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The Lake Shore News Thursday, November 14, 1912 Want lights in Evanston At meeting of the Evanston City council Many Demands for Lights were Made by Solons To Pass on Ordinances At next meeting of the council they will consider the sewage diversion ordinance and filtration ordinance Once again Alderman Charles S. Wallace has had the opportunity of appearing in the role of high priest of the Evanston city council. Tuesday night Mayor Paden was absent and the thirteen other solons decided that no person but the genial Sixth wardite should preside over the session of the lawmakers. Mr. Wallace was not one bit aghast at the high honor imposed upon him by his illustrious brothers of the council chamber and proceeded to wield the gavel in a way that would make even Chief Justice White en- vious. It was not light that the council members desired. No indeed. What they were after were more lights. The council committee appointed some time ago for the purpose of in- vestigating conditions in the Ger- mania addition to Evanston reported and advised that two arc lights be in- stalled in that portion of the city. This committee concurred with the lighting committee of the council to derive-means of installing the same Want Fire Alarms The plea of the residents of that district to have the fire and . alarm system installed in the addition was referred to the police committee, which committee is to report back to the council at the next meeting. It was also asked that a light be in- stalled a the corner of Harrison street and Hartray avenue, in front of the new Covenant M. E. church. It was requested that the light be placed by not later than Saturday, to as to be in service Sunday, on which day the church will be formally dedi- cated. Alderman Hinckley thought a danger light in the middle of the inter- section of Central street and West Railroad avenue was imperative. He pointed out that autoists living north of Evanston were in the habit of glid- ing down West Railroad avenue at a lively clip each morning and evening that if some danger signal is not erected that there is great possibili- ties of a "spill" or eves a collision. High Priest Wallace bravely asked the cost of such a warning sig- nal would be, and, as the alderman from the Second did not have his note- book handy, was unable to answer, so the matter was put over until the next meeting of the council. Calls Several Meetings. Alderman Frank Dyche called a meeting of the committee of the whole to meet after the council to discuss the pending question of the transfer [damaged] the sewage from the lake to the sanitary canal. He also called another meeting of the same committee for Monday night to meet in the mayor's office. He then stated that an ordi- nance for the diversion of the sewage would be introduced at the next meeting- and stated, as his wish, that it be passed favorably upon by the council. It was announced, also, that an ordinance calling a special election to vote on the sand filtration plant would be introduced at the next gathering of the solons. If the ordinance passes, the election will be held on Dec. 16. O.F. M'Mangigal Tells Story While testifying at Indianapolis Dynamiter said he got first lessons in Evanston. WAS TO BLOW UP PLANT Said He Was Ordered to Fix the Building So it Could Be De- stroyed if Non-union Men Were Employed. That he received his first lessons as a dynamiter while he was working In Evanston was stated by Ortie F. Mc- Manlgal Saturday While testifying on the witness stand in Indianapolis in the trial oft the forty-five accused dy- namite plotters. Graphic stories of how he caused ex- plosions, how he carried dynamite in suitcases on passenger trains and checked the explosives at railway sta- tions, how he waited to place bombs, and how from every city where lie did some "work" he sent a souvenir spoon to his wife were only a few of the startling things the dynamiter re- lated. "Ping" an alias of Herbert S. Hockin, McManigal said, was the password he gave to labor leaders in various cities, so they would know he was the man sent to do a "job." Named Several. He named Frank C. Webb,New York; Michael J. Young, Boston' Richard H. Houlihan, Chicago; Jamee Cooney, Chicago, and Frank M. Ryan, all officials of the International Asso- ciation of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, as among the defendants, be- sides the McNamara brothers, who knew he was employed as a dynami- ter. McManigal charged Hockin with having started him on the dynamiting work. "In June, 1908, while I waa working in Evanston, Ill., Hockin appeared, saying he had, a new invention. He said hereafter they were going to use nitroglycerin with an alarm clock and battery attachment so you could set a bomb eleven hours ahead and be hun- dreds of miles away when the explo- sion came and thus prove an alibi. "He wanted me to put nitroglycer in in the concrete foundation of a job I then was working on, so that if later a nonunion firm did the Steel construc- tion we might easily blow it up. I refused. "Hockin said they had tried out the new invention at Steubenville, O., where they caused five explosions at Cincinnati and at Indianapolis. It was a great success, he said, and no more monkey business with dynamite and fuses. Went to Indianapolis "In response to a telegram in De- cember of that year I went to India- iapolis and then to Muncie, Ind. Hock- in introduced me to J. B. Bryce, who afterwards told me he was J. B. McNamara, brother of the man I had met in Indianapolis. We rented a va- cant house in Muncie and proceeded to fix it up as a place to hide nitro- glycerin. Hockin, J. B. McNamara, and I drove to Albany, Ind., where we bought 120 quarts of nitroglycerin, telling the man it was to be used to blow up ditches. "When we returned to Indianapolis I had a talk with J. B. McNamara. He told me he had done the Green Bay (Wis.) job. Later in April I met him in Chicago. He said he was on his way to blow up the Utah hotel, then under construction in Salt Lake City. ON his way back from Salt Lake City he showed me a newspaper account of the explosion there on April 18, 1910, and giving a picture of the destroyed part of the structure. Rector Fiske Is Undecided Speaking at Meeting of St. Mark's Men's Club Monday He Said He Was Balancing Decision Cheered for 2 minutes While Speaking He said he Was Inclined Toward Coming West, Which Provoked Outburst From Members. That the members of St. Mark's parish are eager to Secure Dr. Charles Fiske of Baltimore as their rector is certain. Monday the Baltimore di- vine was called on for a short talk at the meeting of the Men's club, and wavering on Whether or not to come here, and indicated thereby that be might accept, the 2Q0 men present leaped to their feet and cheered him for two minutes. "To be frank with you," said Dr. Fiske, "I don't know myself whether or not I will accept the call to this parish. When I left Baltimore to look over the field here I was very strong- ly inclined to remain in my present field. But since coming here and meet' ing the men and women, of the church and looking over the great field of endeavor which this parish holds for the rector I have been carefully bal- ancing my decision. "I have been royally entertained while here and am immensely pleased with the church. In two days I have gained four pounds. If I should re- main here as long as has Dr. Longley and increased by weight proportion- ately I estimate that I would weigh in the neighborhood of 1,187 pounds." Crys of "Don't let that worry you," and "We don't care how much you weigh," arose, following the remark. Told of the work Dr. Fiske was called upon by Presi- dent Perkins of the Men's club to tell of what work should be done in the future by St Mark's. In introducing him Mr. Perkins insinuated that Dr. Fiske would be the next rector. "I would like to become pastor of St Mark's," he said. "But whether or not I will accept I will be unable to say until I have carefully considered everything. I am now balancing in my mind the offer. I know you are anxious to have me become your pas- tor. At Baltimore I have a parish with twice as many communicants who are just as anxious to have me remain. I like Evanston, I like Chi- cago, I like the west, I like the pros- pects here, I like the members of the parish. But I have the same opinions regarding my parish in Baltimore." Dr. Fiske then told of the opinion the people in the east have of Chi- cago. "You know," he said, "the peo- ple down east think I am crazy for considering coming to Chicago. They can't understand why any sane person would want to leave the east to preach in Chicago. They have an idea that what Chicago needs for preachers are foreign missionaries. They think you people are cannibals and that Indians, the buffalo and wild men roam through here. He then told an amusing story to indicate the viewpoint of the east- erners. Likes Evanston. "Since I have been in Evanston I have grown intensely interested in this city and the great city to the south. It to a great field. I like the people, and I like you members indi- vidually. I said before I was bal- ancing my decision, and now I feel as though I was inclining a little to- ward Evanston." At this point the club members leaped to their feet and cheered him for fully two minutes. He finished his talk by stating he considered the Men's Club and the Sunday School two of the greatest factors in the church and that the members of St. Mark's should be proud of their. North Shore Short on Anthracite Coal Dealers Not Taking New Customers and Supplying Only Enough for Immediate Use to Old Ones. Shortage is country-wide. The north shore municipalities are confronted by a great shortage of an- thracite coal. The conditions are the same throughout the nation. The dealers in this territory are not ac- cepting orders from new customers, and are supplying only enough to meet the immediate needs of their old ones. In the middle West the supply is 7,000,000 tons shorter than it was at this time last year. There are two reasons for the lack of the coal sup- ply. The great strike In the mines dur- ing April and May, the greatest pro- ducing months of the year, stopped the mining of any coal during that time, and this was followed by a gen- eral demoralized condition in the mines, many of the miners leaving and seeking employment elsewhere. Then, after the mines started work again, a shortage of freight cars was experi- enced, this condition still prevailing. "The shortage is due to a general com- bination of circumstances," said a prominent local dealer yesterday. The greatest shortage is felt in small egg and range coal, which is needed in furnaces and stoves. The shortage was first felt about sixty days ago, though the conditions previous to that time were far from satisfactory. Depleted Yard Supply. The severe winter last year deplet- ed the yard stock, from which the great supply for fall and early winter deliveries are depended upon. Though the condition is serious it is not believed that the dealers will be unable to secure enough to supply the local demand. At present they are delivering just enough to supply the demands of their regular customers. This is the way the wholesalers are caring for the retail dealers. If all the retailers continue to sell only to their regular customers it is thought that there will be little em- barrassment felt in the communities along the north shore. The outlying districts, such as Bar- rington, Gross Point and Des Plaines, are entirely out of coal and are mak- ing demands on local dealers for pres- ent needs. Owing to the unsatisfac- tory outlook none is being supplied to them, the retailers taking care of their own customers only.  8mall Increase In Price. Despite the lack of coal there has not been a material Increase in price. Egg coal is selling at $8.45 a ton, while last year It sold' at $8. Considering there was an early wholesale advance of 20 per cent, it does not bring the cost much above that of a year ago. The supply in Chicago alone is stat- ed to be 300,000 tons short of last year aid the dealers are having a hard time in receiving shipments, mostly due to the lack of box cars. With the stop- ping of navigation the first of the year it is thought the car supply will be increased; for then the cars that are now used in transferring merchandise to the boats can be put into use for the carrying of coal. People moving into the north shore district this fall have found it ex- tremely difficult to obtain coal. They are absolutely unable,to buy hard coal and have been forced to take Poca- hontas and Salvay coke for use in their furnaces and stoves. Give facts. So as to give our readers the bene- fit of a knowledge of the situation throughout the country we quote be- low extracts from coal dealers' jour- nals: In the September edition of the Black Diamond the following is stat- ed: "Apparently the keynote of the entire market is the anthracite situa- tion. At last reports the anthricite mines lacked ahout 7,000,000 tons of shipping as much coal up to the first of September as they had shipped to the corresponding date a year ago. The general belief is that the mines will not be able to make up the short- age. In the east, it is a firm conviction of producers that the mines are mak- ing up the shortage and will overcome it entirely but will be late in doing so. Thiswill mean that the move- ment of anthracite must be direct from producer to consumer instead of into and out of temporary storage as has been the case in former years. In fact, it seems there will be small pos- sibility of creating any storage piles, hence an interruption of transporta- tion would interfere considerably with the anthricite supplies. The Retail Coalman, another trade magazine, goes into details of the shortage of supply. It has this to say under an article headed, "Mar- ket Conditions." All Realize Shortage. "As the retail coal merchants all over the country thoroughly realize anthracite coal continues scarce and hard to get and the worst feature of the present trying condition is that there is apparently no relief in sight for, at least, several months to come. "At the present time both wholesal- ers retilers have orders on their books greatly in excess of their abil- ity to fill but both classes are doing their utmost to partially distribute the coal they are able to get so as to take care of the immediate necessities and prevent any real suffering. "This unusual scarcity of anthra- cite has naturally aroused thesuspici- cions of most retailes and consumers and as a result most of them are in- clined to believe that some other ter- ritory than that in which they hap- pen to live is being favored with ship- ments of a larger proportion of coal. "During the past month, the writer has traveled extensively, personally visiting many of the leading coal dis- tributing centers in widely separated parts of the country and in each city he has found identically the same conditions and heard exactly the same stories regarding the scarcity of coal and the difficulties that the retailers were experiencing in getting sufficient supplies to even partially take care of the orders that had been placed by the consumers. Doing Everything They Can. "As a result of this personal inves- tigatlon, the writer is absolutely con- vinced that the anthracite companies are doing everything in their