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R I EF 'r r Breezy BITS OF NEWS READ A. K.'S "HEART BEATS' A BRIDGE FROM SOUL TO SOUL IN THE BEE'S WOMAN'S SECTION. 'V- Omaha - , -. . , , ...... Daily Bee Villista Rebels Said to Have L Presented Themselves . at Federal Mexican Headquar ters to Surrender ChiSf. i -X-RAY APPARATUS ' ' ..." KILLS OPERATOR. ,,, . Paris. Dec. 3-The' first death due to electiocution in handling -ray apparatus occurred at the American hospital at Neuilly. D. Jaugeas, in charge of the X-ray work, was pre paring to treat a patient when the Coolidge apparatus used for trans mitting the rays suddenly burst into a terrific "fusillade" of sparks, ; the shocks of which killed the doctor in stantly. . WANT H. C. L. LOWERED BUT NOT THEIR PAY. . ' Syracuse, N. Y., Dec, 3. While organized labor seeks a" decrease in the cost of living, it will not consent . to any reduction in j wages for a period of at least five years, accord ing to a statement made by, JamesJ r. Holland, of the Mate federation ' of Labor. - : . The cost of food, clothing and rent must come down first, Mr. Hol land said, and under no conditions can the workers of America befx peited ever to drop back to the wage level' of prewar days when they were "ridicurously underpaid." "NATIONAL COSTUME'.' . APPEARS IN PARIS. N Paris, Dec. The "national cos tume" for men, manufactured by the government to combat the in creased pride of ctynhing, made vits appearance on the Paris boulevards December 1, as promised by the au thorities. The suit is not such as to draw the attention of prom enaders either by its elegance or its shabbiness, and but for a little strip of linen inside the coat marked "na tional garment" one would never know that the suit had anything different from others daily turned out of the so-called fashionable tai loring houses. , 1 i- Wearers of the suits, however, seemed proud to exhibit the inside of, the coat to friends and strangers in' the cafes and theater lobbies. There is n.e thing alone in which the national garment differs from others and that is the prjee, as the suit sells r 110 francs, ($11.00) American money. METHODISTS LOSE - 60,000 IN YEAR . . Philadelphia, Dec, 3.p-The Metho dist Episcopal church 'in the United States lost 60,000 menfbers last year, said Rev. Edgar Blake, executive secretary of the centenary program, at ' the annual convention of the board of home missions of the Meth odist Episcopal church. "Other denominations blame it on the war, because a large number of their clergymen were with the army," dclared Rev. Edgar Blake. "Some blame it on the influenza epi demic, which carried off their con. gregations. Still others say it is due to a revision of, their records in cut ting off the persons who have died or moved. Let us not deceive our selves with these excuses. The con-, dition exists. We must faceMt fear lessly. It cannot be successfully met . by the" $113,000,000 centenary fund. We must have a solid backing of more than 4,000,000 Methodists in . the United States." - , , llW-A-lMNUTE MEET v - OPENS IN NEW JERSEY.' . ' ' 1 Lakewood, N. J., Dec. 3. A $166 a minute convention opened here today, i High salaried executives, in cluding two -women, attended the meeting of the Association of Na tional Advertisers. Over the plat form was a sign which read: "Time ' at this meeting costs ?166 a minutet Let's make-it count" The figure was reached by estimating the sal aries and expenses of the delegates. IMMORAL "APHRODITE" IS GIVEN A BATH. New" York, Dec. 3. "Aphrodite" got a bath Wednesday and now the b'g Egyptian spectacle at the Cen tury theater, which was denounced by critics as immoral, inartistic and indecent, has been transformed into a 'really artistic and -vivid drama tization of life in old Egypt just be ' fore the Christian era. The feature to which' the critics objected in the spectacle, as presented in the open ing performances, was the miscel v hneous display ofNnale and female v nudity, black and white, under the - 'guise of art. This is eliminated. During the day Mayor Hylan, in , view of the denunciations the pro duction by, the newspapers, had - called upon Police Commissioner Enright, License Commissioner Gilr christ and Corooration Counsel Burr to take steps to suppress the playi unless the objectionable teatures were eliminated. f . KANSAS CITY MAKES RECORD TIME IN TIAL. Kansas City, Mo., ec. 3. It took , just one minute for each dollar of a $35 bad check he wrote, to hear the case of George Kane, , 22, charged . wrth passing a bad check, m Judge ' Ralph E. Latshaw's court here to- ' day. The opening arguments, testi monv. .examination, cross examina tion, closing arguments, jury de-lib-v Vration and report consumed just 35 minutes the shortest trial ever held ' here. ;, . . " t v GOULD'S DIVORCED WIFE -' FIGHTS FOR $11,800,000. Paris, Dec. 3. Mrs. Helen Kelley Gould's fight to obtain the $11,800, 000 which she estimates comprises one-half of the fortune of her for mer hisband, Frank Gould. - has, , been carried a stage further in the "i Versailles court. Neither .of the principal parties to the litigation attended the hear ing. Mrs. Gould is now in New York. Her lawyer contended that the French divorce decree in favor of Frank- Gould is invalid because the court, he argued, was incompe tent to try a divorce suit of foreign ers unless both parties consented. 1 The attorney stated that Mrs. Gould was now suing her husband in the w York courts. . Time Viviani. former premier of France, appearing at the hearing ii; hehalf of Frank Gould, contended the Versailles court was competent. Mrs.. Gould -having admitted its jurisdiction, and having testified be fore it last summer. After the bearing the judge said a decision would be rendered within a fortnight. Charles G. Loeb of coun sel for Frank Gould said afterward Mhat Mrs. Gould was delaying the . . confirmation of the French dccYpe " because under that decree she was .entitled to ouly $600 monthly. ' . i VOL 49 No. 145., Cutwt MtHl-claM mttw Mnr 2S. IMS. it r. II. HW Ml (I Milt 3. IWB. OMAHA, ITHURSDAtf, DECEMBER 4, 1919. B Mill II mrt. Drily, tS.W: SwKwr. tt.St! Dally 4 Sua.. N.N: MttM Ntk. tH ntra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER: ; Fair Thursday with rising temperature; Friday ' in creasing cloudiness. s Anuria tiitrwr;timi! , .1 it. ni . , m. i J a. in., . m. , a. m. , ID a. m., It a. in., It noon.. ...I , , 4 1 IS I a. iu. . u. ni . . u. mf. 4 p. ni. . 5 p. m. . p. m. , 1 p. m.. 8 p. in.. 18 ....14 IS ...t.t .....1 l :..,.ie i IS CAPTURED rvmpmrpitc U I IIILHIULIIU OF OWfJCMID . to . 1 : i , . More McAdoodle A " " 11 - i JV KIRK'S RELEASE STIRS M'KELVIE . 'TO MAKE PRQBE Was Not Notified! of Bushee's Order While Acting Governor. HELP FOR REWARD FROM CARRANZA GOVERNMENT Detachment of Federal Forces Sent to, Spot Indicated by Deserters Who Informed Au thorities of Traitorous Act. Juarez. Mexico, Dec. 3. Fran cisco Villa has been captured by a force oLhis own men, and is being held for a reward from the Mexi can omvpmtnpnt. accordine to ad vices received here late today by J Superintendent. Caballero ot tne Chihuahua division of the National railways of Mexico. Two Villa rebels are reported to have presented themselves at the federal headquarters at Parral and notified the commander there that Villa had been captured and was being held for surrender to the Car ranza forces. The state of Chihua hua has already offered 50,000 pesos as a reward. Details of the bandits' demands have not beenlearned here as yet, but it is known that a de tachment of federal forces has been sent from Parral to the spot indi cated by the two deserting Villa rebels. 50,000 .Pesos Reward. P. W. Caballero, who received the news, is in Tuarez on an inspection tour accompanying Colonel Paulino Fontes, director-general of the Na tional Railways of Mexico. Mexican officials here expressed the opinion that " Gen. Gonzalos Escobar, commanding the Juarei district, would proceed immediately to Chihuahua City for-a -conference with military officials there. So far known the only offer of reward for the capture of Villa has been made by the state government of Chihuahua. This offer has been standing for some time. Whether the rebels who have offered to turn Villa over, will insist noon a pay ment of the full amount before de livering him to the federal forces, could not be ascertained. i ' 5.000 Troops in Pursuit. Galveston, Tex., Dec. 3. Five thousand nicked Mexican cavalry men, in five divisions, are in hot pursuit of Francisco Villa, according to a statement by Mexican Consul Fierro, who said he received this in formation today. . The men are under command ot General Dieguez and have orders to apprehend him dead or alive. The massacre of a regiment ot federal troops by Villistas recently reported from El Paso is declared false by the consul. . Ignaccio Bonillas, Mexican am bassador a,t Washington, tele giaphed Andres G. Garcia, Mexi can, consul general at El Paso, ask ing confirmation of report of Vil la's capture. Senor .Garcia replied that he was pushing strenuously to cbtain .official advkes and that he would advise the Mexican embassy as soon as he succeeded. - Gen. J. Gonzalo Escobar, com mander of the Juarez district, said tonight that he had dispatched a telegram, to Gen. Samuel M. Die guez, cernmander of military oper ations infthe north, who is now re ported to be . in Jimez, Chihuahua, General ' Dieguez has a torce ot 17,000 operating in the northern zone, it is said.- - - Hope for Capture Soon. "If Villa has not beeiv captured now and I have strong hopes that he has been he will be caught, soon within two montks' at the out side," General Escobar said; Unofficial advices to the American consulate here from Chiruahua City seemed to support the belief that Villa had been captured. Reports from other sources were to the effect . that the people of Chihuahua City were celebrating the supposed fall of the rebel chieftain. An American mining man, wno arrived from ,Chihuahua City, said that the report that a regiment of federal .troops had been massacred by Villa rebels near Rancho Espejo recently was generally believed by the business men in his district. Eighteen alleged followers of Francisco Villa have been, turned over to military court iu Chihuahua City. They were captured at dif ferent points in the northern mili tary zone: ' ' . '. An 'apparently unofficial order that Tuesday released from the pen itentiary, Beryl C. Kirk, leader of the bandit , gang that killed Detec tive Frank, Rooney in a gun battle in January, 1918, following a day light robbery- of the Malashock Jewelry company, 1514 Dodge street, is the cause of an uproar in the of fice t Governor McKelvie and among members of the state pardon board. The order was signed on unofficial stationery by State Senator B. K. Bushee of Kimball, under date of September 8, when Bushee was act ing governor during the absence of Governor McKelvie and Lieutenant Governor Barrows. Kirk, had served but 18 months of a 20-vear sentence given him for second degree murder. He had not served long enough to qualify for a parole from prison. Bushee Makes Statement, Mr. Bushee was located by long distance teleohone last night, "Yes. I signed a release for Kirk upon the word of Wa'rden Fenton," said. "I have confidence in him. When I was acting governor for three davs. Mr. Fenton told me that Kirk had suffered punishment enough for the crime the man was convicted of. Mr. Peterson also talked to me about Kirk's release I thought I had authority to re Imsp him." - When asked whv he did not noti fy the governor or the pardon board about the order, My. Bushee said: "Well. I don-t Vtnow. I didn't think it was necessarv. I took Fen mi's word for the man. so I made nut an order for Kirk's release. If a mistake has been made, it was I did not know that unqualified for VHf VO Y0U Hiwe owEfcS Made frgh PEfc CEMT PR0FITS I JOfenJ KnevThat, Why Did fau and Your. ADMwistratioM PERMIT TtflS 60UGWG?: You had Full AUTHORITY And why ."Didn't YOU TAKE IWoSti Profits: Expect Switchmen to Urge General Strike of Trainmen 'Chicago, Dec. 3. Switchmen of Chicago were -in session all day and until a late hour Wednesday night discussing grievances of the Broth erhood of Railroad trainmen. A. E. Crowder, member of a local un ion, acted as spokesman, but said no action had been decided upon. Others admitted they expected the meeting would urge a general strike of trainmen. ,- Cabinet of Peru Quits. Washington, Dec' 3, The Peru vian cabinet has resigned in a body, lh State department was advised. made by me. Kirk was furloutrh." Mr. Bushee said he did not recol lect recording a duplicate of the re lease order or of notifying Phil Bns, secretary to the governor, ctf the order signed by mm. Calls it "Furlough." Followine the statement of Sena tor Bushee, made to The Bee over lonir-distance phone, he wired last nicht as follows: "Referring further to the Kirk matter, will , say that while acting governor I signed a 'furlough' rather than a parole. This meets the ob pection" that he was not eligible to a parole. I never received any sug gestions relative to this matter from Governor McKelvie and my action was coverned very largely by War den Fenton's judgment and others familiar with the case." When notified of the affair. Gov ernor McKelvie said he would look into the matter upon his return trom Denver, where he went last night to attend a' conference on the coal situation. The governor declared he was un aware of the release of Kirk until yesterday. He did not state outright whether he would make an investi gation. . As explained by Lieutenant Gov ernor Barrows, Mr. Bushee made a mistake in the case by not notify ing Colonel Preston, recording clerk in the governor's office, of the order. - "Until ah investigation is made, it cannot be determined whether Kirk will be returned to the peniten tiary." the lieutenant governor said. Governor McKelvie and the par don' board once . refused Kirk a pardon. , But for the presence of Secreury H. H. Antles, secretary of the state (Continued on Fag Two. Column me.) G. 0. P. Senate Leaders Plan to Declare State Of Peace Hits Snag Washington, Dec. 3. The plan of republican senate readers to declare a state of peace by concurrent reso lution of congress, struck a snag in the house. Chairman Porter. of the foreign affair; ' committee said his commit tee had no intention of reporting out such a resolution and it was indicated that his leaders supported this position. , The position taken by the house republicans was said to be that re ocal of the wartime - legislation which extends until peace is estab lished would be a more acceptable method of restoring normal condi tion and the question of peace was one which the president and tne senate, constituting the treaty mak ing power, should determine. "Pussyfoot" Johnson Turns Over Testimonial , Money to the Blind London, Dec. 3. William ,E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson, the Amer ican, anti-saloon"' organizer, for whom, the 'Evening News opened a testimonial because of injuries re ceived in,-recent "ragging" by stu dents, has written to the newspaper asking that the money thus raised be sent to St. Dunstotfs hotel for the blind Mr. Johnson, whose eye was re moved a few days ago. is progress ing satisfactorily, and will leave the nursing home toino- You hao Full . , I AUTHORITY ! I f7 AMD WMV tlOUT Al W j ,TS' Y0U TAK : Dry Mjmlm FORBID COAL DELIVERIES FOR ANY INDUSTRIES NOT ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL Order Issued Last Night Says Heat and Light Ever Cannpt Be Furnished to Anyone Not Engaged in Production of Plain Necessities of Life Many Thousands Will Be Thrown Out of Work by Clos ing of Stores and Factories Firms and Citizens Having Plenty of Fuel May Be Called on to "Double Up" with Less Fortunate People. ' , The blow has fallen ! " ' , With the coal supply of the city at lowest ebb and the temperature hovering near the zeromark, the terminal coat -committee last night issued an order prohibiting the de livery of coal, and cutting off the use of electric lights and gas to every nonessential industry of greater Omaha and Council Bluffs. . . '.'."', '.; Thousands of people will be thrown out of employment and industry will be paralyzed if the order stands for any; length of time, members of the fuel committee say; The order goes into effect this morning. It was issued at 7 last night after an all-day session of the committee. : : Nonessential industries are de- rVni nOlfial lll I Oh"1" 'n the order as industries not LArLUdlUll MLLd SIX OFFICIALS OF MINING COMPANY Blast "Fatal to Volunteers for Underground Work Con tempt. Charges Against Miners Filed. ASKS WILSON T(t SEVER RELATIONS WITH CARRANZA . New Mexican- Senator Intro duces Resolution Another Note Dispatched to U. S. About Jenkins. Calexico, Cal, Dec. 3. W. K. Milton, 24 years old, discharged American soldier, was brought across the border from Mexicali, suffering from broken bones, deep cuts and bruises, the result, he said, of inhumane treatment at the hands. of Mexican authorities. American Consul Boyle, at 'Mexicali,- announced he would report the case to the State department at Washington. Milton's jaw was broken, three bones in one hand broken and head and neck cut deeply and bruised. . . His injuries were inflicted; he said, . November 8 by a Mexican policeman, who had arrested him. for intoxication, and who pursued, overtook and beat bim into in sensibility, after he had broken away. Washington. Dec. s 3. President Wilson was requested in a resolu tion introduced today in the senate to sever diplomatic relations with Mexico. The resolution was offered by Senator Fall of New Mexico, who as chairman of a subcommittee in vestigating the Mexican situation declared evidence had been found whirli "would astound the world:" It also- asked that the president withdraw recognition of the Lar ranza government. Senator Fall. boldly ciiargeu tne Mexican embassy, the consulate generals in New York and San.. Francisco and the consulates along the border, with the knowledge and consent of President Carranza, had been actively engaged in tlc spread ing of bolshevist propaganda in the united Mates, cviuence u was said would be forthcoming to Jear out, the charge. Question Up to Congress. By this resolution, which was sent to the senate foreign relations committee for consideration tomor row, the whole Mexican problem, admittedly grave in view of the- re fusal of the Carranza government to release Consular Agent Jenkins from the penitentiary at . Puebla, will be put before congress. - The latest note from the State de partment calling for the immediate release of Jenkins was laid before the Mexican government on Mon day. Word to this effect reached the department today, but there was no intimation as to when an answer might be expected. An early report from the com mittee on the Fall resolution is ex pected and this will put the question (Continued wo V Two, Column Three.) HAYS ADVOCATES A "SQUARE DEAL" .. EOR U. S. LABOR Enumerates Planks of Repub lican Party in Address Before Women. RtOTER-f OUND New York, Dec. 3. A method by which labor may acquire an interest in the business to which it gives its efforts, federal regulation of indus try as opposed to government own ership and a system of taxation which will not kill business initiative . . j ii i were namea among tne national planks of the republican party to night in an address by Will S. Hays, chairman of the national re publican committee. Mr. Hays spoke ?.t a banquet given ,by the re publican women's executive commit tee of New York state to him and to Mrs. John Glover Smith, chairman of the. women's division of the na tional committee. Mr. Hays opened his address "with an assurance that the republican party proposes, to - recognize the women voters as on an equality in every respect with their men col leagues and entitled to a propor tionate share in the control arid di rection of the party. He declared that the republican party stood for full political self-determination and held to a hard and fast set of rules. Turninsr to reconstruction problems he dealt first with business, which he said must be treated with an ap preciation of its fundamental im portance and not as a "demagogue's shuttlecock." . ' - Large Inheritance Tax. . "The . business men of the coun try," continued Mr. Hays, ''are en titled to every consideration includ ing the right to run their own' busi ness. .Taxes which kill .initiative must not be levied. There should be a large inheritance tax on the verv larjic inheritances. The repub- t lican oartv from, its inception has stood against undue federalization of industries and activities. ' There must be a strong federal regulation, , hut not government ownership. The railroad problem will be solved and solved fairly, with provision for a just return on real investment and with reasonable as surance for essential development and extensions. We.are against pa ternalism in government and we are against that form of pedagogic pa ternalism which has developed re cently in this country." "Square Deal" for Labor. In regard to labor, Mr. Hays de clared that the economic situation was simply a matter of Roosevelt's "square deal." - ""To that end," he said, "we must develop a reasonable method for honest and efficient labor to acquire an interest in the business to which labor is expected to give its best ef forts. Pending this development an equilibrium between production and wages must be established." In concluding his remarks the chairman claimed that the recent special ses sion of congress had saved the na tion nearly $1,000,000,000 and that this alone would warrant an "over whelmingly republican victory next year." GUILTY BY JURY ON ARSON COUNT Louis Weaver First to Be Tried of 120 Indicted for Complicity in Court House Burning. . t Louis Weaver was found guilty of arson by a jury which returned its verdict to District Judge Reflick yesterday afternoon after, deliberat ing for about eisrht hours. Weaver is the first man ' to be tried of the 120 men indicted for complicity in the court house riots. County Attorney ShotweH conduct- Led the prosecution. Ask Additional Evidence. " The jury, after deliberating four hours, asked for dditional informa tion on . the allegation of Weaver that the arresting officers battered down the door of the house where Tie lived. 1357 South Seventeenth street. Judge Redick allowed Mrs. Ma tilda Rogers to be called. She testi fied that the policemen knocked on the door' and that she opened it; that she told Weaver the policemen were after him and that Weaver hid in a closet. This corroborated the testimony of the arresting officers given at the trial. Made Signed Confession. . Weaver, after his arrest, signed a confession that he threw a can of gasoline in the burning court house. At his trial he declared an unidenti fied man forced him at the point of a : revolver to throw the can and that he threw it on the cpurt house lawn.. ' Weaver, who was a cook at the Rome hotel, was badly burned by gasoline on the face and arms. The penalty for arson in the state is one to 20 years. Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming Governors r r r i t unrer on uai issue Denver, Dee. 3. Governors of three states, Robert D. Carey of Wyoming, Samuel R. McKelvie of Nebraska and Oliver H. Shoup of Colorado will confer at Denver Thursday on the coal situation. The purpose of the conference is to work out some plan for a satisfac tory distribution of coal. Price of Oil Raised by . Standard Oil Company Shreveport, La., Dec. ,3. The Standard Oil company has posted an increase of 25 cents per barrel on all grades of Louisiana oil. mak ing the prices in the various fields as follows: v Caddo light, $2.50; Caddo heavv fuel. $1; Homer. $2.50; De iSoto, Chicago. Dec. 3. There were al most no reports of increased pro duction of soft coal today, but in-r dustry generally felt the shortage of fuel resulting from the -miners' strike and more shutdown restric tions and added reports of distress, especially in the west and south west, marked the day. ; Six officials of a mining com pany were killed by an explosion in a mine near Clinton, Ind., while they were trying to produce enough coal to supply the boilers. Officials of several states were more active and regional and local officials and committees clamped on tighter restrictions. Federal troops were ordered to Oklahoma to protect volunteer miners. ' . - ; - Governor Gardner , of Missouri, announced that the state ""would take over the Barton county. sur face mines for operation by volun teers unless the miners returned to work by Thursday night. Some state troops were on the 'ground and others on the way. Kansas Mines Operate. In Kansas, where Governor Allen initiated the volunteer mining sys tem in. the surtace mines, 11 such mines were operating. A Santa Fe switching crew refused to haul non union men to some of the mines. Governor McKelvie of Nebraska continued to enlist volunteer work ers for mines in nearby states and an offer was made to send' some of them to Missouri. Wyoming was said to face the volunteer system as a result of the chaotic situation in that state,, where some mines were working and others idle although the union , of ficials Had ordered the strikers back to work and announced union bene fits, would be withheld. Chicago and nothem Illinois In dustry and business will go otv. a 6J4-hour basis, according to plans decided on. Southern Illinois business leaders and public utilities representatives agreed on a seven-hour day for most business in that section. Contempt Charges Filed. ; The government at Indianapolis filed information charging 84 offi cials of the Unite Mine Workers with criminal contempt based on al legations of violation of Judge An derson's injunction against the strike. Iowa coal operators' prepared an ultimatum giving the union miners untU December 8, to return to work or the mines would be reopened with whatever competent labor wsa obtainable. Federal troops were sent to Han na, Wyo., where mines were idle. Former soldiers were called to mo bilize at Fort D, A. Russell, for possible volunteer mining. Train Bandit Carlisle on Way to. Recovery and Jail Douglas, Wyo., Dec. 3. William Cark'sle. train bandit captured Tues day after being shot in the right lung by Sheriff A. S. Roach of Wheatland, will recover Unless pneumonia' deyelopes or infection sets in, according to physicians. As soon, as he has recovered, it was said, he, probably will be returned to the state penitentiary at Rawlins to serve out his unexpired term of 50 years. A statement purporting to come from Carlisle that he was unarmed was repudiated by Dr. L. W. Story, bis physician. Sheriff Roach as serted the bandit was armed . serving the public with the ' neces sities of life. Delivery of coal will be made only to essential indus tries serving the public with food; wearing apparel, medicines and the actual necessities of life. - i. : Vhe .order issued is based on an crder received , late yesterday after noon from thv central coal com mittee at Washington, D. C.,; dated Dectmber 2. It co-ordinates gener-, ally with sweeping order by Fuj Administrator Garfield, received by the terminal committee Tuesday night.; - ... J The central coal comnr.ttee order prohibits the release of coal to aff nonessentials and prohibits public' ; utilities trom delivering ught, heat and power to nonessentials. ,,; . ' The "Exempt List. - A .' The first five classes -of the fuel administration priority list ,are ;x empt from the order. ; ; , , ' ; They are: Railroads, army and '.; r.avy, together with other depart- ' ments.of the federal government; ?tate and county departments and 1 institutions, public utilities and re tail dealers. ; v- ' " The five classes affected by the or- f der are : Manufacturing plants an war industries boards preference list, and manufacturing plants not on the preference list, jobbers,' lake and . tidewater coal. ' , , Although many of the industries which will be affected by the pew order have a small supply of coal on - hand, a general closing down of ,in- ' dustries will result before the ena of 4 the week, according to H, L. Snyder. . acting cl-airman of the terminal fuel committee. ,. ' ; VY ' No Coal in 24 Hours. "Up until now the committee has L been Jurnishtng coal -to nonessential ' industries with the hope that relief would arrive and extensive unemv ployraent could be averted," Mr. Snyder said.- ' . "The supply is lower than it evfcr has been before, no coal has arrived in Omaha during the last 24 hours, and there is no relief in sight," . Mr. Snyder called attention to the cjosing down of several more mines in southern Wyoming. Only 40 per cent of normal capacity was , pro duced by the mines today, he said. These mines -have been .Omaha's chief source of supply . since;. the strike began. - May Appeal to Washington. There will . be a more " detailed classification of industries . affected by the order, Mr, Snyder said. In dusjries cut off from coal by the rul- iiig still have the power of sending applications to Washington, D.i G, to be passed upon by the central coal committee-. " ' These ppplications will not receive consideration at Washington, how ever, unless the terminal committee has recommended such considera-: tion. The method of making appli cation for coal will be the same - as before. ' .. ' .- '": Order to Dealers. To still further conserve coal the committee last night issued the fol lowing orders to the coal . dealers of the city: v - ' i "Do not take ah order if the pur chaser has a six days' supply, "Insist that every purchaser cut (Continued on Fare Tin, Column On. Towns in Nebraska , Burning Fence Posts : And Ear Com as Fuel Imperial.: Neb.; Dec. 2. There is not a pound of coal to be had here; Townspeople are buying fence posts to use as fuel. Farmers are burn- . ing corn. ; Belfast, , Neb., Dec. 3 The coal ;' supply here is entirely exhausted. Ear-corn is being burned. Wray- " side is in the same condition with no coal whatever. - . , i President Improving. Washington, Dec. 3. -President Wilson Ns getting better and hit progress is causing : satisfaction, ' Rear Admiral Grayson, 1 the presi- , dent's physician, said, adding thay from his standpoint everything wa. going fine with the president. .
