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"HEATLESS" DM5 M'ADOO AND GARFIELD ISSUE STATEMENT SAYING THEY ARE CONSIDERING MATTER. MAY ALSO LIFT EMBARGO Two of TonHeatless Mondays Have Been Observed ? Will Hold Another Conference 8oon. Washington. ? Abandonment of the heatloBS Monday program was pre dicted at the clOBe of a prolonged con ference between Fuel Administrator Garflield and Director General of Rail road McAdoo. A final decision was not reached and a further conference will be held but there was every Indication that both officials, as well as President Wilson, who has been consulted, feel that the purpose sought can be ac complished from now oh by continu ance of preferential coal transports tfon and distribution and by railroad embargoes now In force. At the conclusion of the conference the following statement was Issued Jointly by Dr. Garfield and Mr. Mc Adoo. MoAdoo-Qarfleld Statement. "We have had under consideration the question of suspending the Mon day closing order. We have not reached & final conclusion about it. We shall have another conference when the resulta of the Monday closings and of the railroad embargoes up to that lime can be fully consider ed, and shall be able to make an an nouncement as to whether or not a sus pension of the Monday closing order may be made." ? Tan heatless Mondays were decreed by the fuel administration January 17 as a measure to save coal and to re lieve railroad transportation. The Monday holidays were preceded by a five-day industrial Bhut down at the close of which eastern railroads at the direction of Director McAdoo, put on embargoes against Uas movement of general freight. The Monday closing has brought the most vigorous opposition from com mercial interests, particularly the big department stores. The small stores, too, have opposed it as have the own ers of office buildings. Theaters suc ceeded in having the day as applied to them changed to Tuesday. WARNING (JlVEN TO ALL FLOUR DEALERS Muit Not Take Advantage of Shortage In Other Cereale. Washington. ? Unwarranted price in creases in wheat flour substitutes will not be permitted. The food admin istration gave warning to dealers that they must not take advantage of tem porary shortages In other cereals brought on by the heavy demand the new baking regulations has caused. Many complaints reached Pood Ad ministrator Hoover that dealers in the substitutes already have begun to lift their prices. "Mills of the country," said Mr. Hoorer, "are prepared to meet the greater demand of housewives and bakers " for other cereals during the next few months. Lack of transporta tion is the only factor that will stand in the way of proper dlstirbutlon throughout the country. "At least one of the substitutee is produced In quantity in almost every part of the country. If any shortages occur they will be local. The supply of substitutes is ample to meet our needs and It is confidently expected that with the freer movement of grains to the mills and of the flnlshod product to the consumer lower prices than thoso now prevailing will result. "The normal tendency of local scar cities Would be to advance prices out of line with the cost of production and distribution. Under tne food control act this will not happen. ATT licensees dealing in food commodities who do not their customers the benefit Of fair and moderate prices, selling at no more than a reasonable profit above cost, will have their licenses revoked." TURN OUT ONE BOAT EVERY DAY Washington. ? Production plans for the nary's new anti-submarine craft oootomplate the delivery of a finish*# boat every day when the cycle ol pro duction Is complete. The fitst vessel has already been started In the fabri cating shops at the Ford Motor Com pany plant at Detroit. Construction will go by stages. To turn out a hoat a day after the elapse of several months requires that a boat a day be started. RBITKRATES OBJECTIONS OF WAR CABINET Washington. ? In emphasising his opposition to the senate military com mittee's bill for a war cabinet and a munitions director, President Wilson nrgsd upon another group of Demo ? cratie senators called to the White House the necessity of avoiding as far as possible agitation In Congress that might eneourac* the enemy and give the Impression of discord. , The president reiterated his objec tions to the war cabinet. CHARLES W. DYSON | Charles W. Dyson Is one of the American navy officers recently pro moted to the rank of rear admiral. He | Is head of the designing room of the | bfe-eau of steam engineering In the | navy department. MAY GALL MILLION MEN | 8ENATE COMMITTEE REFUSED | TO EXEMPT MEN REACHING 318T BIRTHDAY. Those Reaching 21 Will Be Registered, Most of Whom Will Fall Into Class One ? Number Called Depends on Conditions Abroad. Washington. ? Expansion of Amer ican fighting forces beyond their pres ent strength depends upon Buch fac tors as events abroad and the ship ping situation, Secretary Baker said tonight in disclosing that the war de partment has not faced a date for an other draft nor even determined how many new men shall be called. When Mr. Baker told the senate military committee the United States would have half a million men in Prance early this year and that in all a million and a half could go across if ?hips could be found to carry them, he referred to the divisions now In train ing camps and those already in Eu ropie. Future developments Will decide what additional forces will be sent. The secretary made clear today his opinion that if events made it neces sary to call out more than another in crement of half a million men the ex ecutive's authority to draft men for fighting units other than reserves would be exhausted and further leg islation by Congress would be neces sary. He said, however, that under the authority to call two increments of line soldiers of 500,000 each and such additional numbers for recruit battalions and special units "as the President may deem necessary," the second draft might bring out in all as many as a million men. The senate committee tentatively approved legislation proposed by the war department to provide for the registration of youths attaining the age of 21 years since June 6, au thorising the fixing of quotas on the basis of Class 1 of the new classifi cation and empowering the President to call men needed for special indus trial or other work. Provost Marshal Oeneral Crowder, appearing to explain the bills, told the committee it was proposed to hold a new drawing to establish the order of liability of the new registrants. When the new men have been given their serial numbers their names will be inserted in the classes to which they may be assigned according to a plan now being worked out. APPALACHIAN DIVISION OF SOUTHERN 18 CUT Bristol. ? No trains will operate on the Appalachian divlaion of the South ern railway for at least this week on account of the washing away of more than IK brldgos and trestles Rnd nu merous slides and washouts, following heavy rains and the thawing of snow on the mountains. This division op erates into the coal fields and Is the main fuel feeder for the Southern sys tem. More than 600 feet of trackage through the Natural tunnel Is entire ly washed away. Two trestles at this point also are gone. At Ironton one bridge in gone and a 50-foot slide de stroyed the track. Another bridge is gone near the Iron furnace at Big Stone Oap and between Big Stone Gap and Appalachla there is a 500-foot slide and five bridges washed away. CABLE AND TELEGRAPHIC LINER TO RUS8IA CUT. Washington.' ? Cable and telegraphic lines to Russia have been cut, Ameri can Minister Morris at Stockholm re ported, and the only remaining routes of communication with Petrograd are now through Persia and Vladivostok. The land telegraph lines wars sev ered, Mr. Morris reported ,at Hap* rand* and the cables at Vlhorg. He gave no Indication of the significance. THIS YEAR WILL DECIDE THE WAD PRE8IDENT WILSON 8AY8 THAT CULMINATING CRISIS HAS COME. IN MESSAGE 10 FARMERS Says We Are Fighting For Liberty Now as Truly as In the American Revolution ? Taak Demand* Su preme Sacrifice. Washington ? In a message to the nation'* farmers delivered to an agri cultural conference at Urbana, 111., President Wilson said he thought statesmen on both sides of the water realized that the culminating crisis of the war had come and this year's achievements would decide it The message, which the president intended to present personally until attacked by a cold several days ago, was delivered by President James, of the University of Illinois Recounting the aggressions of Germany, the presi dent said: "We are fighting, therefore, as truly for the liberty and self-government of the United States as if the war of our own revolution had to be fought over again and every man in every business in the United States must know by this time that his whole future for tune lies in the balance "Our national life and our whole future develomepnt will pais under the sinister Influences of foreign con trol if we do not win. We must win, therefore, and we shall win. I need not ask you to pledge your lives and fortunes with those of the rest of the nation to the accomplishment of thlB great end. "You will realise, aa I think states men on both sides of the water real ize, that the culminating crisis of the struggle has come and that the achievements of this year on one aide or the other must determine thia is sue." The president recalled that farmers fired the firat shots at Lexington that set aflame the American revolution for liberty, and expressed the hope and belief that American farmers now will willingly and consplcuosly etand by to win this war. He Bald the farmers did not want themselves exempted from military service as a class, but that the attention of the war depart ment* waa centered upon the task of interfering with farm labor es little as possible, and he believed that in. the next draft the farmers would find their labor much less seriously drawn upon than in the first. 8UBMARINE FIGHTER8 ~ IN LARGE NUMBERS Contracts for "8ev*r?l Score" Awarded to Ford Plant. Washington. ? New submarine fight ers of a powerful type are about to be turned out In the United States in large numbers. After testifying beforo the house naval committee on the na val appropriation bill, Secretary Dan iels authorized the statement that con tracts for "several scores" of the new craft have been placed with the Ford Motor company of Detroit. He de scribed them as "half-way between a destroyer and submarine-chaser," X00 feet long and equlppod with the latest discoveries the coming summer are assured. All parts of the shipB except tho engines are to be fabricated in De troit and the parts shipped to sea board, where they will be assembled. Changes In the Ford plant to permit the handling of the work have pro gressed so swiftly, Mr. Daniels said, that deliveries on the contracts during the coming summer are assured. The new vessels are expectei ro prove far superior to the chasers now In use. Including those of the 110-foot class. They will have steam power with a greater radius of action, will be more seaworthy and will be able to carry heavlef armament. It has de veloped that tho latest German sub marines are equipped with guns which outrange those of small chasers and oven some merchant ships. RAILROAD SITUATION IN MOUNTAINS CLEARING Flrlstol, Tenn.-Va. ? A clear, spring like day completed the melting of snow and Ice In the mountains, which has done much damage to rllaroads and property, gave encouragement for early restoration of normal condition*. I Large forces of workmen are hurry ing repairs on wrecked bridges on the Appalachlah division of the Southern railway and officials stale they hope to resume operations aoon. TWO AMERICANS ARK KILLED IN FIGHTING On the fighting fronts, the moat Im portant event has been another attack by the Oermans on a small American post In whlcl) two Americans were kill ed and ffur wounded. Another soldier Is believed to have been captured by the enemy. This position on the French front dally has been searched out by sheila from the Germans for aeverel days, but, aided by a hear? i fog and covered by * artillery barrage, 1 the Germans decided to attack. SIR ROSSLYN WEMYSS ?Ir Rosslyn Wemyu, who was ap pointed first Ma lord of the British ad miralty to succeed Admiral Jelllcoe. He Is a man of or*** executive ability. ANOTHER MILLION AVAILABLE EARLY THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO A REVIEW BY SECRETARY OF WAR BAKER. Secretary Baker Before Senate Com mittee Bares Much That Heretofore Haa Bean Carefully Guarded With Natlon'a Military Seorets. Washington. ? America will have an army of half a million men In France early this year, with a million trailed and equipped ready to follow as quick ly as ships can be provided to carry them, and the outlook for this is not unpromising. ,j?rom early morning until late after noon the secretary addressed the com mittee and a crowd, including many members of both houses of Congress, gathered in a big hoaxing room of the senate office building. He Bpoke ex temporaneously, beginning with details of the mammoth task of building an army of a million and a half, answer ing such complaints of inefficiency as were cited by Senator Chamberlain in his recent speech and declaring that such instances were isolated and not general. Some questions were asked, and Mr. Baker, from time to time, had assistants go to the telephone for re ports on specific questions. Toward the close of his speech, Sec retary Baker delivered a dramatic general statement of the American war plan, telling of the coming of the allied missions, of the day and night conferences with men from the scene of battle in which the plans now be ing executed were adopted, and of success beyond the most sanguine ex pectations In building the army and ltd industrial support at home, transport ing men across the ocean, constructing railroads In France and preparing to strike the enemy with every reseurco at the country's command. When Mr. Baker closed, It wan ap parent he had created a profound im pression. Chairman Chamberlain said bo before the left the stand. There was no attempt at cross-examalnation. The chairman proposed that the Bee |retary be given a rest, and it virtually | was agreed to recall him for further {examination later after the committer has completed its hearing of officers of the medical corps, aviation section and other branches of the service. GERMAN PAPER OPENLY CALL8 FOR A REVOLT "Germany Too Has a Judas," 8ays The Deutches Tages Zeltung. London. ? A dispatch to the Kx chango Telograph from Amsterdam says Tho Deutches Tagea Zeltung openly rails on tho German people to revolt against the present regime. "We, too," Bays this pan-German or gan, "have a Judas among us today. He appears in the red coat and man tle of Germany's hangman. Who will pave Germany from these traitors but the Gorman people? It Is now 'Ger mans help yourself, and God will help you.' " WOULD REDUCE NUMBIR OF STREET CAR STOPS Washington. ? A plan for saving mora thaw a million tons of coal a year by reducing In all cltlea tha num ber of etraet car atops aad by Halt ing the use of powar for heating ears haa been proposed to the fuel admin latratlon. It la receiving attention but there la no Indication aa to whether fuel administration officials view it with favor. The number of atepe would be held to eight In each mRe. GERMAN EMPIRE IS IN LABOR UPHEAVAL CONCLUSION OF GENERAL PEACE WITHOUT ANNEXATIONS OR INDEMNITIES DEMANDED. ULTIMATUM IS DELIVERED Nearly Half Million in Berlin Are Re ported Idle ? Likewise at Kiel Work men Leave Jobs to Join In Strike. Transcending in Interest even the great victory of the Italians over tho AuBtrians on the northern Italian bat tle front is the political and econom'c situation in Germany. Here, upparently, a large part of the country is in the throes of a great labor upheaval, due to dissatisfaction by the working classes over the prog ress of the peace negotiations an 1 over internal political conditions gen erally. Throughout the country thou sands upon thousands of the working classes ? both men and women ? have struck and many of the great mana ufactorles and industries are affected. In Berlin alone nearly half a mil lion persons are reported on striko, and hourly those who have quit work are receiving reinforcements. Like wise, in Kiel, the great shipyard cen ter. at the Hamburg Iron works, and in the Rhenish Westphalian mine re gion workers have thrown down their tools and left their jobs. Led by Socialist*. ? j Leaders of the socialists ? both of the independent and the majority fac tions ? evidently are In control of the movement and for their painB a num ber of the Independents have been ordered Imprisoned. Hugo Haase of the independents, and Phlllpp Schelde- I mann, majority socialist leader in th?? relchstag, are heading their respective followers. Ultimatum Delivered. The socialist paper Vorwaerts an nounces that the Berlin strikers havo now become mor? numerous and threatening. They have addressed to the government an ultimatum of which the following are the principal de mands: "First, accelated conclusions of a general peace without indemnities or annexations. "8econd, participation of working mens' delegates of all the countries In the peace pourparlers. "Third amelioration of the food sit uation by better distribution. "Fourth, ImmedlPte abolition of the state of siege and restoration of the right of public meetings, suspended by the military authorities. "Fifth, abolition of militarization of war factories. "Sixth, immediate lelease of all po litical prisoners. "Seventh, fundamental democrati zation of state Institutions. COAL FAMINE NOW THREATEN8 THE EA8T Snow and Ice 8torms St 1 1 1 Hamper Transportation. Washington. ? Large sections of the east face a coal famine within the next few days as a result of further hampering of railroad transportation by snow and ice storms. Reports reaching the railroad and fuel admin istrations showed New England, -parts of Pennsylvania and districts along the Atlantic seaboard in worse con dition, and there were Indications that many industries would be forced to stop operations for a few dayB for lack of fuel. No new ordere for a general indus trial shutdown are planned by the fuel administration, but the preferential treatment of coal shipments for do mestic consumption, for ships and essential industries will continue. An extension of tho freight embargo might be considered by the railroad administration to assist railroads to movo coal, It was explained, except for tho fact that very little general freight Is now being accepted for east wnrd movoment by any lines. HINDENBURG WARN8 GERMAN 8TRIKER8 Amsterdam - The Rheinftlschc West fallsche Zeltung, of Eeson, a copy of which has been received here, reports that Field Marshal von Hlndenburg has warned the strikers In Berlin to cease their movement Immediately. He said: "Every hour you lose means the weakening of Germany's defense. You are committing a crime against our army and an act of cowardice against yonr brethren In tho front trenchee." RAILROAD RATES ARE TO BE INRCEA8ED. Washington. ? In deciding the Inter mountain rate case the Interstate com merce commission authorized trans continental railroads to Increase rates from eastern point* to Pacific seaport cities to the level of the rates now pre vailing to Inter-mountain points. Then slmlltaneously the commission refused to allow railroads to cancel ex isting commodity rates and shipment* of less than a carload and apply hith er class rataa. A PROCLAMATION By THE PRESIDENT 8AY8 BURDEN OF FEEDING AL LIES IS 0>JRS AND WE CAN CARRY IT. ASKS TWO WHEATLESS DAtS President Calls Upon Housewives to Observe Orders of Food Administra tor ? Substitution of Potatoes and Other Vegetables. Washington. ? The following prorla niation by President Wilson on food conservation was issued: A Proclamation. Many causes have contributed to create the necessity for a more inten sive effort on the part of our people 'o save food In order that we may supply our associates in the war with the sustenance vitally necessary to them In these days of privation and stress. The reduced productivity of Europe, because of the large diversion of man power to the war, the partial failure of harvests and the elimination of the more distant markets for foodstuffs through the destruction of shipping places the burden of their subsistence very largely on our shoulders The Food Administration has for mulated suggestions which, if follow ed. will enable us to meet this great responsibility without any real Incon venience on our part. In order that we may reduce ou' consumption of wheat and wheat prod ucts by 30 per cent ? a reduction im peratively necessary to provide th* supply for overseas ? ?wholesalers, job bers and retailers should purchase and re-sell to their customers only 70 per cent of the amounts UBed In 1917. All manufacturers of alimentary paBtea. biscuits, crackers, pastry and break fast cereals should reduce their pur chases and consumption of wheat flour to 70 per cent of their 1917 require ments and all bakers of bread and rolls to 80 per cent of their current re quirementa. Consumers should reduce their purchases of wheat products for home preparation to almost 70 per cent of those of last year, or whan buying bread, should purchase mixed cerea) breads from the bakers. How to Control Wheat Bread. To provide sufficient cereal food, homes, public eating places, dealers and manufacturers should substitute potatoes vegetables, com. barley, oats and rice products, and the mixed ce real bread and other products of the baker which contain an admixture of other cereals. In order that consumption may be restricted to this extent, Mondays and Wednesdays should be observed a* I wheatlesB days each weok, and one meal each day should be observed as a wheatless meal. Meats and 8u0ar. In both homes and public eating places, In order to reduce the con [ Bumptlon of beef, pork and sheep prod I ucts, Tuesday shoudl be observed as meatless day in each week, one meat less meal Bhould be observed In each day, while In addition, Saturday In | each week should be further observe*/ as a day upon which there should be I no consumption of pork products, j A continued economy in the use of ' sugar will be necessary until later in 1 the year. Eliminate All Waste. ; It Is Imperative that all waste an.l unnecessary consumption of all sort* i of foodstuffs should be rigidly elimi nated. The maintenance of the health an.l strength of our ovrn people 1s vitally necessary at this time, and there should be no dangerous restriction of the food supply but the elimination . of every sort of waste and the substi j tutlon of other commodities of which j we have more abundant supplies for | those which we need to save, will In ( no way Impair the strength of our peo I pie and will enable us to meet one | of the most pressing obligations rf the war. Appeals to People. I therefore, In the national Interest, take the liberty of calling upon every loyal American to take fully to heart the suggestions which are being circu lated by the food administration an I of begging that they he followed I am confident that the great body of our women who have labored so loyally In cooperation with the food admlnlstra ?Ion for the success of food conserve Hon will strengthen their efTorts nnrl will take It as a part of their burden In this period of national service to see that the above suggestions are oh served throughout the land WOODROW W 1 1, RON The White House. RIO MUNITIONS BHIP 18 FOUND ON Fl?e An Atlantic. Port. ? Loaded with wnr supplies for the Italian army, some of them highly Inflammable, a ten thou sand-ton American munition steam ship, armed fore and aft and maklnj ready to sail caught fire shortly before 2 o'clock while tied up at her pier Among the cargo are several hun dred barrels of glycerine and henxlne, toas of tar paper, army blankets an 1 other supplies.