essen,
hal industries
Little hope was held out at the Fuel
Adminlstration's Offices to-day OF relief
Tor the Middle West Snowstorms have
checked the movement Of coal trains
and the situation is not likely to i'm
prcve, 1T was said, until weather condi-
tlons are better.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
Michigan Adopts Strict
Cool-Sav;ng Restrictions

LANSING, Mich, Jan. 15.-Statc Fuel
Administrator W. X. Pruddcn to- day
ordered retail and wholesale stores, of
lice buildings and call places of bust
ness" to be heated and lighted not more
than nine consecutive hours on all
week days except Saturday. when
twelve hours were allowed. Tho clos
ing hour must not be later than 10
P. III. Restaurants which arc now oper.
atlng twenty-four hours may be oncr-
ated nine hours at night.
Nhurches may be heated SIN hours a
weeN. Theatres and motion picture
houses must be closed on Monday and
Tuesday. On other DAYS they are a,
lowed TO be open for five hours. Bars
must close at 10 ,. 81.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
indianapolis Theatres
And Saloons Are Closed

INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. l5-All thea
Tres. saloons. poolrooms and places not
%'oSoluteiT rccessaYy, where heat an,
hght are used. .velc ordered closed IN
medlately, until further notice. III.
a aiternoon, ~ br. 1enry Jameson. Fed
eral fuel Administrator for the cltv.
Inc order was issued after every
o'her effort &c provide coal for domes
VIC consumption lad lailel.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-16
Aldermen Asked
By Hylan to Take
All Surplus Coal
Board to Consider Seizure
at Meeting Tomorrow;
Distribution Planned

Mayor iylan yesterday sent a mes
sage to the Board of Aldermen recon-
mendng the passage Of an ordinance
vestlng power in the city to acquire
surplus supplies of coal, making pro-
vision for compensation to the owners
Of the coal seized, and providing for
the distribution of it through an agency
of the city government
II feel that your honorable body has
had brought to its attention the serious
consequences to the life, health and
welfare of the community resulting
from the shortage of COAL the Mayor
said in his message. zone Of the rea
sons for it which seem to be within
the power of the city to remedy is the
question Of distribution. Great quan-
titles of coal are within sight OF ou1
people, but the city is lacking in the
power to take it for general distribu
tion. This it should be permitted to do
without loss or Inconvenience to the
owners"
Urges Seizure of Coal
After the Mayors message had been
read, Vice Chairman Moran offered an
ordinance, III the form OF resolution.
which would empower the Mayor 10 an
point certain persons to look over wards
and find out just how much surplus
coal was on hand and take It for the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-24
MAJOR IAN HAY BETH
TO SPEAK HERE APRIL |
Will Address Great Meeting In Cit,
Auditorium for War Relief
Association.
LECTURE TO BE ILLUSTRATED
Pictures of Actual Fighting on West
ern Front Last Summer Made rs
pccially for This Purposc-ltc.
turned 10 America Recently.

Carrying on" is tho title OF, aIajo,
Ian Hay Bcith's new lecture. to be
given here on April / in the city Au-
ditortum under the auspices of the War
Relief Association OF Virginia. Those
who heard Major Keith on his former
visit 10 this city Will not need to be
urged to go to hear him again, such
was the enthusiastic reception accord
ed him b? the people of Richmond on
the occasion OF that visit
The City Auditorium has been Sc
!ected with Il view to the comfortable
seating of the large number of people
who Will desire TO hear Major Beth
again this year. That he speaks for
tho benefit OF the War Relief Associa-
ton OF Virginia is also strong bid
for patriotic support. for it will be re-
called with emphasis that the War Re-
lief Association of Virginia goes not
a-begEing for funds to carry on the
great work of that patriotic organiza-
ton Of loyal and devoted men and
women.
Ian Hay during the past lecture sea-
son was without doubt the most pop
ular lecturer OF any who have come
to tell Americans of the great war.
The Eeniality that made him so pop
ular in his writings shonc out in his
lectures. and everywhere he went the
author of The First Hundred Thou
sand was more than welcome.
RETURNS TO AMERICA
AFTER SUMMER AT FRONT
After 4 summer back at the front.
and in England. Major Beth now re-
turns to America to tell. not only OF
the progress of the war on land dur
ing the past year, but also OF the prog
resS or the war at sea. During his
absence from America he has been with
the British Grand Eleet at sea; he has
been with the American ships now in
the battle zone. His experiences with
these two bodies of men enable him to
tell how Jack Tar and the American
sailor boy arc getting on together and
what luck they are having in making
the C-boat no longer q terror OF the
deep.
Three times Major Beth has been In
France. Here again he did not con-
fine himself TO things British, but he
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-24

spent good part OF his time with
PcrshinG's boys. SO as to BIO ablo to
tell homefolks OF how they arc faring
III their new surroundings
There has been much great lighting
TINS summer There have been the tax
ing OF Mcssincs. Vimy Ridge. tho great
retreat OF tho Germans from Arras. and
now tho steady British drive to tho
Rciginn coast. These arc the things
that Major Beth will dwell on mostly
IN his lecture here on April /.
and aS before he will dwell not so
much on the abstract phases OF tho
lighting and the war as the human
side.
Major Beth was the first writor to
show tho human side of trench war
fare. lie was the first man who re-
allied that the world wants to know
what tho soldier In the trenches
thinks and does. and in his new lee
ture this season Major Beth will con-
tinue to tell US Of that delightful char
acter the war has produced, tho British
Tommy.
Major Beth on his visits to the front
took photographs OF things which he
felt could be better described pic
torially than in words alone. He took
pictures to illustrate Il war lecture no
did not build lecture around pictures
These pictures he will uso I'm many
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-24

even. this is. after all. the method by
which the simpler OF the prevcntablc
diseases arc ultimately 10 be con-
Qucrcd."
MUST FIGHT FLIES
TO PREVENT SPRkAD
The season is now coming OH when
the typhoid fever germ will soon be
re-entorccd by Il transportation sys-
'ciii deadly in its effectiveness and
weii-nlsh universal in its extent.
from every harnyard in the Common
wealth thousands of flies are MOBILIZE
ms armies OF entirely too con;no,
carriers. From unprotected closets
they bear the disease germs To the
food of the people living in unscrccncd
homes The germ army. however is
not dependent upon it's great dying
host. its aviation service, so TO speak.
to- travel from one human system =.
another. 1T is Supremacy efficient In
submarine warfare. 1t draws little
water, but il can Kill or disable rs
ctcctiVcly as the greatest Hun Of
them all. 1t attacks the water SUNNY.
being conveyed thereto in many rec
ognizcd and in n host of yet unrccog
nized fashions. 1t hangs to the CON :
mon drinking cup which the carrier
has used; it makes its home in the
fresh vegetable gathered in pollutcd
garden and which has been servc,.
''i Wv tti'it W llilcul having Decn prop
erly clcanscd; il clngs TO the soiled
hands which dumps the "old oakcn
bucket and soon multiplies beyond
computation in the we'll; il travels
down hiilsides from disease infected,
closets. is washed into living streams
ana finally Is promoted 10 high place
in the tanks or reservoirs supplyir.
some unsuspecting community with
drinking water: IL reaches the utensils
used by careless milkmcn and finally
their patrons arc stricken. What
then must humanity do TO save itself
from this insidious foe? Is not the
answer reasonably evident? The dis
ease cannot spread unless it be car
ricd from one human body to another
through contaminated food or drink
Then destroy the enemy at his source
by absolutely ny-tight. animal-tight
and wash proof closets. where proper
sanitary disposal OF sewage is not az
tainable; see that your waite rSupply
is above suspicion; when in doubt don't
do it, but II You must drink, boil the
water first; see that the common drink
ing cup is taboOcd. and protect your
water supply from surface drainag e
and from bucket contamination; and
sec that fruits and vegetables are ab-
solutcly clcarscd before being eaten
And a pvecaution that will trelncnd
ousiy add 20 the comfort OF every per.
son ia the home Is through screening
which bars out tho enemy who comes
by a: 10 n: Il your food and drink
Tines" ounces II prevention may take n
few hours Of the time of each house
holder and Il few dollars OF his money
but What is worth while as compare.
with the health. ii may be the life, OF
precious child. beloved wife o.
cherished friend.
The health workers OF Virginia
wherever they may be or whoever they
may be. seek the sympathetic CO.
operation Of every family in their
respective communities. \ victory
over disease is not spectacular. Blu,
there Is n glory in it comparable &c
the greatest military achievement In
such victory there is glory enough
for ala glory that VIII endure as
long as time lasts.