THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. JANUARY 19. 1918.
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FtEl CONSERVATION ORDER .
IN EFFEC1 DESPITE REQUEST
OF U. S. SENATE FOR DELAY
No Substantial Changes Made in Ruling; Certain War In
dustries are Exempted from Provisions of the
Measure, Which Was Issued Shortly After
Senate Adopted Resolution.
Washington, Jan. 18. Fuel Administrator Garfield's
drastic orders restricting the use of fuel, effective Friday,
was promulgated Shortly before 6 o'clock, within a few minutes
after the senate had adopted a resolution asking that the order
be postponed for five days.
Virtually no substantial changes were made in the order,
though some war industries specially designated will be ex
empted from the provision closing manufacturing plants for
five days beginning tomorrow and from the Monday holidays
during the next 10 weeks.
PROVIDE FUEL SUPPLY. O
The text of the order follows:
"United States fuel administrations
"Washington, D. C, Jan. 17. 1918
"Regulation making provision for a
more adequate supply of fuel for rail,
roads; domestic consumers,, public
utilities, and other uses necessary to
the national security.
"The United States fuel adminis
trator, acting under the authority of
an executive order or the president of
the United States dated August 23,
Wu, appointing said administrator, in
furtherance of the purposes of said
order and of the purposes of the act
of congress therein referred to, ap
proved August 10, 1917, and finding
it. essential effectively to carry out
the- provisions of this act, to make
provision for a more adequate supply
of fuel for railroads, domestic , con
sumers, public utilities and for other
uses necessary to the national secur
ity in certain parts of, the United
States, hereby makes and prescribes
the following regulation: . ..;
. Civet Preference to Railroads.
"Section 1. Until further orders
of the United States fuel, ad
ministrator, all persons, selling
fuel in whatever capacity, shall,
Hn filling their contracts or or
ders now on hand, give preference to
necessary curren requirements of:
Railroads, domestic consumers, hos
pitals, charitable institutions, . army
and navy cantonments, public utili
ties, by-product coke plants supply
ing gas for household use, telephone
and telegraph plants, shipping for
bunker, purposes, the United "States
for strictly governmental purposes
- (not including factories or plants
working on contracts for the United
States), manufacturers of perishable
food or of food for necessary imme
diate consumption,' and municipal,
county or state governments for nec
essary uses. Any tonnage remaining
after the foregoing preferred ship
. ments have been made may be , ap
plied in filling any other contracts or
orders.
State Heads to Divert Fuel.
"Section 2: On the following days,
namely January 18, 19, 20,21 and 22,
1918. the state fuel administrators and
their accredited representatives .in the
. yanous . communities m the. territory
. in which, this "regulation ' applies sire
hereby empowered and directed to
divert such fuel as arrives in such
communities in carload lots to meet
the current requirements and to pro
vide adequate and normal supply lor
such consumers of fuel as are speci
fied in section 1 hereof.
"Section 3: On the following days,
namely January 18, 19, 20, 21 arid 22,
1818, and also on each and every
Monday beginning January 28, 1918,
and continuing up to and including
" March 25, 1918, no manufacturer or
manufacturing plant shall burn fuel
or use power cjerived from fuel for
any purpose, with the following ex
ceptions: : . -
(A) Plants which necessarily must
be continuously operated seven days
each week to avoid serious injury to
jjj:he plant itself or its contents may,
use onlv such Quantities of. fuel as. is
' necessary to prevent such injury, to.
the plant or its contents,
.() Manufacturers or plants manu
facturing perishable foods or . foods
for necessary immediate consumption.
- Special Cases Excepted.
-.(C) Manufacturers of food not per
ishable and. not necessary for imme
diate consumption may burn fuel to
the extent authorized by the fuel ad
ministrator of the state in which such
plant is located or by his duly author
ired representative upon application
by the United States food adminis
trator. . .' ,
f D) Plants necessary to the print
ing and publication of daily papers
rriayJurn fuel or use power derived
therefrom as usual, except that on
every Monday from January 21 to
March 25, 1918, inclusive, they may
irurn fuel or use power derived there
from only to such extent as is nec
essary to print and publish such edi
tions as" such plants customarily
print and publish on legal holidays
other than the Sabbath or if such
plants do not customarily print or
publish any editions on such legal
holidays they may burn fuel or use
such power to such extent as is nec
essary to issue one edition on the
laid Mondays.
(E) Printing establishments may
burn fuel on January 18, 19. 20, 21 and
.22, 1918, to' such extent as is neces
sary tor" issue current numbers of
magazines and other publications pe
riodically issued. '
';.'. Offices and Stores Limited.
"Section 4. On each Monday be
ginning January 21, 1918, and con
tinuing up to and including Monday,
March 25, 1918, no fuel shajl be
fL-ined (except to such extent as is
Astntial to prevent injury to prop
erty from freezing) for the purpose of
supplying heat for:
(A) Any business or prefessionai
tmces, except offices used by the
United States, state, county or muni
cipal government, transportation com
panies, public utility companies, tele
phone or telegraph companies, banks,
trust companies, physicians or den
lists; . . . '
, (B) Wholesale or retail stores, or
iny other stores, business houses or
business buildings whatever, except
that, for the purpose of selling food
only, stores may maintain necessary
heat on any of the specified days
until 12 o'clock noon; and except that
for the purpose of selling drugs and
medical supplies only stores, may
maintain necessary heat throughout
the day and evening;
. (C) Theaters, moving picture
houses, bowling alleys, billiard rooms,
private or public halls, or any other
place of public amusement
"Section 5. On each Monday be
ginning January 21, 1918, and con
tinuing up to and tnc'uding March 25,
1918, no fuel shall be burned for the
purpose of heating rooms in which
intoxicating liquor is sold or served
on those days.
Nothing in this regulation shall be
construed to forbid the heating of
restaurants, hotels, or other places in
which meals are served, but in which
no intoxicating liquor is sold or served
on the said Mondays.
"Section 6. No fuel shall be burned
on any of the Mondays soecified in the
foregoing section for the purpose of
supplying power ior tne movement ot
surface elevated, subway or suburban
cars or trains in excess of the amount
used on the Sunday previous thereto.
( "Section 7. Nothing in this regula
tion shall be construed to apply to or
affect the operation of an v mine or
plant producing fuel, nor shall this reg
ulation be construed to forbid the heat
ing of such rooms or offices, or such
portions of buildings, as are used in
connection with the production, trans
portation or distribution of fuel.
Protect Property From Freezing.
"Section VIII:
"State fuel administrators arid their
representatives specifically authorized
to do so are -hereby empowered to
grant such relief as may be essential
to prevent injury to health or to ore-
vent destruction of or injury to prop
erty by tire or freezing.
"Section IX:
T h i s regulation is effective
throughout the United States east of
the Mississipi ; river, including the
whole of the states of Louisiana and
Minnesota.
"Section X:
. "Any person, firm, association or
corporation which violates or refuses
to conform to the above regulation
may be liable to the penalty . pre
scribed in the aforesaid act of coa
gress.
"(Signed.) H. A. GARFIELD,
"U. S. Fuel Administrator.'
Prohibition of the use of fuel by
various consumers will close hotel
and;cafe bars i. the eastern half of
the country on Monday holidays un
less the managements prefer their
establishments to be heatless.
Nation Should Urge
Eating of Mutton
Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 18. The
entire resources of the sheep and wool
growing industry of America are
pledged to the service of the United
States government to the end that the
great world war may be won for lib
erty and justice.
President Hagcnbarth voiced for
the convention a sentiment against
the government fixing the price of
wool unless it first grants, a hearing
to the wool producers on the mutter
of cost of production before attempt
ing. io csiaDiisn a price.
in relation to the srovernment'e
meatless day program he called at
tention to its effect uoon consumntinn
Of mutton and lamhs anrt ni-ovd
there should be a change in this pro-
grtm wnicn wouia relieve the re
striction upon this class of meat.
He urged 'that the irovernment fond
administration should . take prompt
measures to encourage greater con
sumption of fed lambs as a means of
further conserving pork and beef pro.
ducts.
The convention ooened with an at.
tenaance ot more than 1,000 delegates
ana visitors. .
New Clerks Are Named
In Omaha Postoffice
Washington. Jan. 18. (Soecial Tel.
egram.) Fred A. DwVer. Tar! F
Krause, W. D. Anderson and Dudley
A. Holbrook have been appointed
clerks in the Omaha postoffice, and H.
B. V rites at Central City, Neb.
Civil service examinations will be
neia f ebruary Z3 for first class post
masters at Ethel, Neb.; Bijou Hills,
Dimock and Rosholt, S. D.
Millard Vereen Invests
Surplus in Liberty Bonds
The Millard Plattdeutcher Vereen
at its annual meeting voted to invest
all its surplus funds. $200 in Liberty
bonds. It donated $25 to the Young
Men's Christian association.
You can secure a maid, stenogra
pher or bookkeeper by using a Bee
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Silk. S-it'n and Wool Skirts
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VAR CONFERENCE
SESSIONS BEGIN
AT CAPITAL CITY
Noted Speakers Delayed for
Opening, But Local Men and
Women Deliver Addresses
on Live Topics.
1 (From a Staff Correspondent) '
Lincoln, Jan. 18. (Special.) Prin
cipal speakers to appear before the
mens' section of the Nebraska war
conference were late in reaching Lin
coln and the opening session Friday
morning was somewhat disturbed.
The speakers' party arrived in the
city during the afternoon from Kan
sas. It included btr Frederick .
Smith, attorney general of Great
Britain, who is in' the United States
on a diplomatic mission; George .
Vincent, president of the Rockefeller
foundation, of New York; Arthur E.
Bestor, Chautauqua N. Y., national
director of four-minute men, and
Gurney E. Newlin, Los Angeles, con
nected with the National Council of
Defense and the United States Ship
ping board.
George Coupland, vice chairman of
the State Council of Defense, spoke
at the forenoon session on the seed
corn situation.
"The War and the Makirg of Pub
lie Opinion" was the subject of Mr.
Bestor's address in the afternoon.
Sir Frederick E. Smith, President
George E. Vincent and Mrs. Phillip
N. Moore of the woman's committee
of the National Committee of Defense
spoke at the evening program.
Food Administrator Wattles and
Fuel Administrator Kennedy ad
dressed the conference in the after
noon. Metcalfe Talks to Women.
Richard L. Metcalfe, editor of the
Omaha Nebraskan, was the principal
speaker before the woman's section
of the conference in the morning.
"It has taken a war to reveal the
desperate condition into which we
have drifted," said the speaker.
Mr. Metcalfe told his hearers there
was no humor in serving on the State
Council of Defense, but that.it was
a sad and serious business.
"We must be 100 per cent Ameri
cans, but we must appreciate and re
spond to the point of view of thoso
wh6 are foreign born, but live within
our borders," Metcalfe declared when
asked to explain the proposed amend
ment barring those who have not
taken out full naturalization papers
from voting.
The women pledced their support
and voted to help in circulating the
petitions.
Departmental reports took up most
of the morning session. Miss Ida L.
Robbins of Lincoln: Mrs. Draper
Smith of Omaha. Mrs. A. E. Sheldon
of Lincoln, Miss Julia Vance of Lin
coln, Dr. Jennie Lallfas and Miss
Mary Cogill gave reports.
Commenting on the work of the
Child Welfare department, Mrs.
Smith said: "You can help first by
fighting all attempts to lower our
educational standards; second, by op
posing all efforts to break down our
labor laws especially the child labor
law; third, by supporting local and
national social agencies especially
the campfire girls and boy scouts:
and fourth to support the federal
child labor law."
Charge Swindle in
Live Stock Deals
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 18. If a farm
er gets into the hands of a profess
ional "decoy" in the South St. Paul
yards, he has not a chance to buy
cattle . at a fair price, S. J. Melady,
broker, testified before the federal
trade commission which today con
cluded its cost of living inquiry here.
Mr. Melady saic! he had been ex
pelled from the South St Paul live
stock exchange for. "butting in", when
he thought he saw a buyer was being
swindled. On this occasion, he said,
a farmer was being sold "dogs", or
rattle fit for nothing but killing, at
cents when the market price for
that class of cattle was 6 cents.
You can secure a maid, stenogra
pher or bookkeeper by using a Bee
IVant Ad.
Lincoln Man Elected . t
By Western Candy Makers
Chicago, Jan. 18. Conservation o
sugar and endorsement of the govern
ment's war policies was expressed to
day by manufacturing confectioners
of 10 middle western states at the an
nual meeting at , the Midland Oub
Frank M. Keller,' of St Joseph Mo
was elected president and F. E. Gilt
len of Lincoln. Nh rMnrr- I
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Bomb a Firecracker.
An Atlantic Port, Jan. 18. Naval
officials announced that the tube re
sembling a bomb found at the navy
yard yesterday had proved to be a
giant fire cracker.
You can secure a maid, stenogra
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A Short
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Sale Starts
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Tomorrow Saturday One Day Only
Sale Starts
at 0:30
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COATS
Formerly Sold up to $50, Have Been Divided
Into Four Bargain Lots On Sale at Prices That
Makes This the Greatest Bargain Event of the Year
$75 $j75 $75 $75
LOT 1
Coats in blue, brown,
black and green Wool
Velour and Kersey.
Values up to $25.00
LOT 2
Coats, in all the sea
son's latest colors and
materials. Nicely but
ton trimmed, some
with fur trimming.
Values up to $35.00.
LOT, 3
Coats, great range of
colors and materials;
beautifully trimmed
and wonderful styles.
Values up to $39.50.
LOT 4
Coats in Wool Velour,
Pottr Pom, Broadcloth
and many other lead
ing materials and col
ors ; fur trimmed and
plain . models.
Values up to $50.00.
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If you are in earnest about saving -you" will be here to buy your whiter coat at
this great sale. We not alone give you upmost value for your money, but offer you
the choice of 500 coats at these four special prices.
(As many as most stores can show you at all prices.) .
SUITS AT LESS THAN PRICE
Right Now Is the Time to Buy That High Class Orkin
Suit at Prices Never Offered Before on
Such High Grade Merchandise
Three Big Lots for Saturday
$
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LOT 1.
Shits in Wool Serges, Wool
Poplin and many other ma
terials. Values up to $35.00.
LOT 2
Suits in Broadcloth, Serge,
Wool Poplin; wonderful styles
and materials; some fur trim
med and others plain tailored.
Values up to $45.00.
LOT 3
Suits in the season's most
wanted materials and colors,
fur trimming and plain tai
lored. Values up to $55.00
Every Sal Final No
Refund.. No Exchanges
While 'tis fane that Saturday efforts will be centered on coat and suits, please remember that any Dress, Fur, Skirt or Blouse is
still offered at great sale prices.
ORKIN BROTHERS, 1519-21 Douglas St, South Side