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M JEDAEL.Y Established 1865 52d Year No. 41 Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky, Friday, January 18, 1918. Single Copy 5 Cents MEET TONIGHT TO DISCUSS FUEL ORDER 1 President Turley, of Chamber of Commerce Calls Meeting of Local Business Men. TVip .rd.r of the National Fuel .Administrator for the closing of manufacturing industries ior a penoa oi nve uap - Mondays tin jviartu curtailment of other business ac tivities during the Mondays mentioned, is the sole topic of conversation among business men and citizens of Richmond. In order that there shall be a o-h understanding of the matter. President R. E. lurley, of the Richmond Chamber ot .Lommerce, has cauea a inccLiug jstrators and their representa of the business men of Richmond tives specincaiiy authorized so to to be held at tne court nuuc t 7:30 to night Friday when Mr. C. C. Wallace, ruei n" tor for Madison county, will be present ana a iun ana irec uia- cussion oi tne oraer aim n u- fects upon business here win oe had. All business men and otners interested are invited to be pres- ent. There has been prevalent some ldea that retail stores and pri- vate businesses, not manutactur ing enterprises, would have to close down during the hve days Kpo-innintr Tanuarv 18th. A care- ful reading of the official order, that retail Kiicinpceps Qtnrps. etc.. are only fnrhidden 'to use fuel on Mon- ,w"c nn tn March 25th. except that stores selling food, or med- ical supplies, may use fuel till 12 have broad authority to central oVWk on each Monday. ize control of all war munitions, Sections from the Fuel Admin- istrator's order which are of in- terest or have effect here, are Section 3. On the following days, namely, January 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, 1918, and also on each and every Monday beginning January 28, 1918, and continuing up and including March 25, 1918, no manufacturer or manufactur .ing, plant shall burn fuel or use power derived from fuel forany purpose, with the tollowing ex ception : (a) Plants which necessarily must be continuously operated seven days each week to avoid or its contents may use only such quantity of fuel as is necessary to prevent such injury or its con tents. (b) Manufacturers or plants manufacturing perishable food or food necessary for immediate consumption. (c) Manufacturers of food not perishable and not necessary for immediate consumption ma fuel to. the extent authorized by the Fuel Administrator of the state, in which such plant is lo cated or by his fully authorized representative upon application by the United States Food Ad ministrator. ( d) Plants necessary to the printing and publication of daily papers may burn fuel and use power derived therefrom as usual, except that on every Mon day from January 21 to March 25. inclusive, they may burn fuel or use power derived therefrom in only to such extent as is neces sary to print and publish editions as such plant suctomarily prints and publishes on legal holidays other than the Sabbath; or if such plants do not customarily print or publish any edition on such legal holidays, they may burn fuel or use such power to such extent as is necessary to is sue one edition on the said Mon day. Section 4. On each Monday, beginning January 21, and con tinuing up to and including March 25, 1918, no fuel shall be burned except to such an extent as is essential to prevent injury to property, freezing for the pur pose of supplying heat for. (a) Any business or profes sional offices, except offices used by the United States, state, coun ty or municipal governments, transportation companies, - public utilities companies, telephone and telegraph companies, banks, trust companies, physicians or dentists. (b) Wholesale or retail stores or any stores, business houses or business buildings whatever, ex cept that for the purpose of sell ing food only, stores may main tain necessary heat on any of the specified days until 12 o'clock noon, and except that for the purpose ot selling drugs and medical supplies only, stores may maintain necessary heat through out the day and evening. (c) Theatres, moving picture houses, bowling alleys, billard rooms, private or public dance dance hall, or any other place of public amusement. Section 5. On each Monday, 13 A 2 6j91o no uel shall be burned for the purpose of heat- ing rooms in which intoxicating liquor is sold or served on these days: Nothing in this regulation shall be construed to forbid the heating of restaurants, hotels, or other places in which meals ar served, but in which no intoxi cating liquor is sold or served on Section 8. State Fuel Admin- do are hereby empowered to grant such relief as may be es sential to prevent injury to neajth or tQ prevent a disruption o or jnjury to property destroy ed by hre or freezinpr Section 9. This regulation is effective throughout the United states east of the Mississippi River, including the whole of the states 0f Louisiana and Min- nesota Senate Wants Munitions Director Wy -Associated rress.j Washington, Jan. 18 The Senate Military Committee to- day favorably reported the bil to create a Director of Muni tions. The director will have no cabinet membership, but wil another bill establishing a war council is nearly completed LATEST FROM THE WAR. (By Associated Press) With the German refusal to accept Russia's attitude concern ing the right of occupied v terri tories to self-defioition, the peace I negotiations are apparently dead-1-locked at Brest-Litovsk. '---Meanwhile the Ukrainians and Bol- sheviki are fighting bloody bat tles in Odessa and near Poltava. The western and Italian fronts are devoid o important develop. Austrians Striking. London, Jan. 18 Serious strikes, accompanied by riots, have taken place at Vienna and other Austrian cities, according to a telegram to Zurich and oth- r Switzerland points. Lloyd George Puts It Strong. London, Jan. 18 Premier Lloyd George, in addressing the labor delegates today, declared the need for raising more men for the army to be urgent. "The people must either go on or go under." he said Cobb After A Commission. Sergeant Ed Cobb, of Rich mond, who has been in camp with the state troops at Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss., since the mi litiamen were sent there, has gone to Leon Springs, Texas, where he is taking the training for an officers' commission. Ser geant Cobb is splendidly qualified and his friends are satisfied that he will come out of the officers' school with a commission with flying colors. He was one of the few chosen for this training out of the large body of enlisted men in the camp at Hattiesburg. Broaddus Hurt By FalL W. W. Broaddus, proprietor of the coal and feed establishment which bears his name, is laid up at his home with a badly wrench ed knee and sprained shoulder, as a result of a fall. Mr; Broad dus slipped on ice when putting his horse away in the stable at night ,and his fall was not an easy one. Mr. Broaddus is very well known and very popular and his host of friends hope nothing serious has "busted loose." Sold A Pair of Mules For $425. B. J. Broaddus, residing near Richmond on the Lancaster pike, sold this week to Jack Duerson, of the same locality, a pair of 3-year-old mare mules for . $425. Naturally being jubilant over this excellent price, he did the -very best thing possible, in entering his name upon the lists' for the Richmond Daily Register. WILSON SAYS COUNTRY WILL SEE NECESSITY Of Rigid Fuel Order Millions of Workmen Idle When Plants Shot Down For 5 Days. (By Associated Press.) Washington, . Jan. 18 It is stated officially today that Presi dent Wilson is not-even consider ing interfering with the1 fuel' re striction order and feels the country will be satisfied with its necessity. Most of Administrator Gar field's staff was busy today issu ing special rulings in response to a flood of eastern querries asking exactly what form of industries are included in the order. Ap parently the whole country is much at sea as to just what the order means. Meanwhile a supplementary exemption list is being prepared by the Fuel Administration but it appeared doubtful if it will be made public owing to fears that the Fuel Administration will be swamped with requests from other industries. Some of the industries notified of their exemptions were stee mills, producing ship plates woolen mills turning- out sroods tor the army and navy, and cer tain domestic utilities, including ice piants wnicn, nowever, should consolidate, wherever possible and operate only one plant and distribute the output through the otners. XT J. a fMI? l ... iNcx.t xo lining nousenoid re quirements, Garfield considers the bunkers of ships the most important task and today bent his energies to relieve the situa tion which is regared as extreme ly critical. Secretary McAdoo, it was indi cated today, might declare a rail road embargo against the ship ment of more supplies to Atlan- tl T"iC 4-1 - A JT docks, which are congested, aU, along 4he coast 4, by ... the - vast'' amount of freight, is imorpvedJ'J In tne country at Iaree. thous- ands of men are idle as a result of the fuel order. New York es L11HO.LCU wai tUjOuu plants in. that state, employing 2,000,000 men, are closed. C a .1 4.1 . A r rrs . Chicago indicated that 40,000 men are idle with probablv 300.- 000 in the rest of the state. Cincinnati, Buffalo, Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, and Pitts burg, reported industrial plants shut down with figures of men out of work running from 50,000 to 500,000. As the day wore on it became apparent that the first day's en forcement of the order was at tended by the greatest confusion. While some industries in one state had closed down the same classes of business continued in other states, indicating widely di vergent interpretations of the mandate by industries. The or der meanwhile was attacked in both Houses of Congress. Brought To Local Hospital Mrs. Dee Bush, wife of Deputy Sheriff Bush, of Winchester, who has been seriously ill for some time, was brought to a hospital here to be under the care of Dr. Gibson. : Try a can of Serv-Us Coffee. Phone 431. Neff's Fish and Oys ter House. 41 It t4i ill TViic -ixr-ic ry Mri;trranin A natrol hoat is rushinsr uo v m .j..v - pvuimg away iroiu mc uuumcu, Richmond Tobacco Market Closes Down Till Thursday At a regular meeting of the Richmond Tobacco Board of Trade, Friday, it was unanimous- y decided to close down the Richmond tobacco market until Thursday, January 24th, in com pliance with instructions receiv ed from the United States Fuel Administration. While this came as quite a sud den blow to the local warehouse- Hoover Has Something Important To Say About It, Too. (By Associated Press,) Washington, Jan. 18 Food Administrator Hoover, today is sued the following: The Food Administration wishes it clearly understood that Garfield s order does not include grain elevators, potato or vegetable houses for cold storage, all forms of grain storage, grain and feed mills, coal product manufacturers, ba kers, . canners, milk dealers, creameries, packing and slaught- Fuel Administrator Wallace, of '' C. C. Wallace, Fuel Adminis trator for Madison, received the following telegram from State Administrator Bryan late Friday afternoon, which is self-explanatory : Under orders issued by Mr. Garfield, you are empowered and directed to divert fuel, es pecially coal, to arrive in your community when consigned to individuals or corporations in our community and not destined o other points, between January 8 and 22, inclusive, to supply needs of domestic consumers, public utilities, hospitals, chari ties, cantonments, by-product coke plants, supplying household . : 500 OF MADISON FEEDERS l&ked To Holp Make Uj; $20,- i "l T''A" fiTovemenf has been inaugur ated by the Kentucky State Fair to have a $20,0000 premium list for cattle exhibitors at the Fair this year. Ten thousand dollars will be given to the cattle breed ers of the State, and $10,000 will will go to the cattle feeders. The State of Kentucky will be divid ed into three sections and com petition will be confined to each section. This is one of the biggest un dertakings ever inaugurated by the State Fair, and especially so under present conditions. This will give cattle breeding and cat tle feeding industry a greater stimulus than can possibly be given through any other channel. Competition for prizes is confin ed to the state of Kentucky, and the fatted cattle competing must be owned by the exhibitor since May 1, 1918. Cattle competing in the feeding exhibits must in owned by the exhibitor at least 30 days before prior to the date of exhibition. No exhibitor will be permitted to exhibit and show more than one entry in each class. In order to secure this gener ous premium list, which should interest every breeder and feeder of cattle in the state, it becomes necessary to raise $10,000 by sub TORPEDOED HOSPITAL SHIP GOING DOWN. r- i y caati, Yivum.ui x v.ui.wii men and will work a severe hard ship on them, it could not be helped and the warehouses ne cessarily had to close till this date. Both houses are full of tobacco and were ready to sell today after being closed since Tuesday. All warehouses over the state will be closed during this period so Richmond is not the only one affected. ering houses, ice plants and re frigerators, commission whole sale and retail trades in fact, every sort of food handling, manufacturing or distributing agency. "The State Food Administra tors are authorized to determine for the State Fuel Administra tor or any other industries, the continuous conduct of which are essential to the uninterrupted now of food. Madison, Receives Orders. with gas, railroads, telehone and telegraph plants, government bunkers with coal for shipping; manufacturers of food which is perishable or for immediate con sumption, municipal, county and state governments. Ascertain the quantity and character of f ue arriving in your community during the -above period and use your best efforts to divide same among consumers above speci fied until their current needs are fully supplied. The full benefit o your community of the Gar held order depends upon your prompt action on coal diverted Make the necessary financial ar rangements to protect owners.. BRYAN, Fuel Administrator scription among the cattle breed ers and feeders of Kentucky Each county has been prorated son county hag"yeen fixed at $500. Mr. Ben F. Boggs has been dele gated to rasie this sum. He is al ready meeting with much en couragement. He has a list of contributors and will be glad to add other donors. This is a laud able enterprise and there is no doubt the cattle, breeders and feeders of the county will come across with their quota, as it will add much to the industry in the county and state. Accepts Position At Berea. Prof. J. W. Rogers, of Cynthi ana, whose term as school sup erintendent of Harrison county expired last week, has accepted a position in the normal school department of Berea College and left Tuesday night to enter upon his new duties. He is well fitted for a position of this kind, his long school life and terms and work as Superintendent of this county having afforded him a wide range of activity. His friends here are gratified that he is so pleasantly and congenially located. His family will remain in Cynthiana, at least for the present. Cynthiana Democrat. THE WEATHER. 1 Jan. 18 Fair, continued cold tonight and Saturday. Si f 3 ; on rieht. Life boats can be seen -j - - mv tuenr beneath it. CAUSED VERY MUCH CONCERN IN RICHMOND Capt. Carlo Brittain In Command of the Michigan, With Five Madison Boys In Crew. Much interest and anxiety was occasioned m Richmond late Thursday when the Daily Regis ter's Associated rress aispatcn was read that six seamen were killed and three injured on the U. S. S. Michigan, in a gale off the the Atlantic coast. Capt. Carlo B .Brittain, whose wife is here now visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Baldwin, is in com mand of the Michigan, and there are five Richmond young men on the Michigan and one of Lancas ter. Luckily none of them was hurt. The Richmond members of the crew are Cecil Simmons, Evan McCord, Del Azbill, John William McCord, Andrew - Mc Cord and a young man named Terrill from Garrard county. Mr. Simmons was in Richmond for 10 days a few days ago, and probably just reached the ship in time to go on this cruise. Mrs. Brittain says that the Michigan went out of port on Monday, the day she left Capt. Brittain. No information is, of course, given as to the destination or length of the cruise, though it is thought" probable that the ship will put into port with the bodies of the men killed, and also the injured. A fuller dispatch gave the nam es of the men killed and injured as follows: The dead: Osben Capers Belyeu, Carl Frederick, Clarence Eugene Book, Frank John Prinz, Julian S. Bell, all sea men ; and John Engellio, Chicago, a fireman. The injured are: Edward Thos. McDonald, left leg broken; Gor don Solomon Farmer, both arms k.ni.-.n r t: 4-1, :t. . j 1 j 1 1.1 - : 1 , 0 . . O O 7 Alll the injured are seamen. : The men were killed and, jured by the falling of a liviaSfrherst ' "-S&ideri'tTc tina in tne navy. -. " J TWO BASKET BALL GAM To Be Played Bv Local Te Today and Saturday. The Caldwell basket ball teams went to Nicholasville Friday to' play a double header game with the High School at Nicholasville, hndaj' evening, and at Harrods- burg Saturday evening. The girls' team of which Miss Mossie Allman is captain, includes the following girls : Misses Emma Davison, Laura Blanton, Iva Jean Todd, Goldie Cotton, Thelma Taylor and Been O'Neil. .Th boys' team of which William Martin is captain, is composed of Alfred Douglas, Eldridge Stone, Bernie Myers, Oscar Kunkle, Robert Neff and Joe Carson. They will be accompanied by Prof. Bridges and Miss Elizabeth Eldridge, Mr. F. C. Gentryof the Model school, will be referee. Douglas After Commission, James Douglas, another Rich- . mond boy who has been distin- jjoiiiixg imnocii 111 uic state guard encampment at Hatties-I burg, Miss., was one of the two'- -Madison men there who were chosen for the officers' training camp at Leon Springs, Texa; ' " Sergeant Ed Cobb is the others .-' and mention of his selection' is made in another column. It, was considered quite an honor and -distinction to be selected for this important work, and only those who were considered to be prac tically certain of winding com missions were picked.' from the enlisted personnel for; the train ing camp. Young Douglas' many friends "back home" are sure that he will easily win his shoulder straps. ' " .- Edwards Funeral 10:30 Sunday. Rev. Watson, pastor of 'the Methodist church at Corbin, will conduct services at the grave over the , remains of Dr. George -Edwards, Sunday morning. The hour of the funeral services will be at 10:30 and not 10 o'clock as stated in Thursday's paper. The beautiful Elks funeral service will be solemnized at the grave Warren Nally, of Washington when a straw rirk fit luu"v ""tc nne mmi. fcV -r-.... 4 - avu U Ver OtV i