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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1920)
THE 3IOIttflNG OREGOXIAX. SATURDAY.. MAY 15, 1920 K V V FUEL RATION RAISED FOR PLEASURE CARS Gasoline to 50 Per Cent of Tank Capacity Given. ' EMERGENCY PLAN LAUDED Standard Oil Company Officials Warn Autoists That Conserva tion Must lie Practiced. Allotment of gasoline to pleasure cars by the Standard Oil company will bo increased this morning from 20 per cent of the car tank capacity to 50 per cent, following advice from the executives of the company that as a result of the "fair and just stand taken by Governor Olcott and State Treasurer Hoff" it was decided to use the regular grade or gasoline in Ore gon. . As. quick as the stock' of 56 degree epecific gravity gasoline is exhausted, which win be in a day or two,, a por tion of the stock of Washington gaso line held in storage in Portland will be released for consumption in Ore gon. This grade of gasoline will be sold for 252 cents a gallon, or one and one-half cents cheaper than the price of the Oregon grade of gasoline. Governor's Stand Landed. The message from the executives of the Standard Oil company of San Francisco relative to future policy of the company received late yester day by J. E. Balsley. 6ales manager of the Oregon district, read as fol lows: "In- face of the very fair and just stand taken by Governor Olcott and State Treasurer Hoff we are planning on getting our regular grade of gaso line, such as is sold in Washington and California, to Portland with as little delay as is possible. Our ton nage situation is such that it will probably be May 25 before we can get a cargo to. Portland. In the mean time, by utilizing a portion of the Washington stock stored in Portland together with the remaining stock of Oregon gasoline, and with conserva tion, it is probable that the present aggravated, situation may be . re lieved." ' The reduction in price of gasoline which does . not meet with the re quirements of the gravity test law will come as quickly as this gasoline is marketed, according to Mr. Balsley. Industry to Get Kail Tanks. Commercial vehicles will be sup plied 100 per cent tank capacity as heretofore and the 60 per cent tank capacity to pleasure vehicles will re main in effect unless present stocks dwindle too rapidly before they axe replenished. . "Utmost conservation will be ne cessary," explained Mr. Balsley, "'in order that the plan outlined may be followed without further reduction until the arrival of our cargo." The Associated Oil company tanker, W. V. Herron, will arrive in Will hridge Sunday, according to announce ment made yesterday. This tanker will have a cargo of Oregon gasoline aboard. This supply will relieve the situation somewhat, but it is empha sized by oil company officials that under present conditions on the Pa cific coast, waste in the use of gaso line must end. The Associated Oil company, it is said, is in no position to meet the requirements of custo mers of other companies. Oil Report la Cited. By way of proof that a gasoline shortage exists on the Pacific coast, oil company officials cite the fol lowing report on oil production and shipments on the Pacific coast ap pearing in the May Oil Field News: "March production of 276,001 barrels a day allowed an increase of 1975 bar rels daily as compared with Febru ary. March shipments were 313,438 barrels a day, an increase of 9318 barrels daily as compared with Febru ary. The disparity between produc tion and shipments of 37,437 barrels a day represented oil drawn from storage, resulting in a stock decrease of 1,160,557 barrels for the month. "Fifty-one new wells were com pleted during March, with an Initial daily production of 7895 barrels." Storage Is o Indication. Storage of gasoline on the Atlan tic coast docs not reflect in any way on the gasoline situation on the Pa cific coast, because of higher prices of gasolino prevailing- in the east, to- i .-,... a',S: -t- ...Si I "ft. kl ::-:::;; X .. .;'. . . rm WILLIAM RUSSELL in LEAVE IT TO ME .- Now Playing at the STAR A Romance of a Rich Young Man FOUR DAYS ONLY gether with' prohibitive freight rates by rail and lack of tank steamers. Gasoline is' selling in New .York at present at 30 cents a gallon. To ship gasoline across the continent costs 7 cents a gallon, according to oil company officials, which would lay gasoline on the Pacific coast at 38 or 39 cents a gallon. --Summarizing the gasoline situation on the Pacific coast, the Standard Oil Bulletin, reaching .Portland yes terday, said: "According to the best estimates this company can make, there will be gasoline enough to go around this summer, if, the consumption of the passenger vehicles, as contrasted with the commercial or industrial vehicle, is curtailed 20 per cent, or in other MEMBER OP" PRIKTIXG FIRM WOULD GO TO LEGISLATURE. t C 1 j t Ik' " - X I V ' ' T ' I'. W. Cbanue. F. W. Chausse, who has been engaged in the printing busi ness in this city for' the last 13 years, being president of .the firm of Chausse-Prudhomme company, has offered himself as a candidate for the legislature on the republican ticket. His platform says:- "I will support such legislation as will promote business and the development of the state and its resources. Continue a live road building programme; give more substantial support to our edu cators and educational insti tutions; support such legisla tion as will give ex-service men. a 'square deaL' " words, if the passenger vehicle Is driven 80 .miles instead of 100 miles. Dairyman Adds to Herd. HOOD RIVER. Or., Mav 14. "Soe- cial ) R. A. Collins, Dee Flat rancher who specializes on dairying, received three registered Jersey cows yester day from the herd of Ed Carey at Carlton. The animaiH, sired by a son of the noted Poppy Suzie, are of the St. Mawea strain. Ro'v T?sva an chardist of the West Side district. owns cows of this stock. The cows received yesterday by Mr. Collins ar rived by truck over the Columbia river highway. "Hurrah! I get my jiew 'Wearpledge9 today!" ANY boy would be glad at the thought of a new suit, especially if it's to be a Wearpledge suit. Wearpledge Insured Clothes for boys are the best clothes that I ever have found for sturdy wear, coupled to smart style. If they were not the best, the manufacturers could hardly afford to put an insurance policy in the pocket of every suit, insuring their satisfac tory wear. I like to show fathers and mothers of boys the many good features of Wearpledge Clothes. They, are a revelation in ; good clothes-making. Wearpledge is in Portland only at my store. Come in and see them. Ben Selling Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth Sailing the Sea of Success This Great Shirt Sale! IS COUKT SCORES POLICEMAX AXD RELEASES VICTIM. Evidence Shows Defender of Crip ple Is Badly Beaten Willi Handfuffs by "Cop." Patrolman McCutcheon was told by Municipal Judge Kossman that his business was to catch criminals rather than to collect names for use by some private individual in a dam age suit when the judge yesterday discharged Paul Wittche, who had been arrested by McCutcheon on a charge of resisting an officer. Wittche appeared In the courtroom with a well bandaged head, where the patrolman had struck him with his handcuffs. The arrest occurred at Fifth and Montgomery streets after someone had thrown a baseball through the windshield of a. machine belonging to F E. Pitler, 105 East Ninteenth street North, which had been parked near the intersection. The patrolman attempted to secure the name of Jean Wittche, a cripple, and when he refused to give his name offered to take him to the po lice station. Paul Wittche. brother. objected, and as a result was arrested for resisting an officer. In the mixup which followed the wife of Paul Wittche fell down and someone cried that the patrolman had kicked her. Wittche then struck the policeman, and the officer re plied by hitting him over the head with the handcufe, according to tes timony introduced. Berry Shipments Due June 1. HOOD RIVER. Or., May 14. (Spe cial.) Contrary to reports that straw berry shipments would begin next week, the Apple Growers' association does not expect to begin shipments of berries before June 1. The fruit may begin to ripen in small quantities by the latter part of net week in protected coves near Hood and Bin gen, Waeh. Carload quantitiee of strawberries will not roll from here, according to present indications, be fore the second week of June. Election Measures Indorsed. UMATILLA, Or., May 14. (Special.) The Umatilla Commercial club has gone on record as being in favor of all the proposed constitutional amend ments and measures except the Crook and Curry counties bonding amend ment. Thi latter amendment is not well understood throughout this sec tion. The club was not willing to pass up the matter of a teachers' cottage and appointed a committee to place the matter on the ballot to be acted upon at the anmral school election. MOUNTAIN FEUD IS AIRED BRIDGEfOX 31AX AXD WOMAN STAGE FISTIC DUEL,.' W. J.- Pippins Accuses Mrs. J. Weston of Battery and Shows Facial Scratches as Proof, i-- The role of an unsuccessful feudist in a hand-to-hand encounter in his native mountains or Georgia fitted W. J. Pippins, aged resident of Brfdgeton, who yeBterday called the attention of Deputy District Attorney Dempsey to flaming scratches on his face as evidence of the ferocity of an alleged attack of Mrs. J. Weston, a neighbor. . "Lookut what she did to me," he complained. i "But she says you assaulted her," declared the attorney. "Well, L did throw her down and give her a good beating, but she had it coming," admitted Pippins. Though both wanted complaints charging assault and battery, Mr. Dempsey thought it could be cleared up in court in one case and wrote a warrant for the arrest of Pippins. "Your bond will be $200," he told the old mountaineer. "How much?" "Two hundred dollars. Tou will "ON ITH THE DANCE I STARTS TODAY I Mae Murray and flfef; c l COLUMBIA 1 David' Powell in I .. ORCHESTRA ' H the fifth hie ;.;;t Mt' Vincent Kn owl e. Columbia Special. : '. MpKf Director ' "' . ' "StiR: f' Afternoons and " It is a story of high "SSlr Even'gs. Orchestra . lights, say life, cab- p ''wfcCSslS&J ? " Matinee at 2:30. ! arets, jazz, "light- sS&F0Vi & I oMoves" and "but- fmS;,- " ADMISSIONS : ! terf lies" on Broad- PW " Weekday after- : way's gay white ' TJf'M J&L' ' ' k' ' ' A , trV!'A'' ' r - -..o: ':j Nights, Sundays ; way smPn - nd hoiida 3s Beautiful gowns, V&iaj t Children at all j tings-- - " " " " Including tax. High Tide Will Roll in Upon Us To day! Be Ready, Men, to Pick and Choose Regular $3.50 and $4.00 Shirts Regular $5.00 and $6.00 Shirts Regular $7.50 and $8.5Q Shirts Portland Has No Other Shirt Sale Like This Shirt Sale in Quality in Price in Good Will. -Main floor, just inside the door Leading Clothier Morrison at Fourth BEN SELLING have to go to Jail until you can get someone to put up the money." Jail? I should say not." replied Pippins as he pulled from' his. hip pocket a roll of bills and peeled off several. "I got J1050 here." . - The case may be heard in. the dis trict court today. Reports received in the district at torney's office indicate that there has been something of a feud between the old man, who is said to be eccen tric and his neighbors at Bridgeton. The man said yesterday's trouble be gan when Mrs. Weston pastured a cow on his land. When he remon strated, he declared she attacked him with her nails. She is about 45 years old. This is the third time there has been trouble in Bridgeton in which Pippins has figured. About two years ago he was arrested on complaint of young man named Miller, who claimed that Pippins had shot twice at him. At the hearing it developed that Pippins had been shooting ducks and the younj man received a repri mand. Later a man was fined in the district court for administering , a beating to the old man. YOUTH ADMITS SPEEDING Ralph Paine, Lebanon, Says Stripped Car Will Muke 65 Miles. Alleged speed-of 50 miles an hour Thursday caused th arrest of Ralph Paine, 18-year-oid logger of Leban non, by Motorcycle Policeman Wiles. When brought to headquarters Paine admitted that he had been racing with another motorist and did not deny that he had been going 50 miles or probably more. The auto in which he rode was stripped until the driver had only a loose board to sit upon in lieu of a seat, and the driver is forced to see the road from beneath the steering wheel. At the time of his arrest Paine said his car was in the third gear but for extra speed purposes had been provided with another gear. With the fourth gear he said he could easily make 65 miles an hour. Phone your want ads to The Orego-r.-ian. Main V070. Automatic 560-95. Sure Relief I iHD1CSV0Ml W 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief E LL-ASS FOR INDIGESTION L -TI TV TSTi Begins t Jrl t f W Days Today 1 it' jj CECIL TEAGUE at the Wurlitzer scores another triumph in Will Payne's famous Saturday Evening Post Story "The Strange Boarder9' Remember "Laughin' Bill Hyde" and the smile that made Rogers famous over night? Here he plays another equally remark able role as a rancher stranded in Chi cago, abused by fortune ivi every way possible except one. His whimsical, lovable optimism carries him through every trouble with a smile. A picture for every woman, man or child, but particularly recommended as a cure for pessimism. Pathe News Comedy CECIL TEAGUE In Concert Tomorrow 1 :30 PROGRAMMES On Parade ....Karl Louisiana ..Wallace Pique Dame..Suppe Two Indian songs: Land of Sky Blue Water Cad man Water of Minne- tonka ..Lieurance Swannee. .Gershwin 3?!cr3i ?rr Die is Direction of Jensen and yon Herberg '0 Wm 1 O -EZlBOi.ion O u C "S t E: 104.2