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THF! 3IORXIXG UBEGOXIAK, FEIDAT, JCXE 20. 1917. FUEL SHORTAGE IN CITY NEAR AT HAND Green Slab and Northwest Coal Alone to Be Avail l able in Any Quantity. CHOICE FUEL UNAVAILABLE Rising Cost of Labor Has Prevented Cutting of Usual Amount of Cordwood Anthracite Coal Entirely Off Market. Wherever and whenever possible fill the coalbin and the woodshed. Fill them arly. Portland i now at the brink, of a fuel shortage, the seriousness of which will not be appreciated until "Winter conies. Such is the advice of local fuel deal ers, who are not passing it out to stim ulate sales, as they admit a present scarcity of supply and an almost total deficit of cordwood. It is the intention ' of The Oregonlan to publish a series of articles on the fuel shortage, to the end that remedial measures, if such ex ist, may be discovered and applied in time to prevent actual hardship. Summed up, the opinion of the fuel dealers is that none will suffer during the coming Winter, but that fuel will be even higher than at present, that choice fuel will be wholly unavailable, and that consumers who purchase as they use will have to content them selves with an Inferior grade of lignite or bituminous coal and with wet slab wood. Coast Coal Only Supply. "I think we will get fuel all right," said one dealer yesterday, "but we will not get it in its usual form. Those who wish to insure themselves good fuel jnust get their coal and wood in early. Pacific Coast coal, however, will be the chief solution. The coal bill will be about as usual, but the coal will supply less heat. "The coal movement heretofore has been from the Atlantic seaboard Inward and toward the West. All this coal, in cluding that from Utah and Wyoming, now goes to the ships of the Eastern Coast. We will get Washington and Oregon coal, mined from the fields ex tending from Chehalis to north of Se attle, and from the Oregon mines at Coos Bay, lignite and bituminous. Such coal is selling now from 18.60 upward. "There will be no anthracite at any price. The labor troubles In British Columbia have not been settled and a letter from the Canadian Pacific Rail way. Calgary, Alberta, advises that not a. pound will be available for export. A government commission has been appointed to take over the operation of the mines, but nothing has been done. "That affects us in this way: Spo kane used to get her coal from the Canadian fields. Now she must derive ' her supply from Montana, causing a consequent shortage in that supply so far as we are concerned. ' Slabwood to Be Plentiful. "Slabwood, such as is supplied by local mills, although more orders are booked now than can immediately be filled, is one answer. Usually it is left to dry in the wind, having been purchased early in the season. But slabwood will burn when it comes from the saw, and with, the tremen dous demand for lumber, under pres sure of Government interests in ship building, there is sure to be a big supply." But of cordwood the local market Is shy the greater part of its customary supply. last Winter and the present Summer, when wood is usually cut to dry for Winter use, wages for labor were so high and the cultivation of the soil so profitable that both wood cutters and farmers neglected the wood lot. Dealers declared that some cordwood remained for market, but that it would not meet the situation. Further, they declared that woodcutters who had contracts to supply them had backed out on their contracts and held for blgher prices, which could not be paid. s Cordwood I'p VI to S2. Cordwood is now quoted retail at from $6 to $7, whereas the normal price is about 5. Green slabwood sells at from $3 to $4. Mills outside of Port land produce quantities of slabwood, lut it Is declared that the freight rates make it unprofitable to ship it to this city. "It will burn green and the Winter supply will be unfailing," said one dealer. "Just now I have booked more orders than I can fill for people who want to cord slabwood for dry ing. But last year I was caught with out wood, and the green slabwood that 1 purchased and piled in January lurned well in February." The shortage of cars would not ma terially affect the fuel supply with regard to coal, said another dealer, who gave as his opinion that the Gov ernment wanted the miners to stay at work, and that the recently appointed Dr. Ferdinand King, New York, Physician and Medical Author Says: EVERY WOMAN EVERY MOTHER EVERY DAUGHTER NEEDS IRON AT TOIES To Put Strength Into Her Nerves and Color Into Her Cheeks. There can he no beauti ful, heal thy. rosy - cheeked women with out iron. The trouble in the fist has been that when women need ed iron they ir e n e r a 1 ly took ordinary metallic iron, which often corroded the stomach and did far more harm than good. Today doctors pre scribe organic iron Nuxated Iron. This r articular form of iron is easily assimi ited, does not blacken nor injure the teeth noi upset the stomach. It will "Increase the strength and endurance of weak, nervous, irritable, careworn, haggard-looking women 100 per cent in two weeks' time in many instances. I have used it in my own practice with most surprising results. Ferdinand Xing, 'fciOTKr XIIATED IRON recommend ed above by Dr. Ferdinand lvinn- It obtained from any gootl tlrugtclat with an absolute a-uarantee of nucceeo or money refunded. It la dispensed In thin t lty l.r '1 he Uni Drue Co. una all nood druggists. transportation commission of railroad executive heads would ward against any difficulty in getting the coal from the mines to the consumer. "I don't think the Government will ever let' It come to an extreme." he declared. Further, he saw in the shortage of Eastern coal and of the wood supply, coupled with the exorbitant price of fuel oil for industrial purposes, a change in the local fuel situation in favor of Pacific Coast coal. Mine Owner Ban Opportunity. "If the operators of our lignite and bituminous fields can get a steady con sumption they can operate cheaper," he declared. The high Price of fuel oil will enable the miner to dispose of his lesser grades at the cost of mining and to produce domestic coal cheaper." The advice of this fuel dealer was to purchase coal and green wood, of which he declared no shortage would exist. Other dealers agreed with him. .typical or the cordwood situation. tatd one dealer, was the action of one cutter with whom he had a contract tor cords. Iabor was goins- un to such an extent, said the cutter, that he did not care to stand the loss, and canceled his contract. He stated that a considerable supply of cordwood, not near to normal, however, would be available later In the FalL Lake other dealers he held that the mainstay of Portland against fuel fam ine would prove to be Washington n-nA Oregon and green slabwood. All deal ers characterized the car situation as bad, but believed that it did not DOCTORS III SESSION Men of National Reputation Are Speakers. FOXGLOVE GROWS IN STATE Important Drag Obtained From Plant Producing 3000 to 5000 Pounds to Acre Highway Trip to Be Taken Today. For the first time In Its history, the Oregon Medical Association, now in session in this city, has given over its entire programme to papers and dis cussions by outside talent, physicians and Burgeons prominent in the Amer ican field. The 43d annual convention of the as sociation opened yesterday morning at P. Whiting; of Wellesley, Hau, are stopping at the Kortonla. Mr. and Mrs. . It Darby, of Glen dale, Or, are at the Oregon. Dr. W. C Hawks and wife, of Bay City. Or, are at the Perkins. Mrs. H. K. Hurlburt. of Missoula, Mont, la at the Washington- James Peterson, of Seaside, Or- Is registered at the Washington. Mr. and Mrs. George E. Thompson, of Albany, are at the Oregon. J. H. Bias a. of Olympla, la staying at the Multnomah while In town. Charles H. Glos, of' Corvallis. regis tered yesterday at the Carlton. J. A. Taylor registered at the Sew ard Thursday from Slfton, Wash. Dr. A. Reld, of Stan field, la staying at the Cornelius during Medical week. William T. Daren, of Goldendale, Wash., Is registered at the Kortonla. Mr. and Mrs. George T. Rodgers are at the Oregon on a visit from Salem. A. M. Snyder, manager of the Cal houn Hotel, Seattle, Wash, la at the Eaton. ' Dr. J. W. Donley, of Arlington. Or, is at the Cornelius for the medical conventions. Dr. W. C. Goss is at the Cornelius from Northport, Wash., for the Medical week sessions. Mrs. E. E. Williams and Mrs. C H. Llvermore. of Kettle-Falls, Wash., are at the Cornelius. W. A. Dodson, a prominent Forest PROMINENT MEDICAL MEN OF PORTLAND AND AMERICA WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MEETING. v ' -$y ' ;V:-r: " ' " - - V-'" I ' . - . v A - 1 I " , . , ' . . - : t - - . . " " ! e-s-iiitn'nWninW'iiViir-uin i ',f- -.v , uni.irMn-iijm,, r ijunii '-r- Jtommmn ; &x,..a aWagTOft8Mim888 1 ttm it&JmMmmmMMrnmmmm.. v-.Smmi.ilMgiAtmmMMtlmmmmu mmmitmmmmm' Lett to Right Dr. T. D. Turtle, Commissioner of limit b. State of Washington 1 Professor A. J. Carlson. Deuart- ment of Physiolojcy, University of Chieagot Dr. William Ophuls, Dean of Iceland Stanford Junior University Medical School 1 Dr. L.. G. Kowntree. Department of Medleine, University of Mlnnenotai Dr. Robert C. Yenney, Portland, President Oreteon Medical Assoclatloni Dr. Clarence J. MeCuker, Portland. Secretary Oreson Medical Association. dangerously threaten the fuel supply as yet. And every dealer was positive that the coal situation was contingent upon the attitude of the miners. It was thought, however, that their probable exemption from- conscription, as essen tial to the welfare . of the state, would operate to keep them content, together with the recent wage advances. FLOOD CUTS OFF BAKER COAL Some Hardship I9 Expected as Re sult of Delay in Sbipmenta. BAKER, Or, June 28. (Special.) The damage done in the Fairview, I Utah, section by flood, it was announced 1 in Baker today, will entirely stop ship ments of Utah coal. W. H. Ellis, mana ger of the Ellis Transfer Company, who has been handling the Utah prod uct, says it will probably be several weeks before any more coal is received from Utah. As the cpal supply in Baker Is limited and this is the time of year when it is bought In large quantities, the stopping of shipments is expected to cause a good deal of Inconvenience and in some instances hardship to coal users. Coal is now quoted at $10.50 a ton with little in sight. MOTHER REGAINS NAME Maiden Same and Alimony Granted to Oregon City Parent. OREGON1 C1TT, June 28. (Special.) Lessie Kanacos was allowed to resume her maiden name of Ham mersley by Circuit Judge J. U. Camp bell today, when she got a divorce from Louis Kanacos. In addition she was allowed 10 a month for her own use and 20.50 a month for the educa tion of the daughter, Elane. Lora B. Catho got a divorce from Frank Catho today and the custody of Virginia Evelyn Catho. She also re ceives $20 a month alimony. Josie and August Hellman were divorced by Judge Campbell here today. Judgment was allowed the North west Trust Company fJr J400 against U. Ritzer and wife, and Allen & Lewis Co, on a promissory note dated Octo ber, 1910. DR. FOSTER TO BE SPEAKER Relation of Colleges to Interests of Society to Be Theme. Dr.' William T. Foster, president of Reed College, will be the principal speaker at the second of a series of lectures under the auspices of the Uni versity of Oregon Summer school in the Lincoln High School auditorium at 8 o'clock tonight. His subject will be "Where the People Perish." The discussion will center on the functions of the higher education and educational institutions In their rela tion to the larger and more profound interests of society. The next number In the series will be a lecture by Professor J. Duncan Spaeth, of Princeton, on "Whitman, the American Spirit and World Democracy." CHARTER FIGHT COST $400 Simon Benson and L. B. Coovert Heaviest Contributors to Fund. To conduct the campaign for the proposed abolition of Commission gov ernment at the last city election cost $400 according, to a statement of re ceipts and disbursements filed yester day with City Auditor Barbur by Elmer Ij. Amidon. The money was spent for advertising principally. The $400 was subscribed by the fol lowing Lynn B. Coovert, $100: Simon Benson, $125; John L, Day, $50; Jo seph E. Dunne, $50; A. A. Bailey, $50; H. Christensen, $25. Dan Kellaher spent $370.52 to win his job, according to a statement filed by him yesterday. Phone your want ads to The Orego nlan. Main 7070. A 095. the Hotel Portland, with approximately 60 physicians from out of town and 60 local physicians in attendance. Mayor elect Baker welcomed the delegates to the city, declaring that his affiliation with the Christian Science faith did not lessen the delight he felt at their pres ence. Two of the forenoon papers were those given by Dr. . Donald D. Van Slyke, head chemist of the Rockefeller Institute, New York, and Dr. L. G. Rowntree, head of the department of medicine. University of Minnesota. Dr. Van Slyke spoke on the subject of "Diabetes." outlining advanced meth ods of diagnosis and treatment. He was followed by Dr. Rowntree, who de livered an interesting paper on "Digi talis." The plant from which this Important drug for the treatment of heart diseases IS procured Is the common foxglove. Before the outbreak of the war, Amer ica depended almost entirely on the supply received from Germany. A spe cial commission of investigation, sent out from Washington, D. C, found that Oregon was adapted to the growing of the herb, and that the local product was superior in every way to the im ported. From 3000 to 5000 pounds an acre can be grown in Oregon, the speaker declared, and dwelt upon the commercial and medical advantages of the discovery. The convention assembled at lunch eon at 12 o'clock and resumed its sit ting at 2 o'clock, when a paper on "Facts and Principles of Organother apy" was delivered by Professor A. J. Carlson, head of the department of Physiology, University of Chicago. A second interesting pifper was "The Etiology and Development of Chronic Nephritis." by Dr. William Ophuls, dean of the medical school of the Ice land Stanford University, San Fran cisco. This, and various other papers, were illustrated by lantern views. "Rural Sanitation In Relation to Na tional Affairs in Time of War" will be an Important paper presented today by Dr. T. D. Tuttle. Commissioner of Health, state of Washington. Dr. A. J. Carlson will speak on "Recent Ad vances in the Physiology and Pathol ogy of the Digestive Tract." This afternoon no session will be held, but members of the convention will go upon a Columbia River High way excursion. PERS0NALMENTI0N. Wes Cavlness, of Vale, is at the Oregon. E. B. Pickel is at the Portland from Medford. . C. Knutsen, of Astoria, is at 'the Kortonla. C. A. BuelL of Forest Grove, is at the Eaton. Mrs. Hugh Lister, of Pasadena, is at the Seward. Ralph E. Boyd Is at the Perkins from Eugene, Or. C. H. Walker is at the Washington from Seattle. Lynn B. Ferguson, of Newberg, Is at the Imperial. John T. Erickson, of Oregon City, Is at the Seward. B. S. Patten is at the Imperial from San Francisco. W. P. McMillan, of Lexington, Ky., Is at the Perkins. A. - Mereau, of Iron River, Mich., is at the Imperial. George Brewster, of Redlands. Cal., is at the Perkins. C. W. Moomaw, of London, England, is at the Portland. Mrs. L. E. Spencer, of Santa Barbara, is at the Portland. Mrs. J. Jung, of New Tork City, is at the Washington. Mrs. L. C. Noble is at the Multnomah from Phoenix, Ariz. J. P. Fordyce, of Spokane, Is regis tered at the Seward. Miss Nellie Moon is at the Carlton from Everett. Wash. J. Edwards, of Salem, was a recent arrival at the Eaton. J. F. Gillespie Is registered at the Oregon from Astoria Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Benson are regis tered at the Norton ia. Miss Helen McPhail, of Everett, Wash., is at the Carlton. Mrs. T. E. Tenney, of Ada. Minn., is registered at the Carlton. Charles Clark is registered at the Perkins from Astoria, Or. - The Misses Sarah F. and Elizabeth Grove merchant, is registered at the Eaton with Mrs. Dodson. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Carson, of San Francisco, were among the Thursday arrivals at the Multnomah. Captain Robert H. Brainlitt, of the Quartermaster's Reserve Corps at San b ranclsco. Is at the Multnomah. WILLAMETTE STILL GALLS Rains and Higher Temperatures Will Not Increase Flow. Rain In the Willamette Valley will have no appreciable effect on the stage of water here. While temperatures were reasonably high at places inland, reaching 84 degrees at Boise, reports to the Weather Bureau last night were that they were below normal in East ern Washington. This fact is counted on to check any rise in the Upper Co lumbia and Clearwater rivers. The forecast is that the Willamette will continue to fall slowly here to day and tomorrow. In fact, for the next four days the change is not ex pected to exceed four-tenths of a foot. The official river readings yesterday were: Wenatchee Kamlah ... Lewiston . . . Umatilla ... The Dalles. . Ku irene .... Albany . . . . Salem . . . . . Oregon City Portland . . 40 2 22 2ft 40 10 20 20 1.', 40.1 12.0 14.3 21. A 37. S 4.6 0.1 4.5 4.9 22.7 III 3JZ 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 "FAUST" LECTURE ANGERS Washington Professor Accused of Talking More for Kaiser. SEATTLE, Wash., June 28. (Spe cial.) Frederick William Meisnest, pro fessor of German at the University of Washington, la under fire because of a lecture delivered by him in connection .with the Summer school at the uni versity. "Faust" was the subject of the Meis nest lecture, but complaint has been made to Dr. Suzzallo, president of the university, that there was too much pro-German sentiment In his utterances. The lecture was couched in language that gave offense to several in the audi ence and they showed their disapproval by heckling the speaker and then by walking out Dr. Suzzallo has the mat ter under consideration and there is talk of an indignation meeting in the university district to protest against the use of the university for such propaganda as Professor Meisnest is accused of spreading. , GILL BACKS UP SUSPENSION II. M. Wells Must Get Out Until His Trial on Conspiracy Charge. SEATTLE, Wash., June 28. (Spe cial.) Unless Hulet M. Wells, rate clerk in the city lighting department, effaces himself from the city payroll until after his trial In the United States Dis trict Court on a charge of seditious conspiracy he will be summarily dis missed on July 2. Mayor Gill made this statement today. Superintendent Ross suspended Wells June 1 until such a time as the Gov ernment's case against him is heard. The. Civil Service Commission held that the suspension could be only for 30 days and that this period would ex pire July 1. LIGHTNING SETS TREE AFIR Huge Fir Near Oregon City Burns ' From Top Downward. OREGON CITT, Or., June 28. (Spe ciaL) During the severe storm of Wednesday night, which visited nearly every section of Clackamas County, in cluding Oregon City, lightning struck "The New York Central track is really perfect" JOSEPH CARLSZR, Attittnt Pi 9 f turn- f Raihimji, Litft Unhxriity, Btlfhtm. Professor Carlicr was re cently in this country making an official study of American railways as a model for Belgium. In an interview in xhcNnv Yorfi Times he made the statements reproduced herewith concern ing the New York Central Lines. But a railroad, however perfect to-day, will be inadequate to perform its functions to-morrow without constant heavy expenditures of new capitaL Rising prices forfueL labor, materials and equipment make it imperative that the public and governmental authorities afford fair treatment, and permit com pensating rates, in order that it may maintain that stability of credit which is necessary to attract new capital in competi tion with world-wide inter national borrowing. My tripon th-New YorkOmcrai was mad in ipladt newetoctrc locrirootrvt. of 2,000 bono powr. I have visited many riiboad op in Enelaod and hare mxnj eleo trincationa.vI found the working of the New York Central electrificatioa really wonderful The mbility of the locomotive, the working of the engine I u quke oxprUed. It wasieallytpW"1- I cannot wytoo modi for the motion. In word, I did not feel any disturb.net. which would indicate a fault in the track or a wrong conception in the locomo tT. The maintenance of the track for the aecrion traveled by me U really perfect, aa compared with .imiUr tracks on European railroads. It is not necessary to .peak of the terminal. It is a work of genius. It is the only work in the world of us kind. Every one knows tnat. not so?" The New York Central Lines 'America 's Greatest Railway System ' pi n 8 - I " ftr the Public Scrvico" m 4 B 9 a large fir tree on the farm of E. R. Oregory, at Greenwood, and about three miles from this city. The tree was first noticed ablaze by Charles Rider, who resides close by. The top of the tree was first struck, and the flames leaped downward, pre senting a most picturesque sight. The tree, which is over six feet In diameter, is still blazing today, but the top has fallen to the ground. There is no danger of the fire spreading, aa the underbrush close by is green. No Wool Sale Held at linker. RAKKR, Or., June 28. (Special.) No wool sales were reported here today because all wool has been contracted ahead of time. No buyers or sellers appeared. SPANISH VETERANS ELECT Resolutions Praise Senator Cham berlain for Army Work. HIILSBORO, Or., June 28. (Special.) The United Spanish War Veterans today passed a resolution commending Senator Chamberlain for his worlt as chairman of the Senate committee on military affairs. The election of officers resulted as follows: Department commander, C. R. Nicholson. Portland; senior vice-commander, Robert E. Green, Albany: Junior vice-commander, James E. Brockway. Portland; department in spector, George E. Carr, Portland: de partment surgeon, L. W. Hyde, Hills boro: department historian, F. E. Meade, McMinnville; patriotic in structor, Elmer Lundberg. Tortland; department chaplain. Rev. E. A. Smith, Hillsboro. A 1 Oldsmobile Cutaway Chassis Will be on exhibition until June SO. See for yourself why our Government bought V-Type, 8-Cylinder Oldsmobiles to be used for military work. Quality Durability Design Construction -Proper Balance Riding Qualities Light Weight and Perfect Control. These are the-reasons- the-Oldsmobile is the popular cartoday. II, ;!.., I .1 Don't miss an opportunity to Bee this wonderful chassis of modern automobile construction. Coma when you can any time between breakfast and bedtime. The OLOSMOBILE Co. Broadway at Couch OP OREGON Phone Broadway 1640