Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 215, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1918 — PLACE EMBARGO AGAINST LUMBER [ARTICLE]

PLACE EMBARGO AGAINST LUMBER

POINTS EAST OF MISSISSIPPI AND NORTH OF OHIO DECLARED CLOSED ZONES. St. Louis, Sept. 18.—An embargo against the shipment of virtually all kinds of lumber from any point in the United States or Canada to any point east of the Mississippi river and north of the Ohio river, except Shipments for war purposes, was announced today at the St. Louis office of the railroad administration. The order contains a clause, however, which permits such shipments for commercial purposes when the consignees can produce evidence which the railroad administration considers sufficient to warrant the issuance of a permit. The order is effective as of last Monday. It states that shipments in transit will be accepted.