The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-02-03
SHORTAGE OF FUEL
Is DRIVING MANY TO
THTEVERY IN EAST

I budapest, Jan. 16.-,Many of the
poor people of this city are being
driven to wholesale thievery by the
iuel shortage. The recent theft of
% carloads Of wood from one train
Of 100 carloads as ii entered the city
shows rhe extent TO which the steal-
ing is going on.
wood is so scarce that when a
wasonload is driven through the
streets people stop and gaze after
/, until it is out of sight
Daring small boys are ever on the
alert for a stray piece of wood or
anything that will give heat at home.
rhey scamper after every passing
wood wagon but are soon frightened
away by long whips in the hands of
two women who sit on guard astride
the load
Inc operation of unloading ton
OF Hungary's inferior brown coal be-
lore house attracts many neigh
bors who make pathetic picture as
they watch basketful after basket
ful disappear into the coal bin of
tht more fortunate one
Because of the urgency 10 obtain
fuel, by dishonest means. If honest
ones are of no avail, the Juvenile
courts were never so crowded witb
youthful offenders.
The scarcity OF fuel grows more
acute daily as winter advances. The
street railway service has been sharp |
~ curtaiied and people wait for
hours exposed TO the bitter cold The
worst operated American street car
never tolerated such crowdng
Gas factories are provided with coal
ior only "a hours at a time and the |
gas is turned on nov only at noon
and after 6 o'clock. Only one light
Is permitted in room and not moro
than three rooms in house or single
apartment may be lighted at the
same time. Even at the most expen-
sive hotels there is no running ho.
water saturday is bathing day. On
'tner days baths can only be had at
he public ba,hs for which Budapest
: famous.
one OF the latest and most drastic
iteps of the new government is the
deportation of undesirable citizens. ,
hose suspected of bolsheviki tenden-
Aes or who are known to be opposed
o the present form OF government. l.
hundreds OF these have come TO Hun.
'ary since the outbreak OF the war.
Now their houses and flats are being
'omnandeered and turned over to
homeless refugees from Transylvania
mi ether sections whc have been liz.
NE IN reight cara in the railroad
'aris.
The mnJor.ty OF the people have
'aried company with the last Of their
'rtic.,s u l'woirg and the dealers
rom other lands are not getting many
akers of their offers OF fabulous
'rlces for gold and silver what il
aliei the State Exchange Bureau.
or OF national pawnshop. has paid
: 1lph as 10000 crowns for n kilo-
ram (of 2.2O pounds OF scrap gold
nd dealers are offering 10000 crowns
U M effort TO coax another kilogram
rom lroil le who may be hoardine
F'SN'ous Hesal. for pure gold
10000 crowns ktlogram Is offered
'th 30 takers. The explanation is
iai mo't of the gold has been SNUG.
led 10 other countries where the
ioney mas more value.
The Hungarian newspapers print
warning to 10000 laborers of
ungarian origin in the United States
dcslst from their reported inten-
on to return to their native land
this time. The papers say that the
= nomlc c.isis IN. America can never
as bad as It is here and urged
eir fellow countrymen not to further
nbarrass Hungary's unemployment
'oblem
As II the country's cup Of misery
as not fun II is now visited by an
idcmic OF hoof and mouth dis
Sc and people are prohibited from
ying cattle from neighboring stn;es.
] frontiers are closely watched and
cattle within 20 kiIometers Of
border must be registered with
q health authorities.