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VOL.. L.IX NO. 18.572 Entered at Portland (Oregon)
v' M-iX-. -.-VJ. AO,. poftofflce an Second-Clans Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNK 3, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ILK LINKS KNOX
AMERICAN WRITERS
. WIN PULITZER CASH
! SLEUTHS CLOSE (N
'$250,000. BUILDING
BABY IS KIDNAPED I
1,000,000 SEE DERBY
WON BY 16 TO 1 SHOT
FAVORITES IX RUCK; BOOKIES
GARNER RICH WINDFALL.
HIGH SUGAR HELD
FAULT OF PALMER
T
TO RISE FOR STORE
J. K. GILD TO TAKE STRUCTURE
AT FIFTH AND STARK.
AS PARENTS' SLEEP
V
NO TRACE FOUND OF XORRIS
TOWX, PA., CHILD.
PRIZES AWARDED AT COLUM
BIA UNIVERSITY.
MOTORISTS
MU
MR
JOHNSON
BOOM
Suggested Candidacy
Topic in Chicago
Is
MANAGERS SCOUT REPORTS
Californian on Record as Re
. fusing Second Place.
CONTESTS ARE ENLIVENED
Sonic Hotly Debated Cases Dis
posed Of by Committee Cum
mins and Mays Meet.
CHICAGO, June S. re-convention
atmosphere got its first real stir to
day from developments in the re
publican national committee anil
movements among' forces gathering
for the contest next week.
Talk of a Knox-Johnson candidacy
became the topic of the day. Some
of the gossip connected John T. King,
national committeeman from Con
Reporter Gets $100 0, Editorial
Writer $300, and Author of
"War With Mexico" $2000.
NEW YORK, June 2. Award of the
Pulitzer prize of $1000 to John J.
Leary Jr. of the New York World
"for the best example of a reporter's
work during the past year" was made
today by tne school of journalism at
Columbia university. The work which
won the prize was a series of articles
on the coal strikes last winter.
The 500 Pulitzer prize for the best
editorial written during the year was
awarded to Harvey E. Newbranch of
the . Evening World-Herald, Omaha,
Neb. The $1000 prize for the best
Campaign Is Believed
"Government Owned.'1
SENATORS SEE NEW LIGHT
Liberty Bond Drives Linked
With Candidate.
Long-Time Lease Obtained for Site
for Eight-Story Home; llotel
Reported Sold.
Nobility Views Gay Event pud
Thousands Camp All Night
at Vantage Points. '
original American play written in 1919 I ICC ("IF MfWlF RFCALLED
went to Eugene O'Neill, author of UoC. UT IVIUVICO nLVMLLuu
"Beyond the Horizon."
Justin H. Smith won the $2000 prize
for his "War With Mexico," which
was rated as "the best book on the Representative Sanders Declares
history of the United States' printed o Raj,road Administration
eridge of Indiana won the J1000 prize I Bulletins Called Waste.
for his "Life of John Marshall," judged I
the best American biography printed I
during the year.
OREGONI AN NEWS BLKMU,
Washington, June 2. t&peciai.j
Around the committee room where is
I being- held the investigation of cam-
Clianiberlain Asserts Independence nais-n expenditures of the presiden
tial oanHlriatps of two parties, it is
SENATOR NOT BRIDLED
of Wilson Leadership.
OREGON I AN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, June 2. Senator Cham
berlain again asserted his complete
net ticut and formerly General Wood's independence of the Woodrow Wilson
to
manager, with the Knox-Johnson
movement, but Mr. King declined to
say anything for publication. John
son headquarters merely pointed out
that the California senator has placed
himself on record as refusing a sec
ond place on any ticket.
The national committee's hearing of
contests was enlivened by some hotly
debated cases and also by a visit
from Homer S. Cummings, chairman
of the democratic national committee.
Mr. Cuinmings, availing himself of
the open sessions, visited the hearing
room, where he became the center of
a good-natured reception which al
most drowned out tlie proceedings.
He was photographed with Republi
can Chairman Hays and looked over
me t.oiisciira for ideals to take
Ean Francisco.
Knn.inj City Men Oat.
In its day's work on the contests
the committee threw out both sets
of delegates which asked coats for
tho firth congressional district of
Missouri, the Kansas City district.
A heated controversy was aired in
a long hearing.
Deciding the first case affecting
the strength of the Johnson forces in
the convention, the committee voted
to seat the delegates from the tenth
Minnesota district who are unin
ftructed but counted as favorable to
the candidacy of the California sen-
ueieaieu aeiegation was
Pledged to the candicacy of General
Wood.
In the Mississippi contests the
committee decided to seat the dele-gates-at-large
headed by National
Committeeman Mulvihill, but did not
decide on the contests from the
eighth congressional district because
it was necessary to have & sub-corn
mittee look over the proofs. In the
.Louisiana contests the committee
voted to seat the officially reported
delegation, headed by National Com
mitteeman Lmile Kuntz of New
r-v uricans, which was uninstructed, but
claimed for Wood forces and, in part,
cy tne Lowden managers.
One 1'ight Sensational.
The contest from the fourth Mis
sourl district was quickly disposed of
by seating the regularly reported del
cgation, uninstructed. but claimed by
the Wood forces. One of the con
testants, John Albus of St. Joseph
who was mentioned in testimony be
fore the senate committee as having
been paid $2000 from the Lowden
campaign fund, did not appear to
press his case. "
The sensational fight of the day
came on the contest from the Kansas
City district, which the committee
finally solved by refusing to sea
anybody. Charges of "strong-arm"
iiumit-a, meeting oroKen up Dy ' mus
tard-gas bombs," women intimidated
by negroes and gag rule flew thick
and fast. Committeemen denounced
the situation in the district as "dis
graceful and tainted with fraud," and
after voting down by a close vote a.
motion to seat the regularly reported
oelegates, decided to seat none of the
parties.
This action reduced the total num
ber of votes in the convention from
981 to 982 and furnished the first case
in which a district will be left with
out representation in its delibera
tions. Thirty-two Contests Disposed Of.
The net results of the day's work
were to bring the number of contests
disposed of up to 32 out of the 137
filed. v
The Georgia and Florida cases con
tinued to hang fire in sub-committee
and there was a disposition evidenced
in the full committee meeting today to
check the practice of referring dis
putes rather than having the national
committee decide them first hand.
Many of the committeemen ex
pressed their satisfaction with the
decisions today, although there were
proposals to straddle some contests
and split the votes of delegations be
tween the contestants and contestees.
Committeeman Howell of Nebraska
led the sentiment that the committee
would check the quadrennial flow of
contests if It were to make definite
decisions and send word back into
the districts that no compromise could
be tolerated.
The committeemen who favored this
course argued successfully that by
- iC'iiacluded iw Paife Column ii.i.
leadership yesterday by leading the
democratic opposition to the presi
dent's request for an American mandate.
Senator Chamberlain not only voted
confidently believed that the senate
sleuths, headed by Senator Kenyon of
Iowa, are slowly closing in on the
mysterious McAdoo boom.
It appears that the committee was
thrown off the trail by a mistaken
scent. The senators seem to have
been looking for some sort or pri
vately financed enterprise, but ae
v.intntg of the last day or two
to reject the president's request, but nave opened their eye
he opposed every amendment but one
offered by his democratic colleagues.
He gave his support only to an un
important amendment offered by
Senator King, democrat, of Utah.
On each roll call Senator Chamber
lain was the first democrat to bolt
the president and others of his party
fell in line as the vote proceeded.
Senator Nugent, democrat, of Idaho,
being one of those who joined him. 1
It ha developed to the obvrous
satisfaction of some members or tne
nvestigating committee that the
McAdoo boom is unlike otner sucn
candidacies in either party. It is not
a privately organized movement, but
more correctly described as a gov
ernment institution.
Boom Cleverly Screened.
As a boom, it was deveiopea at. itie
senate inquiry today, it was Doom-
long before other candidacies
blossomed out, but was so cieveny
screened that most folks mistook it
'Devildogs' " Attempt for an essentiol part of the govern
ment's war activities. s
When the committee met today
some or Its memoera uu
hunch" from a speech delivered in
the house last night by Representa
tive Sanders, of Indiana, a republican
member of the house committee on
and negroes Monday night. Accord-I ,,.., an(1. foreign commerce, and
ing to the police, the marines had!.,... .iHr. rrore was started in a
hreatened to burn the hotel. I j1,.inn. Mr. Sanders took the
Patrolmen and provoBt guards from ranroaa administration under McAdoo
Great Lakes naval training station ag js text.
had surrounded the hotel earlier in Meanwhile the committee had
the evening, fearing trouble. Accord- Kalned possession of information that
MARINES ARE DRIVEN BACK
'olice Foil
to Burn Negro llotel.
CHICAGO, June 2. Two marines
were wounded tonight in a clash with
Waukegan police during an attempt
by the marines to storm a negro hotel.
the scene of a clash between sailors
ing to the authorities several hundred
marines aided by sailors led by a man
carrying an American flag, attempted
to storm the hotel but were forced
back. Two of the attackers were
arrested.
RAILROADS GET WARNING
Penal Law to Be Invoked Unless I
Orders Complied With.
WASHINGTON, June 2. Warning
that the penal provisions of the in
terstate commerce act would be in
voked unless the railroads comply
with orders designed to relieve!
freight congestion was issued today
by the interstate commerce commis
sion.
The commission in a telegram to
Daniel Willard. chairman of the As
sociation of Railway Executives car
service committee, said that inspec
tors' reports had shown that de
liveries of equipments as ordered by
the commission were not being made.
The matter will be investigated, the
commission added.
Mrs. Antoinette Funk or Chicago in
campaigning the country during the
war In the interest of liberty bond
Bales had featured the name of Mr.
McAdoo, then secretary of the treas
ury, quite as much as she had men
tioned the liberty bonds.
When Mrs. Funk appeared as a wit
ness today. Chairman Kenyon at once
(Concluded on Page 2. Column i.)
Erection of a new eight-story home
for the J. K. Gill Co.. to cost in the
neighborhood of $250,000. was assured
yesterday with the signing or a long
term lease by the company for the
King estate property at the southeast
corner of Fifth and Stark' streets. The
lease, which runs over a period of 20
years with an option for another 10
years, is one of the largest leases of
the year and involves nearly $250,000
In total consideration. The consum
mation of the lease involving the erec
tion of the new building, together
with the negotiations carried forward
for the purchase of the Seward hotel.
made the day one of the busy ones of
the spring from the standpoint of real
estate activities.
The property obtained by lease by
the stationery and book concern meas
ures 100 by 100 feet at the southeast
corner of Fifth and Stark. streets and
the location was chosen by the com
pany after over a year of investiga
tion for a site best adapted to the
needs of a business of that nature,
The property belongs to th King Es
tate company and the deal was con
cluded yesterday afternoon when di
rectors of the estate company rati
fied the transaction which has been
outlined between W. A. Montgomery.
vice-president of J. K. Gill Co.. and
Alex C. Rae, secretary of the property
owners. Clark D. Simonds, a local
real estate dealer, represented both
parties in the deal.
Erection of an eight-story buildin
upon the property will start about the
first of 1921, Mr. Montgomery stated,
and it is the hope of the company to
have the new home ready within eight
or ten months. The building will be
of concrete construction, particular
attention being paid to strength and
light. It will occupy the entire prop
erty and will be used exclusively by
the Gill company.
While the actual floor space which
the company will have in the new
building will not be a great deal
larger than that now occupied, the
arrangements will be much better, it
is said, the entire structure being
planned and built to serve a business
of the wholesale and retail nature of
the Gill company.
The structure at the corner of Third
and Alder streets, now occupied by the
Gill company, was purchased last week
by I. Holsman from the Masonic Build
ing association, but arrangements
have been concluded by the Gill com
pany with the new owner to occupy
the present quarters until the new
home is ready for occupancy.
A three-story brick building occu
pied by the Sealey-Dresser Co. store
and small shops occupies the King
estate property at the present time.
The new structure will be built by the
renting company, the structure to re
vert to the property owners at the ex
piration of the 20-year lease, or of
the 30-ycar period in case the Gill
company exercises its option for
10-year extension.
Negotiations for the purchase of
the Seward hotel, located at the
southwest corner of Tenth and' Alder
streets, are being carried on by W. C.
Culbertson, proprietor of the Cor
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 2.
LONDON, June 2. The derby, the
blue-ribbon event of the English turf.
was run at Epsom Downs today in
the presence of a crowd estimated at
nearly 1,000,000. Spion Kop, owned
by Major G. Loder, won the race, with
Lord Derby's Archaic second and Sir
H. Cunliffe-Owen's Orpheus third.
The favorites, Allenby and Tetratema,
finished in the ruck. j
In the betting Spion Kop was 16 to
1 and Archaic 10 to 1, while almost
anywhere among the layers of odds
as high as 60 to 1 could be obtained
on Orpheus. Nineteen ' horses faced
the starter.
The attendance of King George
and Queen Mary and numerous titled
persons gave today's events the name
"the silk hat derby." It was declared
to have been the most splendid scene
on the historic race course in the
memory of those present today. Field
Marshal Haig, former Premier As
quith and Lords Derby, Chaplain,
Durham and Lonsdale were among
the many notables present.
Thousands of persons camped all
night on the course and at daybreak
numerous coaches of fours were to
be seen along Hhe roadways carrying
their gaily-dressed racing enthusiasts
to the track.
The result proved a windfall for
the bookmakers, for enormous sums
had been wagered on the badly de
feated favorites. Women thronged
about the bookmakers laying heavy
bets.
Condemnation Made in
Report of Probe Body.
AUTHORITY HELD EXCEEDED
Tactics in Louisiana Said to
Be Misuse of Power.
RESIGNATION IS ADVISED
Representative Tinkham in Public
Statement Says Attorney-General
Should Quit Office.
Home of George H. Coughlin En
tered by Removal of Screen, of
Second Floor Window.
NORRISTOWN. Fa.. June 2. Kid
napers last night entered the home
of George H. Coughlin of this city
and stole his 13-months-old eon
Blakely from his crip. No trace of
them had been obtained tonight.
The child wits asleep in a room on
the second floor adjoining that of its
parents. Shortly before 2 A. M. the
mother was aroused by a noise. The
absence of the child was immediately
discovered, but it was supposed a
maid had taken it from its crib. Later
it was found a screen bad been re
moved from a window. A ladder
against the side of the house fur
nished a clew to the kidnaping. Po
lice were at once put on the case.
The child is described . as having
light hair, and blue eyes and is
chubby faced.
FOREGO JOYRIOES
Gasoline Ration Order. Is
Expected Soon. .
SUPPLY PERILOUSLY SHORT
(Rigid Economy Imperative,
Say Oil Dealers.
EASTERN C1TIES GAIN
Worcester, Mass., Increases 33,7 55
or 2 3.1 Per Cent.
WASHINGTON, June 2. Census fig
ures announced yesterday follow:
Worcester, Mass., 179,741; increase,
33,755, or 23.1 per cent.
Pawtucket, R. I.. 64,245; increase,
12.626. or 24.5 per cent.
Woonsocket, R. I., 43,496; increase,
5371, or 14.1 per cent.
Central Falls. R. I., 24,174; increase,
1420, or 6.2 per cent
Cranston, R. I.. 29,407; Increase,
8300, or 39.3 per cent.
East Providence, R. I., 21,793; in
crease. 5985. or 37.9 per cent.
Bayonne, N. J., 76.754; increase, 21,
209, or 38.2 per cent.
Winchester, Mass., 10',391; increase,
1082, or 11. S per cent.
ENTRY TO RUSSIA BARRED
FORMAL NOTICE IS GIVEN
H. B. Alnsworth Told by San Fran
cisco Bank of His Preferment.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 2. An
nouncement that he had been elected
first vice-president of the Wells
Fargo Nevada National bank of this
city was cent today to Harry B.
Alnsworth. director of the United
States National bank of Portland.
He succeeds F. W. Lippman, re
cently elected president of the bank.
The fact that Mr. Ainsworth had
been called to the vice-presidency of
the Wells Fargo-Nevada National
bank of San FranciscA was announced
a week ago In The Oregonian.
ACCOUNTS 0FJJEAD SHORT
$20,000 Taken From Unidentified
Persons Reported Missing.
NEW TORK, June 2. A shortage
of $20,000, representing money taken
from the pockets of unidentified dead
at the city's morgue, was discovered
today by Commissioner of Accounts
Hirschfield and Public Administrator
Hoes.
They reported their discovery to
the district attorney's office for
presentation to the grand jury.
2639 DEGREES CONFERRED
Columbia University Mlakes Awards
at 16 6th Commencement.
NEW YORK. June 2. Columbia
university at i8s 166th commencement
exercises today conferred 2639 de
grees in course.
Honorary degrees of doctor of laws
were conferred upon Henry P. Davi
son, Herbert C. Hoover, Bishop
Charles H. Brent, Rear-Admiral Will.
lam S. Sims and General John J.
Pershing.
SUGAR MAY BE HELD BACK
40 0,000 Sacks for Cuban Consump
tion Petitioned at Havana.
HAVANA, June 2. The Havana
chamber of commerce today peti
tioned the Cuban government to take
necessary steps to see that 400,000
sacks of sugar of the present crop
be retained on the island and with
held from export.
The chamber explained that unless
this measure is taken the shortage
of sugar in Cuba will be very, acute.
THAT WEAK BRANCH! '
WASHINGTON. June 2. The sugar
nvestigating committee in a majority
report presented to the' house today
I declared that Attorney-General Pal
mer had used his power as chief
prosecuting, officer of the govern
ment "for the purpose of fixing max
imum selling prices of sugar in
Louisiana and in so doing acted
wholly without authority of law and
in violation of his own construction
of his official duty."
- The report, prepared by Represen
tative Husted, republican. New York,
as chairman, charged that the legal
istic method adopted by the attorney
general was '.'wholly ineffective as a
-means of price control" and that "it
gave apparent governmental sanction
to extremely high sugar prices, which
excited the cupidity of Cuban pro
ducers and caused an advance in the
Cuban market."
V.lest Finding;) Is Report.
There were eight findings In the
majority report, the resolution Intro
duced by Representative Tinkham, re
publican, Massachusetts, calling for
an investigation, confining the com
mittee inquiry to Louisiana transac
tions. The majority findings follow:
"The attorney-general on November
8, 1919, gave his official approval to
a tentative arrangement made by.
United States Attorney Mooney, with
a committee representing the sugar
planters of Louisiana, by which was
established a maximum price. of 17
cents per pound for prime yellow
clarified sugar and 18 cents per pound
for clear granulated sugar, net on
plantation. " .
"The above stated prices were fixed
by said arrangement for the entire
Louisiana 1919-1920 sugar wop.
"The attorney-general fixed said
prices at a time when he considered
them 'rather high," had Just been ad
vised by his representative in Louisi
ana. United States Attorney Henry
Mooney, that such prices were in ex
cess of the fair average price for the
crop, and when he had reason to be
lieve that the entire crop could be
purchased at 14 or 15 cents per pound.
Crop Conditions Vary.
"Crop conditions in Louisiana dur
ing the year 1919 varied greatly In
different parts of the state and on
different plantations. In some cases
the loss of crops was very heavy, in
others it was comparatively light, so
that a fixed price for sugar which
would yield only a fair and reasonable
profit to the producer whose cost of
production did not exceed the general
average for the state would permit a
certain class of producers to make
excessive profits and would deprive
another class of the fair and reason
able profit to which it was entitled
under the law.
"Under the arrangement effected by
the attorney-general with the com
mittee representing the sugar plant
ers of Louisiana immunity from
prosecution for profiteering was con
ferred upon any and all persons who
might sell at or under the prices
fixed by the attorney-general whether
such prices were in violation of the
Lever act or not.
Authority Held Lacking;.
"The attorney-general used his
power as chief prosecuting officer of
the United States for the purpose of
fixing maximum selling prices of
sugar in the state of Louisiana and,
in so doing, acted wholly without au
thority of law and in violation of his
own construction of his own duty.
which precluded him from placing any
interpretation upon United States
criminal statutes under which possi
ble violators might escape prosecu
tion.
"On November 8, 1919, the attorney-
general had no power to fix prices and
his authority in the premises was lim
ited to the prosecution of violators jDf
the provisions of the fortieth section
of the Lever act.
"The legalistic" method adopted by
the attorney-general was wholly in
effective as a means of price control;
it gave apparent governmental sanc
tion to extremely high sugar prices
which excited the cupidity of Cuban
producers and caused an advance in
the Cuban market."
The attorney-general was advised
in October, 1919, the majority held,
that excessive prices were being
charged by Louisiana producers, and
he directed United States Attorney
Mooney to make every effort to reach
an agreement with producers and re
finers to establish a fair price for the
new crop. After conferences with
committee representing producers, the
report added, Mr. Mooney obtained an
agreement with them, not to" sell over
17 and 18 cents. At that time, the re
1 port set forth, sugar was selling in
State Department Refuses to Grant
Commission Passports.
WASHINGTON. June 2. (By the
RELIEF MONTHS DISTANT
Associated Press. Informal request
of the chamber of commerce of the
United States for passports for a com
mission to enter Russia to study
problems concerning the resumption
of trade with that country has been
refused by the state department.
Officials explained today that the
j consistent attitude of the government
has been to refuse all requests f,rom
travelers and commercial agents seek
ing to enter bolshevik territory. At
the same time it was announced that
the attitude of the American govern
ment had not changed regarding re
sumption of commercial relations
with Russia, despite the progress of
nlegotiations to this end in London
between the bolshevik minister of
trade and commerce, KVassin. and
Premier Lloyd George and represen
tatives of other governments.
BRITISH FLAG IS BURNED
"Another Boston Tea Parly,"
Shouts Irish Sympathizer.
WASHINGTON, June 2. Women
sympathizers of freedom for Ireland
today burned a large -British flag in
front of the treasury building. As the
flag vanished in flames Miss Mary
Kcana of New York, leader of the
band, kicked the smoldering ashes and
shouted:
"Just another little Boston tea party
to remind the assassins not to go too
far."
No arrests were made.
PUMPING STATION BURNS
Property . Destroyed Valued at
More Than $1,000,000.
GREELEY, Kan., June 2. The
Standard Oil company's pumping sta
tion here, valued at more than $1.
000,000, was destroyed by fire late
today.
The fire was still burning tonight
and efforts were being directed to
ward keeping the flames from reach
ing two 50,000-barrel storage tanks,
both practically full.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
Caucluded aa fane i. Column 3
The Wrather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature.
bo degrues; minimum, degrees. -
TODAY'S fair; winds mostly westerly.
National.
Sleuths close in on McAdoo boom. Page 1.
Republicans clone work on tentative draft
of plattorm. rase
Palmer charged with exceeding his au
thority, rase 1.
Palmer bitterly attacks accuser. Page 4.
Merchant marine legislation agreed upon
by senate and house coniere&s. rage to.
Domestic.
Pulitzer cash prizes awiruc4 to various
writers by Columbia university, rage .
Mr. Lowden denies Illegal expenditures.
Fase
Talk of Knox and Johnson as possible
teammates heard In Chicago. 'age 1.
Baby kidnaped while parents sleep. Page 1.
Woman shot, then married by slayer.
Page 3.
Nonpartisan league speakers refused
hearing in Kansas towns, rage 4.
Red plans blocked In orth Dakota.
Page
Pacific Northwest.
Seattle construction work not in least de
layed by strike. Pago
C. E. Spence re-elected master of State
grange. Pago 1.
Speaker at Federated clubs urges educa
tion of girls. Page 3.
Sport c .
One million people see 16-to-l shot win
English derby. Page 1.
Pacific Coast league results: Portland 3,
Salt Lake 7: Los Angeles 11, San Fran
cisco 8; Oakland 4, Vernon 6; Seattle
12. Sacramento 1. Page 14.
Benjamin 'and Shannon both need victory
to Increase drawing power in east.
Page 14.
Cub owner airs alleged Megee confession
in damage suit. Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Oregon wheat harvest will be two weeks
late. Page 21.
Corn higher at Chicago with limited re
ceipts. Page 21.
Stock market rallies when money rates
decline. Page 21.
Flan evolved for making channel abso
lutely safe.. Page 15.
M. H. Houser rejects re-election as port
commission chairman. Page 15.
Portland and Vicinity.
Eight-story. $250,000 building to rise for
J. K. Gill store. Page 1.
Gasoline-rationing order to be issued In
Portland shortly. Pago 1.
S23.000 a year for three years donated to
Keea coiieso uy ivutweucr luunuauou.
Page 4.
ISO miles added to state highway work.
Page 9.
Two brothers drown In Willamette at Al-
bina ferry Blip. Page 12.
Episcopal board accused of attempting
change ot iront in buu. rase ij.
Removal of morgue urged by coroner.
Page 8.
Republican county committee Is formed.
Pao 6 . ... .
Emergency Meeting Called Today
to Consider Means for Meeting
Convention Situation.
Gasoline will be rationed to pleas
ure and passenger automobiles by
every oil company operating in Ore
gon immediately In order that the
supply in the state may be conserved
for commercial and agricultural uses
and to provide for visitors who will
bs m Portland to attend the Shrine,
Kiwanis and Travelers' Protective
association conventions.
Stocks of gasoline in Portland are
extremely low. according to repre
sentatives of the oil companies, and
extreme economy Is declared neces
sary for the next 10 or 12 weeks be
fore relief can be expected.
At a meeting yesterday of the
Automobile Dealers' association. a
committee of three was appointed by
O. M. Wilkins, president, to make
an immediate investigation of the
gasoline situation. Governor Olcott
will send his private secretary. Don
Upjohns. to represent him at a meet
ing of this committee, scheduled for
noon today at the Benson, and Mayor
Baker has been Invited to represent
the city.
Economy Campaign Planned.
This committee has also invited the
Oregon State Motor association, the
Garage Men's association, the state
chamber of commerce, the Portland
Chamber of Commerce, the general
Shrine committee and other organiza
tions Interested In the gasoline situ
ation to send representatives to ths
meeting today.
A general campaign of publicity
will be waged by this committee urg
ing conservation of gasoline. Cur
tailment of supplies to passenger cars
during the next two weeks is ex
pected to relieve the situation.
Representatives or the Associated,
Union and Shell oil companies at
the meeting, yesterday admitted that
their stocks of gasoline were dwin
dling so as to make curtailment
necessary. Six weeks ago these
same representatives refused to Join
the Standard Oil company in a re
duction of allotments to passenger
cars, believing they had sufficient
gasoline on hand to eupply the
needs.
Plan .Not Yet' Decided.
Just what methods will be adopted
in rationing gasoline to passenger
cars has not yet been determined,
but a plan probably will be devised
at the meeting today.
Suggestion was made yesterday
that each oil company estimate its
present stock of gasoline, its ex
pected supply during the next two
weeks from California and then fig
ure the amount that can be saved
for the convention period without in
terfering with industrial activity.
It was further suggested that a
certain supply be placed in the serv
ive tanks and garages each day, that
commercial vehicles and physicians'
cars may be supplied first and pleas
ure vehicles next until the supply
is exhausted.
Card System Impracticable.
A card system, such as was used
during the rationing of sugar dur
ing the war, was said to involve too
much time to relieve the situation
which now faces Portland in provid
ing for the handling of thousands ot
visitors who will soon be in the
city. According to an estimate made
by J. E. Balsley, district sales man
ager of the Standard Oil company, it
will take at least 1,250,000 gallons of
gasoline to care for the needs of
visitors during convention week.
The seriousness of the gasoline
shortage was made clear to automo
bile dealers attending the conference
by statements by representatives of
the oil companies, backed by statis
tics showing that gasoline produc
tion increased 12 per cent within the
past year, while the use of motor
vehicles increased 30 per cent.
In response to a query as to how
the present shortage might be over
come, Mr. Balsley explained that the
Standard Oil company now is devel
oping a new process in Richmond.
CaU' costing $10,000,000, by which
more gasoline Is produced from crude
oil. He also announced that fuel
oil would be taken off the market
completely September 1, 1920.
Auto Dealers Hard Hit.
The present gasoline shortage La
Oregon Is playing havoo with auto
mobile dealers throughout the state,
as well as automobile accessory mer
chants, many of whom, it is said,
will have difficulty in avoiding bank
ruptcy unless the gasoline situation
is relieved soon.
Effort is being made to supply
gasoline throughout the state for in
dustrial and agricultural purposes.
This has been difficult because cub.
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