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Show UTAH GOAL MINES ASK MORE FOR PRODUCT H PIIODUCEHS WAIT ON Till: NA- H TlOVAIi APMIMhTHATOK. BBH Shortage At Knit I-nko City nml Else- BflBflHJ where Throughout tin- Statu Near BflBfl lug the Atttlt Stage Pom r nt of W. BBH W. Armstrong (Jreiitl) Ettt'tntttl - BflBH Around tho Cnmpt of the County. WASHINUTONV l C Nov 13 BBBJ At the office nf tlic fuel udmlnlstrn- BBBJ (or It wn wild todn) Hint n elrclslon BBBJ In rcsrtrtl to modifying price In Ixi BBBJ paid eonl operator In Utah for their BBBj proeluet will ho reached within u few BBBJ tiny A committee representing tin BJBJBB Utah operator hn hern hero several BBBJ tl) unit linn presented to the fuel BBBJ iiilmlnliitriitor the cost nf production BBBJ figure nnd ntatlstlc of coal prod lie- BBBJ Hon In tln statu to iiupport tho claim BJBJBJE that thn price ntlnwcd by tha prrsl- BJBJBB tlenl's) proilnmatlon of August 21st BJBBJf for lump nnd prepared site of coat at HBB' thU limn should lm Incnsuied, nnd BJBJBB thul If necessary price fur screenings BJBJBJE may he BflflflM MiMllflcatlnn such lm the Utah np- BJBJBM nrtitor are unking have hecn granted BflflflM to ml no oh mrn In Wyoming nnd Mon- BJBJBB ' In n nnd It I contended that the BflH . Utnh prodiicerH rn rnnseeiiieutly not BflflflH utitn to compctn with thu producer of BflflfljM lhn state. Thn Utah operator are. BJBBJB : representee! hern by P. A Sweet, A. BflflBK. It. ApperiMiM, I J. H. Hnlnpp nnd C N. flflBV ', Ht 'I'AKI-X STEP THAT IS TO BflBJj I speed i;i coal deliveuy BHBM J. H Hpetninn, director of tha ill Bflflflfljl trlrt car service bureau, linn liwued n BflBBBJ elrrular nelelrciutctl to thn Various mil BflU rotid compniileii, which. It U helloved, BflBBBJ will do ninth toward the further BflflflflH spe edlng up of coal cam nnd ton BBBBBBJ trlliute largely to tho diminution of HBBBflfl Thn circular nay Bflflflflfl, "Unless thirn U mirnn good reason BflBBBJ that would causa tho following nr- BflBBBJ rangcmrnl to lm Impracticable, will BHHflflJ you please Issutt thn ncceiuary In BHBBBfl stnictlon When a car of toal In In Bflflflfljl ImiI order nl n station, particularly at BflflflflJ terminal, or lurgn cities, nnd to ro- BflflflflJ pair It will nuoiuwltiito cither shifting BBBBBBJ n part of tho hind, or transferring It BflH nil, notify thn consignor nl once, who BflflH will. If possible, divert It to n point BBflHJ whe'ro It may tin unloaded hy u denier j or coiuumer, before ropalm are made H to thn H KiplalnhiK hU nttliin, Drlitnr Hpel H man najiil "Kvnry time that conl In H handled It miffem n certain amount of H itaimiKe, ihi thn nruvnnlty fur Kultlnil H It mm directly iu poMttilo to tha (tin H HUiner In na apparent nn thn note.W H for iiptHidlne up thu earn and ueltiiiu j them on theti wuy und ompt e.l iu B noun hh piHwtble If tho conlHnir H eon not dlvtrrt thn enr to thn in irent HH lK)lnl to unlortd, iirrnnRemenlN are tin H l"K made hy whlih tho car may Iw H vredlted nt oncn to Minn local denier, HH whit iniiDt promptly refill the order Hj nnd Ket It on Itn wny im quickly m Ii H "Meantime the had order enr will D tin unlo.tded und put In order un ex H Jiedltlounly nn poiwllile. Thn direct HB 4ilnir of two or three iIiijh In the ilo- Jj loi to coal turn innnot h oerenll- K mated In It Importnme to thn lontl WJird that I'rnuk J Mlllei ot thn OreRiin pulille nenlce tnmmhuilou lui.l itiinouncetl thnt the American Hull- fljV wuy ntuMK-liillttii had iiMiired him thut pari u liirno numher of com would noon lm jl Milt hare to iitrry coal from the mine apH,l of l UI i nnd Wjomlinr to the V1 mid HH NorthweHt. HH John A. Hmltli, foniierl u )iinlmu- ter In the employ of the Orrtron Hliort B l.lun. luu heen nnmed lij Director BCCfl Hpelniuu nn nn iiddltloiml truxellni: BCflH lin.pLtnr und ha entered upon hi BCCI H coiu: I'ltirix ami: rii;n CCf IIV Till: ADMIMKTUATION B WA8IIINOTON, I). C. Nov 10 BC4 Cokn price for thu entire country BCJ were fixed by tho fuel udmlnUtrutlon BCJ eterilay )n n rullnit conflrmlnc the BCfl prhn of nix dollar a ton et by thn BCJ war Induntrlr bonrd for Connollillle BCJ coke hi an nRTvcmcnt with teel pro- BCJ ilueern. Tbn order rcudi BCJ "Thn maximum price for coke BCf mudn Iu oven, without bprodiKl re BCJ lovery, eiiHt nf thn MUnliulppI river, BCJ ehnll be for blavt furnace coku, $6.00, BCf foundry coke, evcntyt vo.hour ntlnc BCf Iml, 17.00; cruvhed cokn, over one Inch BCCj Un, 7.30. The muxlmum price for BCJ, variou irriide of beohlvo coku made Bvmf In dlitrlvtM other than that dcwcrltu d BCJ lieretofnro Khali bear tho amo ratio BCJ tu the entulillNhml price of the coul BCj hJ from uhlah thn coku I mudo u the BCf am HVeniRe contract price of thn name BCf M KTddn of Kike had to tho nvcroKC con- BCJ m trail prlie of coal ilurlnir the )enr nj 191 J and 1913" B m .maim: rin:ii adminikiilmou J m yon hix vi-STi:itN status H I! Kollowliitf thu appolntinuut hint Bat- I m iiriluyiliy lr, Harry A, (larfleld, im- U tioiintifuul udmlnhitrntor, of W. V K ArmtrO;iB, fuvl ndmlnUtratnr of M lituli, a wupervUor of dUtrlliutlon of J i onl In Cullfornla, Oregon, Iduho, Nc J vuilii, Wavhlnirtnu nnd Utnh, Or Oar- J field announced thnt ArmntronK I nil- J H ihorlxed to cull upon coul mlnliiR ilia J trlutH of Now Mexico, Colnrudo, Wjo- J mlnff and Montana to meet omerRcnc J B need. Halt !nko City thu will be .l cnmtt the ilUtrllmtlng center, und the H fuel ndmlnUtratlon bonrd of Utah HL8 mut oUo tho problem of the Went- Hl urn State. K In aupplylnK rnterRcncy )icodn. how 1 nvnr, ArmHtrotiR la authorized to ru H qulro only 10 per conl of tho ma I out H put ua wa idilppod from New Mexico H Montana, Colorado nnd WyomlnK In H It 16 Into the Rtatca under hi xuper B vision Uavla Whltcomb, state fuel ndmlnlntrnlor for WhhlnRton, will bo ntithorhted by Armstrong; to act for tho Wnnhlngton conl mine Arm nlrong I In tho Kant thin week after huvltiR billed point In Tenncwico on prlvntn bunlneiw lie conferred with l)r anrfield In WnnhlnRlon, I). C, on hi wn home llr Uarflcld, In unnounclnR the np polntmenl of ArmntronK. ay "T" secure nn expedltlou aupply of conl for Wnnhlngton. California. Oregon, ldnho, Nevada nnd Utnh, tho United Htnte fuel ndmlnlntrntton hn nppolnl ed W V ArmntronR, itnte fuel nd mlnlntrntor of Utnh, to ovcrnco dUtrlliutlon dUtrl-liutlon for thonn ntnten. Through thl nuthorlt) he mny cnll upon neighboring neighbor-ing district In New Mexico, Colorndo, Wyoming nnd Montana for only uch per tent of their total conl output a un shipped In 1916 Into thn stntett now under hi aupervlslon Only shipment for emergency nied nnd not to exceed 10 per cent of tho production pro-duction of t llr so district can hn obtained ob-tained under hi nuthorltatlon David Whltcomb, state fuel administrator for Washington, will u authorised by Htnte Fuel Administrator Armstrong to net for Washington conl mine. COLORADO CITV MIAUCIIINO roil Diwiitvnu: i'itoi'i:im OltAM) JUNCTION, Colo, Nov, IS With winter nnd ro weather but n few week nwny nt most, nnd with the conl denier of (Irani! Junction hiking thii price of conl every time the) ihancn to unci on thn street, the cll commissioner lire determined to lose no llmu In their search for n desirable property for n municipal conl mine A u mean of temporarily relieving tho coal situation and lowering lower-ing tha prlro nf fuel to the consumer, consum-er, they are now considering thn pur-chnso pur-chnso of tho entire output of norno nenrby mlno If such I nvnllabln nl n good figure, the coal to bo retailed ut thn actual cost to local consumer. Hitch nn arrangement, If It can bo perfected, per-fected, could lio placed In operation within ii few tiny and tho extortion nto price now being charged lm ended. end-ed. In thn meanwhile, however, tho search for n desirable municipal coal mine or n site for such nn Industry, will go rapidly forvvnrd, a thn Irano of thu output or any mlno would be but n temporary relict which might bo ended at any time. HHOUTACi: OP COAIi AT HAIT IiAKK CITV IH STII.Ij ACUTi: Tho coal situation In Halt I-nke City I still critical nnd there I but llttlo hopn of Immediate relief, although thu district enr service bunuu and thu city ndvlsory fuel committee nro doing do-ing their utmost to tuwlst those with-out with-out or practlrnlly without fuel. Tho ndvlsory committee, which hn ehargn of the distribution In thai city, announce an-nounce that It will eo that coul I delivered wherever needed In tho cane of sicknen, denplta It Ncnrclty. A tin evidence of the demand for coal the United Htate Puel company received thirteen cur of coal Tuesday last nml announced that n hundred would not have filled Iu slnndlng order. or-der. There I some hopn of relief when the Utah rallrond begin thu transportation of coal from It thrco mine December 1st. ThU rend I iranul b the United Htate Hmeltlng lompuny nnd. while the trnckngn will not le Increased by It entry Into the. coul hauling flrld, there will tin much ten m llehlng to ilo nnd thu motive potter will lm greatly Increased zio iinxAii.ims riiu'itit to cut I'ltii'i: or coi. Halt l-nkn City conl deulcr will cut the price of conl from 17 SS to l 76 n ton In thn event tho tnto utilities commission decide tho Denver und llln Oranile rutn ease In Ihelr favor, m cording to u stutimeiil made re-eull re-eull b Churle T Worley. treasurer treas-urer und general maiingi r of the Hlnn-ilnnl Hlnn-ilnnl Coul company The ceise, In which tlie Hull I-ako City ccml disiler am w eking to hnve tho turlff on the shipment from Carlton county point redmeit from II 60 to fl S& n ton. ha been taken under ndvlsemciil by the commission nnd n decision I expected ex-pected soon The point of contention between the coalmen nnd the railroad I n published tariff of 1 25. which thn rullrond mnlntuln I n proportional rato und which npplle only from Car-bo'n Car-bo'n county point to boemd Hall l-nke t'lty The coal dealer contend that the remit I delivering coal nt thl rntu Instead eif the II.S0 tariff to point practically In Halt I-ako City nnd that tho lower tariff should prevail. Drawing Dig Mouey. I.KXINOTON, K)., Nov, 10 -Miner In tho coul field of J.nsUrn Ken lucky will make u high ten dollar n dn us a result of wnge Increase annoumed jesterdny by virtually every ev-ery mine In thn dlstrli.t. Wage of ordinary laborer In the mint will be Incnused from 13 B0 to M.00 u du. Mine of Western Kentucky hnve grunted wagu Inert ase averaging fort)flve cent n ton to conl miner Almut twenty thousund men nro af-fee af-fee ted hv the lm reuse In both fit Id New t'rogrum rormetl, WAHII1NOTON. D. C. Nov. 10. Dr II A narfleld. United Htnto fuel iidmlnlstrntor, tonight laid down n hnrd nnd fust program Intended to In sure sufficient coal to till eonsumer He unnounied two decisive step First Immedlnte nml thorough re lief for congistlon thnt I bumpering production nt the mine, und Heiond Hhurp dlscontlnuiinco of all cwel supplle for non-ewcntlut use. Thu first order directed ugulnst non-iHwentlul use of coul wn Ixsuoil last nlsht ... Dr Ourfleld directed thnt In future electric sign used for tllspluy advtr-Using advtr-Using mil) be opemted only betvveon thn hour of 7 15 und 11 tclock of the tvenlng Cur Will He huppllcel. Advice from Hulem. Ore., Htnte thut Chairman Krunk J. Miller of tho Ore gon public service commission, who I now In tho Hunt, ha written n letter let-ter to thu other mumbera of tho commission com-mission salng ho ha beon assured hy tht American Itallwuy mwoUntlon car servlro burcnu thut It will make every posslblu effort to upply cars for the fuel shipment from Utah westward Thirteen hundred car were diverted for that purpose some time ago, tho tetter sas, ftvo hundred were ordered Into that territory a few tiny ngo, while flvo hundred new car built for Utah transportation companies for handling coal have left tho factories. Hearing Again I'emtponcel. Hearing of tho petition of thu Cameron Cam-eron Coal com pan) nnd other for nn cquallratlnn of conl freight rate charged by the Denver nnd Itlo Orandn nnd tho Oregon Short Line railroads, which wa to have come up on November 13th, wa last Krldny postponed by thn slate public utilities commission to January It, 1918 It Ii proposed thnt tho hearing on the petition of the Utah railroad for permission per-mission to Increase coal freight rate fifteen cent per ton In tho statu shall follow tho Cameron company hearing hear-ing Helping In Adjustment. J. It Hlcken, member of tho committee com-mittee of national defenso of tho American Am-erican Itnllwny association, nnd James 1" Whltule), of tho federal trado commission com-mission nt Washington, D C, arrived In Hall I-ako City last Hulurday to tnke part In thn ndjustmcnl of mat turn pertaining to tho conl situation The two official will co-ordinate their effort with tho state fuel udmlnUtrutlon udmlnUtru-tlon respecting fuel transportation and supply, "Inlonslvo loading" of enr will Im given tho special attention of llleken. Whltnloy say hn ha found thn preliminary steps takt n hi ro entirely en-tirely HAtlsfnclory Profit to lie Cut. WAHIIINOTON. I). C, Nov 13 Conl compnnlc which chargo thn price sot by the government nnd require re-quire u purchaser to do hi own hauling haul-ing will have their margin of profit cut by thn fuel administration. Administrator Ad-ministrator Onrflchl gave thl warning warn-ing today on receipt of report that luimn tlenter havo curtailed the service, ser-vice, such ii delivery, whlah formerly wa Included In tho market prion of fuel All such complaint will be promptly Investigated AUOUND Till! COAIj CAMfH: I'KHSONAIi AND OTItr.HWIriK Hollander nro using "hay boxes" or hnmemndo flrnlcM cooker to save thn diminishing supply of conl. These article nre ordlnnry wooden boxe thickly lined with hay, but In som case n. heavy padding of newspaper t used for packing. Along the nn of conl conservation Dr (larfleld has suggested that Ice dealer should put up every pound of natural Ico possible during tho vftn ter In nrdtr to aavn thn furl that will hn necessary to make artificial Ice next Nummcr. Dr (larfleld rstlmate that 176,000,000 In coal ran bo saved In thl wny by thn five thousand Ico making plants ot the country. Charge thnt coat hog In Ogden nrn placing order with several dealer and thu obtaining more than their share of the limited supply from tho mine have been brought to thn attention at-tention of thn locnj fuel administration administra-tion committee here. Thn complaint ha been made by retail denier, who contend thnt they are to-operuting with thn administration bureau In mi effort to furnish nil consumers with nn emergency supply Halt l-nkc Clt)' coal situation continue con-tinue tint banged, u small umount one day und probably nothing the nnxt. Inquiry ut the office of operating compunli develops an Indifference, to the report that the government M contemplating eommiindei ring 10 per uent of the coat output. A (lcnnral Hales Agent I'lerson of the Utah Fuel a) ' (live ii cur nnd we'll see Hint there I no scarcity of toal among consumers." con-sumers." It I also stuti il there I no danger or coal being tnkiu from thn! bin of those provident enough to forestall winter' nied. I'tuh eonl dottier have TecilSed no tli e from the Utah fuel administrator to conserve the fuel suppl) to thn Ih1 of their ability The order Issutd by the iidmlnlstrutur ullow no one to purchuse more than n tlitrty da)' suppl) ut ii time, nnd ns u tonse queiice , liutead of some pt rson getting get-ting ii whole wagon loud of coul ill n time it Iu the past, one wagon load will be passed out to perhaps four families, nnd ever) one, undtr the new order, will have fuel Insteud of u few, should ii general shortuK" occur. Illtumlnnu production of conl for the week ending November 10th I estimated ut 10,494,130 net tons, nn uveruge of 1,749,130 tons ptr working day Although thl wus neurly n great n that or the prt ceding week (1,761,366 tons), It will bo seen that production Is still below that for the (Continued on page eight.) UTAR COAL MINES ASK MORE FOR PRODUCT (Conllmitd from ihiro nix.) ( orr pondltiR uckx nf 1911. Utile it marked xpi cdlnK up nr production u irx, tho output tliirhiR the remain-It remain-It r i nkN of 1917 In likely In dlmln-I dlmln-I It rithtr than Intrl-nm tho lend ex-tibllsbnl ex-tibllsbnl In tho 1917 uulptit over that of I9H! ArmxtmiiR, fuel und food Imlnlstrator for Utah, reltitnid Wed-it Wed-it ' iv Hum WiixhltiRtuii, I). C, whom I- It in li tu lu confi rente with fcdir-I fcdir-I f .: I md riHiil MilUllnlxtlilHuil llelldx It i i kit I'd tlmt Ii" vvlll Im vi mall)' t . hi nt luunded upon the expert-t expert-t or tin KaMeru tllMrlbutlnu ix- pirl Ih h i lit hi upplliil In t lull lu-ll Mill IIMII IK. Ill N M'llls 'K.VI' CAHS llll, 'IO M'I'UIA HKMAMl niiDrN N.iV 13 I'lnnk I'milN, ly I' r ll it K i III nr llli Denver Mild Itlo Hi. mil' wiih officio In re, deilareN 'that ORiliii mul W.dwr tounD will 1 1 iiiu twiut) iHrbmdx or innl every 'iluv for the next thlrt) da)N tu ntle-illutil ntle-illutil Mlppl) the ilelllHIIil lie xlated tlmt tin overdue unlit arc the thief woirlcN The Doiivir mid Itlo (Irnlttle In iiMiir over) efforl tn meet the xllliatloll." wild I'outx, who Iihh Imi ii rIvIhr onriieNt mid iniixlaiit ut-tiiillon ut-tiiillon tu onnl xhlpmtiitx fur the luxt eve ml wcelix. "The xlliiiitlon, I think, In luipruv-Iiir, luipruv-Iiir, but Ihh-hiiw istil) ouhrN huvo not been delivered It Will rellre. In III)' opinion, from twiut) in tweiiD-rivo . urx iImII) for the next thlrt) da)x tn brliiK In un ndeiiuuto Mtpply ror Or-den Or-den mul Webi r count) Wo nn ibdnR nut leVil hex I mill Will lontllltlc to tin ( It wo nre flRhtlliR i lrillinlan ex. ! hut wild propii tu-iipi rutloii. Hindi-1 IbillN will be Icinedltd ' It Hit riillloadx could innieulrute. upuu OriIoii und OriIcu'n trude ttrrl-tor) ttrrl-tor) the pruhlem would bo ea. I)ut ovir) Wuktvru locullt) Ix reported iu e I) Iiir rur curn nmuiiR them Huu-Ihirii Huu-Ihirii I'allforiUa ror frull xhliniicntx, und porllonx nr Utah mid Idaho ror MKctaldiN mid orchard prnduitx (if. f IcIuIn und trnfric nu it uxxert Hu xltu-lloii xltu-lloii In liniiroviiiR Suppl) In Limited. Ni II M. Mudxiu, fuel ndmlulxtriitor for Carbon iniiut) Iiiin bun nt I'rlce ull weik until Inxt ulRht injkhiR it coiil xill M) of the i limit) Ho In ax-xlMed ax-xlMed h) It. J. Turner iiutl K. T Dor-kenliiiReu. Dor-kenliiiReu. It In round thut Trite und WYllluRiuu rexIdoiitN ur- ull Nhort or fuel und If hud muilltloux urn tn bo iivirled local dialirx will him tu be lirnvldhiR ii Mlppl) lininidlutel) Helper Hel-per mid xome of the Hinaller tomiiiuu-itlex tomiiiuu-itlex nr tho i mint) nre In the Mnic fix liculiTx xeeii however, bellevo the) Will bo able to tope with the nil-nation. nil-nation. Mudxeii und hlx dcnitbx have made it hnuxo tu houxe iuiiviikn I'n. tut HllpplloM tile llRhl Armcil Men (iiiiiiIIiir. HTKUIIKNVII.I.K, O. Nm Armed Riiardx were tudii) thrown iiround tho mul mlncx In the ou-tliern ou-tliern part or Jtlfcrxou tuunt) un the rexult of un Induxtrlnl Worki rx or the World iiitbrtmk oarlinr In the week. 1'itdiral mid Ntute oftlterx have hull-tilted hull-tilted nil invoxtlRutlou. ItexIdeutN or the mlnlnc heethili Miy Hint Indiixlrlal Work urn or the World onitoix nppeurcd there xeverul weekx uru nud muu intlniumutor) NiueiheN wore dellvirvd to the mlucrx, Scleral flri-N followed U'st'HIW .MIM'.lts -IO r'IMI ItiWItHIl r.CIICI WAHHINdTON, D C, Nov 11 Aitrlmu eniploid In tuul iiiliio. priuilpnll) hi Ohio dUtrklx, con berc-uftcr berc-uftcr nimc Into poiuvialon or cxplo-xlvcx cxplo-xlvcx lucd In mlnlnt only under Kfeat rextrlcUoiiK. Hecrctar ljine today ruled thit the new luw llccnxtiiB lue nr hlRh cxphiNlvoN whhh prohlbluB tlielr powcxxlon b enemy iillerm. et trniU to xubJertH of uuy country nlllMlB with nu nrm) of the United Htntm. Heiritary Unc ruled thnt where mlnliiR t'umpaii) Imx Hn own innRailntH mul n llconxetl foreman, cxplolveV inn) he Ixnurd to nllcnx, ror unc on thrB premium nurruuntled with certain B NtfrRUiirilx. Tho Auxtrlnn nr Herman B miner, however, may nu InnRcr bit) B hlx own exploxlvoH for mlnliiR anilB itxo them without nrcnunutblllt) H Tho luw, by llcenxInR poiuiejeilaiiB. mid tix of oxpluxlv on. In Intended tul i hoik uutruRcN B |