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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-14
Administration IndefinitelySus-
ponds Shutdown Edict
Throughout Country
LEAVES ALL LOCAL
MATTERS IN HANDS
OF STATE OFFICERS
Issues Statement in Which He
Declares Coal and Transpor-
tation Conditions Have Inn
poved Greatly

Washington. Feb. Is.--Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield tonight uspended IN
definitely the Monday shutdown or
ders.
He lifted likewise the ban on thea
tiers and other arnusements hereto
fore required to CLOSE down on Tues
days
The statement of Fuel ADMINISTERS
tor Garfield announcing the suspen-
sion order follows:
With the vastly Improved weather
and trans portation conditions and
continuance OF embargoes authorized
by the director general OF railways, II
is found advisable to suspend the heat
less Mondays prescribed in the fuel
administration regulation OF January
ll7, The suspension order issued to-
day discontinuea the operation OF
those sections Of the order relating
TO the use of fuel on Mondays from
February Is to March rs. both in
elusive.
State Officers In Control.
state fuel administrators Will re-
tain the fun authority heretofore con-
ferred upon them TO establish and en-
! force such restrictions and regulations
as may be made necessary by coal
conditions In their respective connu-
mites
Reports to the fuel administration
as to coal and transportation condi-
lions indicate a vast Improvement as
result OF the fuel restrictions, the
railway embargoes and the weather
conditions. The change IN the wealth
| er has been gradual enough to seem
to insure the country against any Inn
mediate interference with the coal
supply by flood conditions.
THE reports TO The fuel admins
tration show that both transportation
and coal production are feeling the
relieving effect OF the coal restric-
tions imposed by the regulation Of
January II and continued improve
ment is indicated. The cooperation
Through the authorization OF emhar-
goes has had tho effect OF aiding in
meeting the necessities which prompt
| ed the order OF January II,
Effective Eight Days
| THE order contem plated fuel re-
strtctions on fourteen days during
January. February and March. The
restrictions have been effective eight
days Conditions today warrant the
conclusion that with the continued
enforcement 81 the preferential de-
livery OF coal under section / OF the
order> of January IT and continued
transportation Improvement, further
restrictions on the Consur ption OF fuel
will not he necessary.
The general trend of improvement
in transportation conditions is shown
by comparative figures as TO tho mum
Der of eastbound loaded cars above
normal on sidiugs on the eastern trunk
lines From January 22 to February
sll2 the number OF cars. which Is an
Index OF the transportation congestion
decreased from 26.s5S to lS,76S, as
shown by the following table:
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-14
Falmouth Bridge
Is Swept Away

Especial 20 The Richmond virginian.1
FrederfclSsburE. Va. Feb. 1S.--The
Falmouth Bridge spanning the Rap
pahsnnock river about one milo above
the city. was almost completely swept
away this morning at O'Clock. Only
the center of the bridge remaining.
both ends. about Ave spans. being
carried some distance down the river.
The city Free bridge at this point
and the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac railroad bridge was
thought to be I'm danger this morn
ing, but tonight there seems to be
less danger. though the bulk OF Ice
has not reached here. Engineers
from Richmond were here today
watching the situation. 1t IN this
greatest Ice gorge ever known hsre-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-14
FLOOD SAYS DRAFT
WILL COME IN JUNE

Washington Feb, 1s.-Representa-
five Flood, OF Virginia. representing
tho administration on the house floor,
his afternoon, In opposing the So
falIed ''alien Stacked bill' declared
hat the next draft is not likely to
fome before May or June.
i The statement was made TO reas-
|ure members who feared that foreign
IRIS might not be subject to the next
Fali unless congressional action was
|aksn- at once.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-14
VIRGINIA AONOPOLIES
ATTACKED IN BILL
Jail and Penitentiary Sentences Pro-
sided for Magnates Cnught I'm
Trade Com binations
CITIZENS CAN FORCE ACTION.
Delegates Hudgtns and billiard Frame
Measure Designed tn Overcome
Difficulties Encountered In Other
Stafea

Al last trust magnstes and uonopo-
lists are IN danger OF going 10 jail IN
Virginia.
One OF the most advanced anti
trust laws ever framed is provided fer
in a bill introduced in the house OF
delegates yesterday under the patron
age Of Delegates Hudgins and billiard,
Tho bill has been drawn to over
come the shortcomings OF many eS-
istin'g state eNactmeots on this sub
1ect, as expressed by those familiar
with the difficulties Of obtaining real
relief for the people from the extor-
tons. determinations and repression
praeticed by combinations and mo-
nopolies In restraint Of trade, and as
expressed hy judges OF many courts
who have complained in the opinions
OF the inadequacy 81 laws
Aside from the provision for jail
and prison penalties instead Of fines.
perhaps the most Inn portant provision
OF the law is that placing the initiative
with the people. No longer can trusts
and monopoiies wax fat and arrogant
because of the corrplacency OF com
monwealth's attorneys. as they have
In other states. II this bin becomes
law.
Citizens Gan Compel Action.
county or city 20 a circuit or cor
poration court, making affidavit. Of
violations of the law. prosecution shall
be made. the courts having power TO
issue temporary and permanent IN
functions restraining further violations
and to decree damages
Upon petition and affidavit Of fifty
persons to the attorney general attest
ing violations OF the law, II shall be
the duty OF the attorney general to
Ale a bill for an injunction in the cir
cuft court OF Richmond, which shall
have jurisdiction and power TO decree
damages
Fnrmers and labor Element.
Meeting the objections strenuously
urged in many states by organizations
of farmers and by labor unions, the
bin expressly exempts such organiza-
lions when combined for purposes OF
mutual help. having no capital stock
and not conducted for profit.
After defining what constitutes a
combination in restraint of trade, for
bidding monopolies. secret rebating,
etc, the bill overcofnes another vital
weakness in previous legislation by
providing against evasion of the law
through the placing of the corporate
control in the hands OF trustees.
The difficulties met with in many
Ianti-trust prosecutions of proving the
existence of the combination. trust
or monopoly. which by its nature is
Isecretive and seldom goes on record
In writing. is overcome by another pro-
vision of the bin which stipuiates, In
effect:
That in any indictment, information
or complaint. ~ shall be sufficient to
state the purpose or effect of the
trust or monopoly that the accused Is
fCautfu,saa r,r Ennrua Para
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-14
MARYLAND RATIFTES
DRY" AMENDMENT

Annapolis, Md, Feb. f3.--The
senate today passed the resolution
ratifying the federal prohibition
constitutional amendment.
This ends the matter so far as
Maryland Is concerned, rs the
house passed the resolution Inst
week.
The vote on the final passage In
the senate was IS TO !.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-14

"Today's suspension order leaves in
effect section / of the order of fanu-
ary II, which provides
Instructions 10 Dealers.
? Until further order % the United
Continued on Second Page.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-14

Washington, Feb. 1.-two officers
and a private have been wounded In
the latest fighting IN the American
sector. General Pershing reported to-
night. The priyate Joseph Bags of
Roxbury. Mass, Pershing reported,
was wounded twice in two days
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-14

Continued on Second PaSe.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
Alice Kent and the Days Work
The Story of a Business Girl Who Would Not Fail
6y MARTHA keller
Copyright. 1918. BY Public Ledger Company.

this. Because it isn't ancestors. or dia-
monds. or proposals, or fine clothes that
MAKES any one worth while. It's char
acter."
And ! suppose"--Eloise. lying in the
hammock readjusted the pillow under
meath her head--"that you consider you
have fine character"
No said l, or wouldn't have let
you make me mad"
You're strange child" she remarked
rising from the hammock and moving
over to one of the porch chairs where
she seated herself and toyed with some
embroidery. AS school was now i'm
pending ] deemed it wise to tackle a
problem in arithmetic. but found the
latter almost as difficult as Eloise.
Thus there was luli in our affairs
until Richard and Helen. who. to show,
as Dick insisted, that he was concealln
nothing. had been in ,he parlor looking
AT family photographs, reappeared on
the piazza and suggested that we ali
play croquet. After one game. In which
the others defeated Eloise and me, Nell
| asked me to take a walk with her and
give her cousin chance to vanauish
Richard at croquet. was grateful to
escape. but no more rejoiced than was
Eloise TO see me go.
In that first of many walks and talks
;HeII ana laid the foundation for a
friendship which ! count among m.
greatest blessings Of my life. And by
tuesday noon. when she and Richa I'd
carried me in the pony phaet 10 ReIl.
ington Ito keep the appointment with
Mr Manley at Millinger's book store). n
needed no persuasion from the youns
man to induce me to believe that. hayins
obtained Helen's promise to marry hin,
Richard was indeed THE luc,iest fellow
In the world"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
PREPARE FOR THE CROUPER
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries Asks House.
wives to Be OF Guard for Him

Custom has made Friday fish day
and there are comparatively few kinds
Of fish which stand in favor with the
public" announces DR.. H. F. Moore,
Deputy Fish Commissioner. United
States Bureau of Fisheries. Prejudice
is an expensive luxury. A shark would
not taste any better il called by an
other name Carp Is good eating and
nutritious You will not find any fish
on the market that is not fl to eat If
1t is fresh. The best tes! Of a fish is
not its name, but its freshness.
New fish are coming advise the
housewife to look out for them. She
will probably have the opportunity of
purchasing bowfin. burbot. goosefish,
skates and rays, sharks, black drum
fish, reddish, grouper, cavally. menhadcn.
snook, sahlefish, eulachon, pilchard,
squid and other varieties.
you could replace all other meats
with fish every day in the year without
i'll effects. There are more possibilities
Of incl ease in the meat supply by the
fisheries than by any other one industry.
The der-and in the past has not equaled
the supply.
Fish must be eaten if we are to have
enough meat for the soldiers =
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
Canning String Beans

String beans for canning should he
tender and fresh. When the beaps
within the pod have grown to any size
canning liz more difficult and the fin
tshed product is Of poorer quality. The
Refugee is a good variety for canning
Use only well-sorted. small, tender beans
Wash and pick over the beans. String
the beans and cut them into two-inch
lengths. Cutting dagonally or ION the
bias" gives a pretty product IL desired
they can be canned whole and packed
log cabin fashion in square Jars.
After the beans are prepared. blanch
BY placing cheesecloth bag in boiling
water for from three to eight mint q. ac-
cording to the age and size of the beans
Blanch only until the pods will bend
without breaking. then plunge the hot
beans into cold salt water Zone table
spoonful salt to one quart of water) for
an instant Drain well. pack quickly
and cover with hot brine ttwo and one
half ounces of salt to one gallon Of
boiling water). Partially seal jars. Then
they are ready for steaming or boiling.
Processing with steam Gamer under
pressure is recommended Process pints
forty-flre minutes under pressure of ten
pounds. Seal Immediately. cool in
draft-free place. When cold, test for
leaks. and store in cool. dark, dry
place.
II the intermittent boiling process IL
used. boil for ninety minutes on the first
day and sixty minutes on the second and
third days. Before each subsequent
boiling the covers must be loosened. and
after zach boiling the covers must be
securely tiGhtened 10 make sealing COM
piete. Cool, test and store.
If r single-period boiling process is
used. place the jars in the Gamer and
boil for at least three hours. Seal, cool
;est and store. The Gamer can be made
from an old wash boiler fitted with a
wooden or wire rack to keep. the jars
from touching the bottom In boiling
the jars the water should be kept an
inch above their tops all the time.
Lima beans are treated the same as
string beans. except that a seasoning
t (cne-thrd level teaspoonful salt and
two-thirds teaspoonful sugaD is added
after the jar is packed with beans.
/ When the jar Is filed with beans. cover
/ them with clear hot water. Paddle with
a wooden paddle to remove air bubbles
and partially seal lids. Boil or steam
as with string beans.-United States
! Department of Agriculture.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
WOMAN REFUSES TO DECLDE-A BEADED BAG
.Jofre Blue Combines With Red
A Daily Fashion Talk bya Florence Rose

yLTHEN we get dressed up this sum
w mer we are, am sure, going TO be
very feminine in our materials. BY this
I mean that we will indulge in silks.
chiffcns, nuslins and orgs andes, he frilled
and ornamented with embroidery. There
is every reason 10 believe that we are
going to take TO dainty clothes, one Of
which, Of course, is the style OF gar
ments that the shops are showing.
Another indication that women are
not going to be so severe In their attire
as they have been the last few months is
evidenced by the increasing bits of color
that are beginning to creep in here and
there whenever there are a number of
well-dressed women gathered together.
To strengthen this point. a maker Of
clothes told recently OF his fruitless ef-
forts In looking about for material of
bandanna red. ] have. by the way, seen
few models of this color combined
with Joffre blue, and. while 1t sounds
impossible, II was really lovely. Indeed
we are growing to love the colorfui
When | first saw the model illustrated d
today l recalled the frocks made with
embroidered organdie or batiste flounc-
ing. which l wore when a small child !;
and doubtless you. too, recognize the re-
semblance. Very dainty is this dress.
yet simple in its design. The material
Is orsandie combined with a flouncing Of
embroidered organdie. The bodice is in
surplice effect the crossed ends of the
front forming the sash at the back. The
embroidered edge of the flouncing forms
the collar and the mitered cuffs.
The fun Aouncins hangs over q
suaight foundation. The hat is of or
sanuie and Is trimmed at the left with
silk tassel
Copyright 1918. by Florence Rosel
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20

Tell fer you spoke sincerely when you
asked her to marry you. but that ii
Is impossible to ask love to weather
the treatment she gave yours. Wish
her future happiness and let the mat
ter drop.
AM judging this girl by certain
type. may be mistaken, but 1t seems
she measures up to all the require.
ments The true.to-type young lady
wants to be married eventually at all
cost. She spies John. He is easy TO look
at generous as to pocektbook and al
ways ready to take her places. She feels
herself slipping into what might be
love. anyway he cares for her, and
they're having an awfully good time.
1t wouldn't he half bad to marry John.
and SO she promises In a vague, indefi-
mite sort of way.
Then--well. my soldier friend.
sometimes it's a man at the seashore
she meets, sometimes a man in town.
hut when a woman makes promise
in vague. indefinite sort of way
there's always bound TO be some one
else some time. Either a woman prom
ises or she doesn't. Nine times out of ten
the SAME reason lies back OF all these
WaVeflngS. Inc E1rl is AFRAID 10 PROM
Use definitely for fear better chance
lis lurking around the corner. To an
indefinite miss Of this sort a new man
is always another possibility. Until a
wedding ring is on her finger she does
not cease sizing up each new eligible
man as such. An even then-well.
there are always the divorce courts,
and II is very hard to break "A habit.
You are well rid of this weak-mind-
ed little person who made your heart
ache at one time. l am sure you
know that all girls aren't this way.
The right one will come floating along
some day. Maybe she has already.
There is happiness ahead for you. as
the gypsy lady SAYS. In the mean
time put your mind and heart in the
business of being the best soldier
Uncle Sam ever had and things will
shape themselves.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
Tested Wartime Recipes
Wa files or GriddIe Cakes

one and half cupfuls milk. . eggs.
2 tablespoonfuls fat. . cups barley -four,
2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, 1 tea
spoonful salt.
Corn -four or half corn -four and half
peanut -four may be used instead of
barley -four.
Sift the dry ingredients together and
add slowly the milk, beaten egg yolk and
melted fat. Beat thoroughly for min
ute and fold in stiffiy beaten whites.
Cook in hot well-greased waffle iron or
as griddle cakes on a hot wel-greased
griddle.
Oats are good for quick breads. Rolled
oats may be ground through food
chopper and used in this form in quick
breads or cakes, or ground oats may be
bought as such.
Try these oatmeal and corn-four muf-
fms:
Oatmeal (GrOund Oat-. and Corn-FIour
One cupful milk, eggs. tablespoon
full melted fat, ! cupful oatmeal, | cup
ful corn flour. teaspoonfuls baking
powder, teaspoonful salt.
Sift the dry ingredients together and
add to the liquid. Stir in the melted
fat Bake in well-greased muffin molds
for twenty five minutes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
YESTERDAYS ANSWERS

]. Women who enter the army nursing
school to he sstubiishei by surgeon
GENERA GorEas: of the United states
army. In the military hospitals Of the
United states must be between the
ages OF twenty -one and ta,rty -;y =
years. The educational require m emf '
are ~ high school education or its
equivalent.
=. board. room, tuition and teNt-books in
the army nursing school are free
There Is n fee. however. for uniforms
8. Headed white georgette makes a novel
and cool bridal gown for the summer
wedding.
4. On camping trip when there II no
auEer 10 bore hole. draw a circle the
size wanted with u penrili then drive
nall holes close together around the
circle. Remove the nail every time,
When you have zone all the way round
the n'ug can he removeds>.ith u bow
Of the hammer.
D. saw. "Ie cereal that sticks TO tb. mar
after the rest Il removed for thieke min
xravies. Fiji the pan with cold water
cover and set back on the stove ta
steam for sOme time. Then puj
through the strainer.
o. In mending riDped seams in Kid gloves.
PIT "wide-apsrt" buttonhole
sutehirE on both sides and then Join
these together
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20

NI.
HELEN and her cousin Elose MUIR
- ray. spent most of Monday at the
nance were all the more noticeable
through contrast with the vanity and
snobbishness of Eloise. The latter was
blonde, and when there were men
about she wore an air Of helplessness
which quickly turned to haughtiness IN
feminine society; for her own sex. how
ever. she had scant liking. but was evil
IDENTIFY accustomed to considerable atten-
tion from young men.
Not being the center OF interest at
Twln-Oaks, she was frankly bored, and
BY the middle of the afternoon was
~ frequent intervals when they we're
uDing home These questions were
iunofed, for Richard was too absorbed
n Helen to reply, Mrs. Carruth was
indignant at the girls rudeness to our
I hostess, not to mention her incivility to
Helen. to let on that / heard.
Later in the afternoon Eloise en-
ueavored to impress me by recounting
the number and high social position OF
the suitors who, she gave me to under
stand. flocked around her in Boston
when this kind of talk failed to call
u
aetonishment from uHsophisticated me.
she harped upon her mothers diamonds
and her fathers prominence. I listened
10 what she said but showed neither
amusement nor curiosity, and finally she
began to question me about my own
antecedents and prospects on the latter
topic i was dumb but when this girl OF
twenty, who boasted of home on
Beacon street. but had no more manners
than gutter snipe. started in to en-
nghten me on the subject of blue blood
s1 hared up and informed her that one OF
my ancestors had been vice president OF
the United States.
which one?" she languidly inquired
~ II she knew--and wearied of-the
records of them ALL
] mentioned the name,
"Oh, he didn't amount to much" sa i'd
she.
For moment in silence I looked a,
1loise. IL, on the one hand, my Quaker
blood tended TO keep me from a tight
on the other hand my Irish had beer
stirred up TO the boiling point. II know
better replied, because lately I've
been studying history. had to. in orde,
70 canvass for Lives OF Our Presidents
But even IL what you say were true
u would have nothing to do with me
And had no business to drag him into
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
UNCLE SAM NEEDS CLERKS
Urgent Call for Women 10 Come 10
Washington

Although the civilian workers in the
national capital have increased from
10000 TO nearly 10000 in the first year
OF the war. the Government still needs
specialized clerks. The United States
Civil Service Commission announces that
there is an urgent call for applicants for
the positions of stenographer, typewriter.
bookkeeper-,ypewriter, clerk -bookkeeper,
cost accountant. accounting and statisti-
cal clerk, statistician. clerk qualified in
accounting. clerk qualified in business
administration. index and catalogue
clerk. schedule clerk. passenger-ra, ,e
clerk, blueprint file clerk aud assistant to
business manager. These positions are
open 10 both men and women.
Representatives of the Civil Service
Commission at the postofflces in all cities
are prepared to furnish definite informa
tion and application blanks.
According to the Civil Service Com
mission, the full extent to which the
specialized clerk is needed is perhapS
not generally understood and /, is in this
class of work that women have the best
opportunity TO be of real service to the
Government at this time.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-20
Wants Government Allotment

To the Editor of WomdH'S Page:
Dear Madam-kindly inform me how TO
obtain q Government allotment as my boy
ay.a,,S,S Is ,SS,Idisr ! miss his board money; as
TO do part Of the work. My boy Was al al
own a small home he feels cant get any
meni and buldins ssso"istioD. s R "ss as SST IS"
Liberty Bond, sara Tor ms insuPsnce' ran - about %
NIiou month for laundry and $3.50 for
Sa1cSt. S aGne etr 9Hee m99ts M o% msmD beside;
many of the boys nay every month: occs
sionaly a pair Of lesgings or a hat or some
always made fair wages and dressed we'll
Must Must a mother be really destitute to re-
also think the boy must send home sI5
r. month 10 his mother for her 10 receive
II: OF course she would have 10 return
'R, some to Nd 6m n, or ST dspEiys him q any little
cant do. for / count the DAYS between
msthsr. T,sts and al J do am sure he does. too. We
lake great interest in tn. eschan..
mother need not be destitute to get
a Government allotment. The very best
thing for you to do is to go down to the
civilian service relief committee of the
Red Cross. 1907 Walnut street and they
will attend to all the work of getting
your allotment, for you. They can eX-
plain fully to your about the ruling
which calls for sending home at least SIS
a month. | know you must miss your
boy and am sure you do not want to de-
prtve him of any little luXuries. but, of
course, II is natural you should miss his
generous help at home.
Thank you for the little household
| thrift stamp hint which | shall print in
the exchange tomorrow.