Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-21
BUSINESS HALTS on
"HEATLESS MONDAY"
IContlnned From Pase 0ne.l

fContinued From PAGE One.)
by Food Administrator Mitchell last
night from WASHINGTON But this ex-
emption apple only 10 today What IS
decided upon for next Monday viii Ge
announced this week.
Theatres Open Today.
Mr.. Ten Weeges late Satu" day after
noon received a telegram from Wash
ington. n c., stating that Section g.
Paragraph No g. Of the Ga field ders
had heen amended so that II now pro-
vdes that theatres, motion picture
houes Hard rooms, bowling alleys.
private and public dance halls ard
places OF public amusement may heat
their buildings TO lay but must not
hnrn fuel on Tuesdly when the Thea
tres wl! be closed unless the order
Is further modified
THAI the order Is productive Of good
was The opinion OF ohlcials Of the
Pennsylvania Raj Dad Company. who
state that the acoumulat on Of con-
gested freight in the Wilmington s.
trict Ind almost been cleared mp de-
spite the severe weather The frozen
waters Of he Chesapeake bay between
Cane Charles ard Norfolk caused some
delay hut tho large service there had
opeuei on Thursday and hundreds Of
tier-up freight GAYS hal been released.
A n. Smith. assistant 90 Director
OF Railroads McAdoo. late Saturday
afternoon sent The following TELEGRAM
70 the officials Of the f~elrhi dena~t-
ment OF the B. and w Railroad Com
pany:
IN conneciion with industries clos
ing under Dr. Ga~0ed's fuel orders,
please urre the non-suspcns'on OF I'M
loading OF materials 20 release equip
ment dnring the shutdown"
In other words, It is urged that mer-
chants ard Others having consig1maots
made 20 them unload the same from
The cars as ou'cily as possible TO re-
lieve the CONGESTION.
Dir. Killen's View.
Clarence c Killen. secretary OF the
Chamber Of Commerce. on Saturday
received the following teleWram.
Cleveland. q Ian. 40 1913
"Clarence C Killen, Secretary Of Cham
her OF Commerce. Wilmington. Del.
Seven hundred locomotives alone are
hauling PASSENGER trains. probably hum
d-eds in your state are doing the same.
Were these locomotives hauling coal
trains the present railroad CONGESTION
would be sreedilv cleaned ND and there
would be no need for coaless MONDAYS
with the suffering entailed Temporary
su-pens'on Of oh PASSENGER traffic ex-
cept mall trains is being ureed o. Rail-
road Director McAdoo edltorlallv by
Cleveland Press. Akron Fsess. Toledo
Newsbee, Columbus Citizen and Clncin-
natl Post VIII you be good enough to
are me today at my expense for pub
LEGATION one hundred words OF what
your organization thinks OF suggestion?
II no action yet. please wire your own
view. EARLE z MARTIN.
1dio- Schipps-McRae League OF News
papers
Mr.. Killen replied rs follows
Earle F Martin Ed'to- -AicRae
Ieagua Cleveland Chic:
'lrdi' dual opin on, o-gariza'ion moi
acted. BY an means locomotives are
rn q particula 81 shfti-g engines.
additional ere'ncs VIII not solve whole
n-0tltm Pc tem'nal congestion the
roHst Sh'ps. more sh ps, quickly
most needed Rero-t'd twontv-fou'
hurd I'd ears loqdrd sold Exrorl
n lsht stardng 10 1--WE seaport cities.
shin tonnage crux OF problem. Raj Dad
passengers should surely wall where
their movent blocks freight
CLARENCE Q KlLLEN
Secretary, Chamber OF Commerce"