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r t m r VOL. 23. NO. 27. SEMI-W . MANY IDLE RESULT * nc rmcDti nnnrn vr TLULHAL UIYULIY A Richmond Has Largest Number of Workers Out of Employment in South. tt IS GENERALLY OBSERVED ? ui Ol Cotton Mills and Tobacco Inter- s( ests Hard Hit?Over Entire m Country Millions of Work- Jj men Are Thrown Out. p Si Atlanta, Ga? Jan. 21.?Hundreds l)< of Undustrial plants in the south " t r are closed for a five-day period from Friday until Wednesday under the fuel restriction or- ^ Idle, No reports of violations of the cc order have been received and surI ,,.1 t l^.w. ?V... . 1?.1- nl mvv iiimiv unwtio ui c iuai uuui man- ^ ufacturers and workers view the sitec nation philosophically. Scores of cotton mills using other cr than water power are closed for the ^ five-day period, but those working on government orders of heavy . . . ni ducking are expected to reopen under the exemption for such plants issued by Dr. Garfield. r' The tohacco Interests probably 11' are the largest outside of cotton, to 1,1 be affected by the order. Cigar factories in Florida, Virginia and other a< states, are closed as are tobacco and cigarette plants in Virginia, North Carolina and other sections. ( : The industrial center at Blrming- rc ham is only slightly afTected, as 'n most of the steel plants there are UI engaged on government work and ai si the coal mines extra efforts are being made to get out coal. Shipyards including the navy yards at Nor- in folk, Charleston and New Orleans U1 and the Newport News plant, are to in full operation. Richmond apparently has the re greatest army of idle workers of R| any city in the south, 30,000 heinp leported out of work there. Norfolk and vicinity report from 10,000 Of to 12,000; New Orleans some 15,- fa 000; Macon, Ga., 7,000; Memphis. from 5,000 to 7,000; Chattanooga. from 15.000 to 20,000; Charleston, ',T S. C., about 2,500, and Knoxville, OT about 3,500. tr In the Roanoke district. where sli about 2,000 workers are idle, th? "I Norfolk and Western railway of- rc fered to employ hundreds of persons 't. In repair and other work on its lines re and in Its shops during the days of Rfl inactivity. Including Mondays. tli The shutdown of industries Is or expected to relieve coal shortage in co Atlanta. In many parts of Alabama ?f and In other southern states. Fuel ^ administrators are directing fuel to ti< householders badly in need of fuel. Pf P? XMTi a. wt n iihuiii i'mms ?.;iose<i. Winston-Salem. Jan. 21.?Tn compliance with Fuel Administrator ? Al Garfield's order all local manufac- ^ turlnp industries except public utll- ^ Ities closed Friday. The pas plant ^ la faclnp a shut down unless a supply of coal is secured within the next few hours. tw ar Cleveland Workers Idle. w; Cleveland. Ohio. Jan. 21.?Two th hundred thousand Cleveland work-l'*1 ers are idle and a daily payroll es-| tlmatcd at more than $1,000,000 is dli tied up. Amonp the plants closed down are many enpaped in fllllnp In war order contracts. co th Baltimore Industries Close Down, j Baltimore, Jan. 21.?Upward of, (J' 160,000 persons Idle here and ap- ^ proximately 3,000 industrial enterprises are closed down. 1 Many Shoe Workers Idle. ,n, Lynn, Mass.. Jan. 21.?Manufac- sy turers estimate that between 15.- nx 000 and 20,000 local shoe workers of are idle here. Ini in, Macon Plants Close Down. Ml Macon. Oa., Jan. 21.?Eighty tr] manufacturing plains employing more than 7.000 workers are praetically closed down here as a result of the federal order. mi fei Memphis Workmen Idle. wl Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 21.?Be- ab tween 6,000 and 7,000 workmen are an idle here as a result of the closing 7 of Industrial plants. th< rie Lai EEKLY. LANCASTE1 HORT LINE RAILROADS fTMED / OF NATION FACE RUIN uLPItlU ? MEET s Result of Failure of Ciovern- IlllilJ 1 mcnt to Take Them Over For Control. Recess Wa This High Point. N. C.. Jan. 21.?That ( i? 800 short line railroads f the country face ruin i a result of the fall- NO REQU re of the government to take them rer for control and operation is the . atement of W. *E. Price, general House Rej anager of the Carolina and Yadkin ing Fu< Ivor railway, upon his return to Rp?rind te city from Washington. Mr. rice and Traffic Manager Frank J dustries zemore have been spending the ist few days in the capital city in _ , , . ? . * . Columbia, i effort to ascertain just where ^ R0 ()f ley and the line they represented . . . .. _ , morning bio ood. According to Mr. Price, Di, w * j u . an adjournn ctor General McAdoo, President , t , . sembly for i rllson ami the legal advisor in the ... . ii a , 41. .. which time introl and operation of the railways . ...... and finance re of the expressed opinion that _ . . . and senate le government has not yet assumed . work on the introl of any other than the trunk , .. . ? The senat aes of the country. Further, arj. * n t i >1 .i [entire morni irding to Mr. Price, indications are , . . I matter and i..?j uimior general does not once A C{ mtemplate the taking over of the fer<j(j by gen jmerous short lines of the country. )own provK The condition is such that the nffl- was finally s als of the short lines are greatly bouse, i)Ut armed and can see nothing hut wa8 objected lin staring them in the face unless movement c lere Is a change in the mind of the were made h Jmlnistration officials. Since the an(1 others t ivernment took over the railroads. a 8jmuar re r. Price stated, the officials of the was aet agal irolina and Yadkin railway have unanim' icelved regularly the bulletins and by any nieai structions from Mr. McAdoo and. jg attests, ltll a few days ago, the impres- The house on was labored under that the ,CqUe8ting F iort lines were controlled by the to re80| >vernment. There was something quirjng facte the air, however, which caused to shut dow leasiness and the trip to Washing- eyer, a reso n resulted. porations to There it was found that the di- during the ] ctor general and his advisors had business. I iparently decided not to take over of this resol e short lines, numbering about the senate. >0, having a total mileage of 3fi.- Both hot ?0 and representing invested capl- Tuesday at I of $1,000,000,000. It seemed to members we > the prevailing opinion that the afternoon, mration of the trunk lines would In the sen ing about the desires of the gov- and mlnorlt nment, the improvement of the was subinitt afflc situation. That places the resolution, p iort lines, those depending entirely election of a ion the trunk lines for cars and assistants, mnections, emphatically up against Announce! ??> biikhr, ior wim me government investigation gelations there would be very by Governoi nail chances of the short lines get- mer Chief ( ng any business through. Co- SOn would b leratlon, it is stated, could not be at 3 o'clock. iunted upon and without the co- in the Judlci >eratlon of the large lines, the in the sei iort ones would amount to prac- port was re' [ ally nothing and it would be 1m- Hams' bill p: issible to earn operating ex- wage for w< inses. cantile estat The senate and house committees Senator B i the railroad problem will not file has introduc elr reports for about 10 days yet, a raise for a r. Price informed the reporter, and irlng that time it Is quite possible SEVENTE tat representatives from the 800 WHEN r] ies will visit Washington and ake a plain statement of facts to j e congressmen and senators. The] They Were ro representatives of the local line I , < liiinnel i e ready to return at any time, it | is stated, and they were hopeful \ tlx* A at another visit would result In eir gaining more Information than j e one ending with last evening Tampa, b j teen men, si and the re Mr. Price and Mr. Sizemore were known to ha attendance upon meetings for the . . , day when t\ nsideration of traffic problems . . ? . *w i ? . were being t roughout their stav in Washing- , . ., . .. .. . .. the estuary n and they admit that they re... . ... midstream a rned knowing not one bit more!. J, , .. .. ... . bodies had at is tangible than they did here they left the city. n <L, ' The men their work a Million Workers Made Idle. jI)R amj Philadelphia. Jan. 21.?Approxl- hnth i itely 2.000,000 workers in Penn-|to thg|r capj Ivan I a are thrown out of employ-J ed the ent during the five-day ?hul(lown;thgnne| thr( industries affeeted by the federal boats, causir < to statistics compiled by the flkiffs. a K to statistics complied hy th''jhank rap|diy ite department of labor and Indus- opportunity I Y at Harrlsburg. from one am who perishet Many Idle at Danville. | carried down Danville: Va.. Jan. 21.?Approxl- their efforts ately 8.000 persons here are nf-j(he iaunch 0, rted by the fuel restriction order ilch went into effect Friday. The sence of the usual chorus of bells * onstltueni d whistles from the factories at Petrograd, o'clock was the first reminder of uent Assembl s order of the day. the Bolshevl sa. w MCASr El, S. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY ii ASSEMBLY FUELLE AGAIN TODAY IS 01 s Taken Friday Until Nearly A Afternoon at Closed i )ne O'clock. ii EST TO GARFIELD WAS A ( ects Resolution Ask- Cotton M el Administrator to pension Order Requiring In- Time?I to Shut Down. Hunt in* S. C., Jan. 21.?The The Urst representatives Friday orauy obsei eked the movement for . .. . , ot the husi nent of the general asi period of ten days in slor?8- cro(' the ways and means opened for committees of the house closed afte respectively were to theatre op< ! appropriation bills. , ... closed toda e spent practically the ng in a discussion of the w 's< 's ,,t,v reversed its position yesterday a incurrent resolution of- The banks i lator Walker, of George-, il8k,.,i to el ling for adjournment but ,n ol.(h idopted and sent to the ^ effort ( Immediate consideration to in that" body and the tion x M > ( lied. Strenuous efforts and did no y Representatives Young The fuel 0 have the house adopt ington Satu isolution but the house tpe request nst It. The senate was theatre opt ous on the proposition \0wed to is, as the vote of 20 to "heatless d This was d 1 rejected a resolution amusement |*uel Administrator Gar- were idle N nd his drastic order re- general clos >ries and other plants not well i n. It did adopt, how- Tuesday, lutlon requesting cor- wore inclm pay their employes (,f (he origi period of suspension of and pool r mmediate consideration (|ay of eacl ution was objected to in day, for th< There was ises adjourned until ,nR fo fhe fl 1 o'clock. Many of the husines nt to their homes in the c|08e. even ! quired to. ate a majority favorable thQ order t( y unfavorable report to cjoso p, .ed on the Christensen j prlntlnR' 0fll roviding the manner of (jay t chief game warden and effftct of m reaching th nent was made that the , f of the charges made operatlng } Manning against for- j wlth the ni 3 a me Warden Richard- fue] admini iegin Tuesday afternoon Thp j Jin, The hearings will be Satur(lny fn ary room of the senate. rpbo nj(1j Uf aate an unfavorable re- cftrg of roa turned on Senator Wil- (be pydro-e roviding for a minimum 0ftr sl,jnres linen employed in mer- mM1 ifi ilishmenta. ? j prnment co onham, or Greenville, ? ' ? . , Springs was ed a bill providing for .. ' the governi ill State officers. . tions. but t EN MEN PERISH ClT, I rwo BOATS UPSET niained cloi 1,200 empW ing the si Being Ferried Across n,oy rpfeiv< it Tampa, Fla., When policy was I ,. , ? , Springs mill ccident Occurred. 1st rat ion s r oral times la., Jan. 21.?Seven- >"?hs the x of whom were whites|,roni half-a mainder negroes, are rount 8C >ve perished late Thurs- t'me w vo skiffs in which they half theii r owed by a ferry across "mf> ?' 3U! channel here, upset in The '-nn< nd sank. None of the ?Pora',<1 been recovered late to- f'omos "nde I producing ( were returning from for,"lzor Ph it the Tampa Shipbuild-1 day*" The gineerlng company and rrMirt house t was said, were loaded harness and icities. A launch pass- &ry-H??d in the middle of the door to Th Twing waves into the ?'?8ed *or f >K both to ship water. ,ce P|ant ? iccording to witnesses. nKPfl were 1 . leaving virtually no flnns to *et for the men to get free froifcht dep Dther. Several of those romP?'iny oil 1 could not swim and Rnd ,ho ,e,( i their companions in UHUa'- Th< to remain afloat until was unPs,"? Duld reach them. There we made up in . . ^ hunters am t Assembly I>i^olv?l. caB|on fo m Jan. 21.?The Constlt- cars, thoug Iy ha* been dissolved by cold that t Iki authorities. Joyed. HER NEV if 22, 1918. ! ;cc mflnnay still deadlocked in jOO lllUllU/tl PARLEYS AS TO PEA KSFRVFD HFRF ? LFULiil f LI/ llLillLl Arrest of Ilumnnian King Oiil< by Bolshevikl ami Incar? ill Business Houses oeratton Planned. n Forenoon and All n Afternoon. The Teutonic allies and the I shevic are still deadlocked over GENERAL HOLIDAY que8t,on of peaie termsstumbling block evidently is evacuation of occupied territ< ill on I* ive-Dav Sus- demanded by the Russians in or Pavinj; Workers Half that the inhabitants may havi Vlany Spend the Day free rein in expressing their clesi r Newspapers Close. ah to their future government. I A .. ??il 1 -A- A | nil UIIICUII VHTIIIUII SUlieill says the Russian proposal regard fuelless Monday was gen- I evacuation are so divergent fi ved in Lancaster. None the ideas of the central powers ness houses except drug; their present form as to be ui ery stores and the banks I cePlable to Geiman> and her .ill I The Russians are described as li business and these were , i mg taken an uncompromising a r 12 o clock. The Star jn tj10 matter and as not tr< prated as usual, but is jnR with the Teutons on a just ba y. The pool room like- Seemingly as giving finality serving today Instead of previously expressed intent ... " , ... with regard to the evacuation is the "heatless day. ..... ... r< occupied territory, the Gem and drug stores were not Htatement says the withdrawal ose any part of the day, the Austrian and German tro r to co-operate fully In 1 wmie the war continues is impo to reduce fuel consunip-1 aH endeav(" placate , . . Russians, however, it is stater t osed their doors at noon ,, , , it military conditions permit, t reopen foi business. occupying forces may be reduced administration in Wash- such numbers as are necessary irday afternoon granted maintain order and meet the te of moving picture and ; ideal requirements of the countr trators that they be al- Apparently there has been observe Tuesday as a ameloration in the tense situat ay" instead of Monday. txislinK between the Bolsheviki i one in order to afford tbp Rumanian government. Foll< for the workmen who inK closely upon the ultimatum ionday on account of the Rumanla, threatening energt Ing order, but who could military measures if the Rumanii ittend the theatres on faRed immediately to release m< Billiard and pool rooms bepH of (he BolsbPviki who were led in this modification rested, comes the official annour inal order. The theatres ment that (he arrpHt of King Fe, ooms will observe Tues- nand 0j- Rumania has been orde i week, instead of Mon- by tbp Bolsheviki. If captured ten weeks. monarch is to be brought to Pel i no confusion locally ow-|Urad and incarcerated in the fain ict that most, if not all of, st. Peter and St. Paul fortress, s houses were willing to Fighting between the Bolshet though not actually ro_i nn?l the counter-revolutionary for There was nothing in continues at various points in R a require the newspapers g|a proper an(, SiberIa. 1Iostili1 it they, and in fact, all|bp(weei) the Ukrainians and Bols ces in the city closed forjv|p forcps af 0degga aga,n b his will possibly have the| ,)roken ou, Warship8 are 8aid aking the papers late in. have bombarded the citv. Irkuti eir suhscribers. but nev-' pagtern Siberia> and 0rpnbl] he newspapers are co-ja,so Jn s|beria havp bepn captUf n every possible way Anothpr mut|ny iR declared itional. state and county havp ,)rnken QUt reoently at c stration. nany's naval base at Kiel. The tr caster cotton mill closed b,e gUrted amonp niember8 of cr, r the five-day period. of 8Ubmarines> who lately are .es about two and a half portpd tQ have been dissa(js1 1 dally, but when using w,(h the ,ack of RUCCeBfi and lectrlc power less than a danRer8 of fhp 8UbmarinP ct for heating purposes. pajRn Men from cru,8er8 arp i wot king on large gov- 0jared (o baVe joined in the fray, infracts, and Col. Leroy wMch offlcerjj are reported s advised Saturday by hgve bpen kl?ed ment to continue operahe orders were received _ * nill had closed, and by MOB IN MISSISSIPPI he shortage of coal, re- BURNS TO DEATH NEG1 icd. There are about ?yes of the mill anil durlspension of operations Negro Was Charged With the M } pay for half-time. This' dpr Young Wliite CJtrl?Con In operation at all of the| Is before the fuel admin-1 f<,sse<1 ,,e Wl,N >rder was sent out. Sev during the past two ?azeIhursti Miss., Jan. 21.n.ills have shut down for mob of Revpra, bundn.d cit,ZPn8 -day to two days on ac- Haze)hurst reported to have hi arcity of coal, and each h),adod by tbo fathe|. ()f M|fl8 V( orkmen have been paid wn,y8 who wng murdpred near h( egular wages during the|. t wpek took Sjm K(lwards> a 'Pension. Rro, |rom (bp county jail and bu master cotton oil mill od b|m on day as usual. This _ ,. . . , .. . , Sheriff Shelton appealed to t r the head of the food concerns. The Catawba men to ??owthe law to take *nt is closed for the five Cour8e' Promising every effort for 1 rarly trial. A big bonfire had b< POllfllV AfTW'Oa in tbo ' n ~ ' " 'I built in the public square. Coui were open as usual. The! . . . .. ? i authorities said that Sim Edwar shoe shop or the OreRIve Stock company. nexf ,ho nrRro arre?ted. admitted he u e Lancaster News office.1 n wi,npaB to th* ?'? to he five-day period. The no ar,ual part ,n " perated as usual. Oar-|cord,nR to thP ""thorltie.. declai rv?i? three other negroes, also under only open to allow per. m x rest, committed the crime, their cars in or out. rhel Qrt,, | u 1.* ? ? - VV It An fk ^ . - * ' inn, ow u i mill nxpn'SS, " u I mat OIIW ?I 1 Ice. the Western Union Kroea had confessed was spr< phone office operated as nbout town the mob was forn Red Cross work-room an(' 'a,or waa Increased by a nil lly busy during the day.|ber of country residents, re many hunting parties The mutilated body of Vera Wil the city, mostly rabbit was found in the woods near 1 1 many people took oe- home two miles from here 1 ake short drives In their Tuesday. The girl, who was h the weather was ao years old. left home to go to a sti he trips were little en- nnd when she failed to return af several hours a search was start i i i??????MSB? ys SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR ? THIRTY-FOUR ARE SOUGHT BY BOARD Second List of Those Who Failed to Return Questional naires is Given Out. the rhe CLASSIFICATION GOES ON the >ry, I tl,M Lists of Those Placed in Class e a One Have Not Been Made Out But Will Be Printed Later. ent in? om The local board has not by any in means finished its work. When a r? presentative of The News entered ies" the office yesterday he found it the a vonly really busy place in the city, at- Members of the board are now ensis. gaged in filing the records of the to registrants, files for this purpose During Storm Killing Six aiul li(> Injuring Three. its an Washington. Jan. 21.?Six men 'en wore killed and three injured on the I'nited States steamship Michigan ('8, when the ship was caught in a heavy ,a8 gale at sea, it was officially announced today. ac" The dead are: e(1 Osben Capers Belyeu, Carl Fredar~ crick Marahrons. Clarence Eupene ttook, Frank John Prinz and Julian 'hfl S. Moll, all seamen, and John Enpol>a<' lio Chico, a fireman. The injured: m" Edward Thomas MeDonald. left Ion broken; Gordon Solomon Farlys mor, both arms broken; Virpil V. tier BtRpors, thigh out and head and ate ankle Injured. All tlio injured are 17 seamen. are The men were killed and injured ter by the fallinp of a cape mast, the ed. first accident of its kind in the navy. having been received last week, and then. too. all of the classifications lau ()t have not been completed. Many ops have been classified since last week, but the lists have not yet been made l'u> out. These will be printed in The "at News as soon as the board can furnish them. The board is "short" thirty-four to questionnaires, which have not been c^" returned in accordance with the regy* illations. This is the second list of no delinquents given out by the board >on and it was turned over yesterday to md the chief of police. All are colored >w" except three. The list follows: to White, stic Torrence E. Catoe, Kershaw, fcns prnest Wright. Tradesville. sm- John N. ltingstafT, Kershaw, ar- Colored, ice- Minor Robertson, Kershaw, R. 5. rdl- Henry Sowell. Lancaster, red h. b. Seegars. Kershaw. R. 3. the William Johnson. Waxhaw, N. C., TO- R. 1. ous Tom Witherspoon, Waxhaw. N. C? R. 1. riki Joseph Crazier, Lancaster, R. 3. ces Sam Smith, Heath Springs, us- Mitchell Allen. Lancaster, ties Elmore Phillips. Fort Mill, R. 2. he- Lewis Stover, Heath Springs, ave Richard McKinnev, Lancaster. to Joe Stradford, Kershaw. *ki, Arthur Tucker, Lancaster. irg, Jonn sterling, Kershaw, R. 2. ed. Charley Horton, Kershaw, R. 5. to Clarence Buchanan, Kershaw, ler- R. 5. ou- Jim Hinson, Kershaw. ?ws Frank Vinson. Van VVyck. re- James Mcllwaine. Lancaster, fled William Harris, Lancaster, the George W. Pate. Kershaw. R. 3. im- John Gardner, Kershaw, de- William Durham, Fort Mill, in Thomas Starnes, Tradesville. to James Mobley, Lancaster. P.. 4. Robert Simpson. Stoneboro. Wesley Robertson. Lancaster. Mitchell Koe Lancaster. James Hilton. Kershaw. [10 Yancey Raskins, Taxnhaw. + No Relief at Charleston. ,,r Charleston. S. C.. Jan. 21.?No relief has yet been felt here under workings of the fuel order. Coal deah-rs have practically no coal on hand. of ACCIDENT ON MICHIGAN tn COSTS LIVES OF SIX pra pre ne- Cage Mast Aboard Battleship Falls