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. THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY. JUNE 5, 1920 - 3 GASOLINE LIMIT VEXES MOTORISTS Companies Held to Blame Many Instances. in WORK HAVING EFFECT 10 00 Cars Believed to Have Been Kept Off Streets but There Is Much Yet to Be Bone. (Continued From First Pase.) do not comply with the restrictions danger exists that pleasure cars will necessarily be completely shut off from gasoline. Yesterday automobiles lined up as If on parade at the service stations for service. Some took, the 20 per cent allotment for passenger cars without complaint, while others dick ered with attendants to gain more than the allotment. Heporta received from upstate in dicated a continued serious condition. As fast as tank cars can be obtained gasoline is being shipped --to commu nities throughout'the state. Motor ists outside of Portland are being urged to refrain from using gasoline lor pleasure cars in order that all gasolino now being shipped can be utilized for stocks. . Care Urged en Everyone. In Portland, industrial truck drlv r are being urged to conserve gas oline by not permitting the motor to run when cars are not in motion. Automobile drivers are asked to shut off the gasoline supply wbile de scending hills when possible, and to ntillzs every method possible to save gasoline during the present shortage According to the best estimates that can be obtained, the present acute shortage will continue through out the month of June, with the ex ception of convention week, when stocks conserved from Portland al lotments will be thrown on the mar ket for use. From these conserved stocks it is also planned to ship gas oline to the agricultural districts. It is probable that during July a ration of not more than 50 per cent of tank capacity will be in vogue and it is barely possible that the present rations of 20 per cent of tank capacity to pleasure cars and 75 per cent of tank, capacity for com mercial cars will continue in force. Relief from the shortage ia expected in August at the latest, and may come in the latter part of next month FTEIi Olli TO BE SHORT, TOO Apartment Houses and Factories Will Be Hard Hit This Fall. Uncertainty of the fall fuel oil sit nation is causing no end of worry among fuel oil users of Portland Such users have received a letter from the Standard Oil company announcing a 30 per cent reduction in the output on the Pacific coast next fall. What really makes the situation serious to apartment house owners, building owners and manufacturers is the fact that no arrangement has yet been made for the allotment of the available supply. The Ur-ited States navy, railroads and essential industries will be sup- p.Tod. so much is certain. it is probable that many fuel o liters will convert their burners for coal or wood, rather than take any chances in depending upon a fu.1 eupply which is certain to be cur tailed. The fuel oil shortage on the Pacific coast is connected with the gasolin shortage: for in the use of fuel oil for the refining of gasoline, lies th hope for an adequate gasoline sup ply. The Standard Oil company is ax pending approximately $10,000,000 in Richmond. Cal., in developing a new tracking process for the refinement of gasoline. This process uses pe trcneum which in the past has been converted into fuel oil. J. E. Balsley, district sales manager ot the Stan'lara Oil company ex plained that no definite statement on the fuel oil situation could be made a- this time. A committee, h.j taid, was working in San Francisco, pre paring a plan of allotment of fuel oil. erruptedly. Pleasure cars will not be allowed to buy in material quan- itles and every effort will be made to conserve the supply until the crisis is past. HOARDING GASOLINE RISKY" Warning Issued That Offenders Will Be Prosecuted. Hoarders of gasoline during the present shortage will be prosecuted under the fre prevention ordinance, according to decision last night at a conference between Chief of Police enkins and Fire Marshal Grenfell. Mayor Baker had instructed the chief and the fire marshall to devise means to prevent hoarding. The fire prevention ordinance makes it unlawful for any person to keep more than one quart of gaso line on his premises without obtain ing, a permit from the fire marshal. The marshal plans to refuse permits to would-be hoarders. Sergeant Schad of the police bureau anil six patrol men and six firemen have been or dered to begin searching for violators of the ordinance today. The firemen were added to the po lice squad because the city ordinance permits them to enter houses and make inspection for fire hazards without obtaining search warrants. VAXCOCVER SHORTAGE WORSE Motorists Exhaust Supplies and Fail in Attempt to Get More. VANCOUVER, Wash.. June 4. (SDeciaL) The gasoline shortage is even worse today, as more cars hjve exhausted the supplies they had. A car of coal oil arrived and was available today, and a large number of touring cars used it. An ounce of ether is mixed with each gallon of kerosene used. Only a small percent age of the normal supply of gasoline reached the city, and this was ex hausted within a short time. Only trucks get gasoline. Conservation Is Urged. ALBANY, Or., June 4. (Special.) The Albany chamber of commerce has issued an appeal to all owners of pleasure cars in Albany to lock them up in the garages until the gasoline shortage is relieved in order to con serve the supply for trucks and vehi cles used in essential industries. The situation here has not improved and representatives of the oil companies report that a scarcity may exist for weeks. UNDERSECRETARY IS TIRED OF STATE JOB Mr. President Reg-rets Loss of Depart ment Official and Pays Trib ute to Ills Bevotion. Stored Gasoline Stolen. PROSSER, Wash..s June 4. (Spe cial.) Emery Mahan, anticipating a gasoline shortage, stored 320 gallons in a private tank, then departed on a fishing trip from which he returned this morning and discovered that the entire supply of gasoline had been stolen during his absence. CHURCH STANDS BY LABOR TRIAD IX SHARING AND COX TROIvLKVG INDUSTRIES URGED. Community Convention of Denom ination of Christ Is Brought to Close. ABERDEEN WANTS SnXTURE - o Per Cent of Kerosene Would Be Used by Dealers. ABERDEEN. Wash., June 4. (Spe cial.) A mixture of la per cent gaso line and 25 per cent kerosene will be the only motor fuel sold in Grays Harbor county after tonight if plans now considered by the Grays Harbor Motor Dealers association are adopt ed by dealers and gas service station operators. This pump is handling a mixture of 75 per cent gasoline and 25 per cent kerosene," is the sign that deal ers now wish to place on every service station and garage pump in the coun ty. The sign, already in use at many stations, further states: "It is neces sary that this mixture be served in order that the supply of gasoline may be stretched to the limit. No bad ef' fects will be mned in your motor from using this mixture. It Is ad visable that crank cases be drained of lubricating oil and motors washed out every 500 miles. A slightly heavier grade of lubricating oil should be used to overcome the effect of hero sene fumes on the cylinder walls." ASTORIA PLANS TO CONSERVE Pleasure Cars to Be Kept at Home to Save Supply. . ASTORIA. O-. June 4. (Special.) ALsolute elimination of the touring cart, as well as uf many business can and the mos slrincent conservation in the use of gasoline were decided upon at a miseUn? this afternoon of garage owners, cannen, business men and representatives of the oil corr. psnies. President Sanborn of the chamber of commerce said there are only 95. 000 gallons of gasoline on hand here now and no assurance that mora will be received bufora July 1. - Carefu estimates, he ado?.l. show rhat fc730 gallons a day are required to operate the1 ' fishing baatr, mills, logging ctimps and essential deliveries. CLEVELAND, O., June 4. A labor platform was favored by the church and community convention of the commission on federatio nof the fed eral councils of churches of Christ of America, which closed here yes terday. . The platform calls for recognition by the united churches ot: Fraternal conferences of labor leaders and employers under Chris tian auspices. Community free speech forums. The co-operative movement of labor as a preparation for industrial de mocracy. Experiments in sharing In and con trol of industries by labor. "There arei interests in this coun try that would give millions of dol lars to suppress this report," Chair man F. B. Smith of the social service committee declared. The labor clauses turned the morn Ing meeting into a general discussion of socialism and radical issues. While culminating in no action, because th convention had no legislative power, the discussion revealed a remarkabl unaniminity of opinion that th churches recognize the fact that labo is demanding and worthy or a new station in civilization. Colonel Raymond Robins and Rev, Harry E. Fosdick of New York ad dressed the closing session. "Th witch hunters of America, from th attorney-general down, are doin more for bolshevism than any soap box orator," Colonel Robins said. Rev. Harry E. Fosdick declared that the "administration is display ing ingenuity in discovering more limits to which idiocy can go." Polk Tenders Resigna tion to Wilson. IVE-YEAR SERVICE ENDS education handicap which the city of Portland can ill afford to Dear, as serts John L. Etheridge, who an nounced himself yesterday as an ad vocate of the proposed special levy. The people of Portland can well be proud of the public school system which has been built here during recent years. From the standpoint of elementary education this city can take Its place with any in the coun try, but in order to retain this en viable position it cannot afford to neglect a demand as urgent as is its building programme at this time. "At the recent state election the people of Oregon willingly voted a substantial majority for an additional state tax which will provide suffi cient revenue for the adequate pay ment of teachers. But here in Port land the benefits of this tax wijl be lost unless additional funds for buildings are voted." WASHINGTON, June 4. Under Secretary of State Frank L. Polk, has tendered his resignation to President Wilson, who has accepted it, effective une la. It is understood that Nor man S. Davis, an assistant secretary of the treasury and one of the economic advisers of the American peace delegates at Pans, will suc ceed him. Mr. Polk retires because of his ealth. He has served in the state epartment for five years first a-s counsellor and then as assistant, sec retary. He was appointed under- ecretary last year when that office was created by special act of con gress. Mr. Polk will take a rest before I flVFI I returning -to the practice of law in I New : York. city. - President- Tteerrts Loss. The under-secretary's letter of res- gnation- was not made public, but he president's reply was given out at the. .White House. It said: 'My dear Polk The argument of necessity on account of your health the . matter of your retirement, ia one which I am estopped irom an swering or combating. I feel that I have in conscience and warm friend ship no choice but to accept your resignation, though I do so with the utmost reluctance and wish again to express the admiration I nave lei: for the devoted and intelligent way n which you have performed your duties in the department. We shall all miss you and the public service will be" poorer "on account of your oss. With the warmest good wishes. cordially and faithfully your. "WOODROW WILSON. Mr. Polk is the third high official of the etate department to resign this year. Folic Twice Promoted. Mr. Polk entered government 6erv ee September .16, 1915, as counsellor for the state department. Later he was made an assistant secretary of state, and last year was elevated to the post of under-secretary when that office was created by special act of congress. When Secretary Lansing returned from the Paris peace conference last summer Mr. Polk was sent abroad to take his place, and he acted head of the American delegation until the conference adjourned last Decern ber. Before entering government serv. ic Mr. Polk was corporation counsel for the city of New York, and before that he was a member of the New York civil service commission. $250 REWARD IS OFFERED. George Miller Released on Being Declared Not Man Wanted. ROSEBURG. Or., June 4. (Special.) Sheriff Quine today posted a re ward of $250 for Information leading to the apprehension and conviction of tlie man who attacked Mrs. Gibson Hamilton of Reuben last Saturday. George Miller, arrested at Ashland, was released yesterday when Mrs. Hamilton declared he '.was no J the man. She describes her assailant as be tween 40 and 50 years of age. about 6 feet tall, weighing probably 175 pounds, squint eyes, prominent nose. brown hair, reddish face and smooth shaven at the time. He wore a dark soft hat, corduroy trousers and dark coat. Digesf 9 DIVORCE IS ON Violent Tempers, Cruel Treatment and Infidelity Charged. HOOD RIVER, dr., June 4. (Special.) The divorce case of Mrs. Grace W. Lovell against C. E. Lovell, Odell blacksmith, testimony in which was begun today before Circuit Judge Fred W. Wilson, of The Dalles, has created a sensation. Mrs. Lovell has filed a cross complaint. Both have alleged cruel and inhu man treatment and violent temper on the part of the other. Mr. Lovell al leges improper conduct on the part of his wife with W. D. Merrill, for merly of Hoquiam, and later a resi dent of Portland. 1 ACADEMY HOLDS REUNION New Building at Wilbur Will Be Dedicated Today. ROSEBURG. Or.. June 4. (Special.) The homecoming of the old Umpqua academy students will take place to morrow to attend the annual reunion at Wilbur. Founded in 1854 by Rev. J. H. Wilbur, a Methodist missionary to the Indians, many of the school's graduates are now serving the state in various capacities. Included in the programme for to morrow is the dedication ot a fine new brick structure that will take the place of the old academy building. Prominent educators from all over the state are expected to be present. CEREAL PROSPECTS FAIR BOYS' LIFE MELODRAMA 13-YEAR-OLD RUNAWAYS ARE FOUND IN WILDERNES. Log Used as Canoe to Cross Lake Washington and Escape From Mercer Parental School. Wheat Crop Above Average in India Promised This Tear. WASHINGTON. June 4. A dispatch to the department of agriculture to day from the International Institute of Agriculture, Rome, Italy, said the 1920 production of wheat in British India would be 364.900,000 bushels, or 130.1 per cent of the 1919 production and 103.4 per cent of a five-year average, 1914-1918. The condition of cereals May 1 was average in Great Britain, Ireland, France, Hungary, Portugal, Egypt, Morocco. There was drought in South Italy and Algeria. Qui Comvemitioms Eve Party Leaders Poll for Guidance The deep interest that has been aroused throughout the nation by THE LITERARY DIGEST poll of 11,000,000 voters, and the influence that the results may have upon the Republican presidential choice next week, are indicated by the requests by telephone, by telegraph, and through the mails from party leaders everywhere asking for the latest returns. The fact that in almost every case the results of THE DIGEST poll have corrob orated the decisions of the people at party primaries would seem to indicate that it accu- . rately registers the people's choices for President. In THE LITERARY DIGEST for June 5th the poll enters its eighth week with a total number of ballots considerably in excess of 1,500,000. The votes of more than thirty candi dates are tabulated State by State, and there is also a summary of the .votes cast for second choice candidates. Whether or not you feel that a "favorite son" or a "dark horse" will be led forth at the Republican Convention next week, you will do well to read and study the returns . of THE DIGEST'S mammoth Presidential poll of the nation in this week's DIGEST. Other articles of great interest in this number are: H. C. L. Fighting for Its Life . Does the Hullabaloo About Price-Slashing Mean That the Public I Finding Any Real Reduction in the Cost of Living? What to Do to Avert a Food Crisis The Gompers Plan to Elect a Labor Conpess The Railroads' Need of Unity After Carranza What? Immigrants Coming Again A List of Vacation Trips in America Collapse of the French General Strike A Pan-American League of Nations Poland's Hands, but Whose Voice? Are Welfare Work and Scientific Management Doomed? The Skin of the Earth The Camera as an Aid to Coaching Fortunes in War-Emergency Stamp and Money Issues A Prince as Art Critic Chautauqua and Its Founder ' How the States Rank Educationally America "Passing By on the Other Side" Saint Joan of Arc How the Y. M. C. A. Will Spend Its Surplus National Political Conventions World Wide Trade Facts Studying Ancient Pencil Marks Birds, Beasts, and Trees Best of the Current Poetry lANADIAN PAPER WANTED House Resolution Asks President to Appoint Commission. WASHINGTON, June 3. The Under wood resolution requesting the presi dent to appoint a commission to con fer with the Canadian government in regard to the cancellation of certain restrictive orders on the exportation of pulp wood, newsprint and other print paper from Canada to the United States was adopted last night by the house without a record vote. Under the resolution the commis sion would be required to report to the president before next December what action should be taken by con gress that would aid in obtaining the cancellation of the orders. SEATTLE, Wash.. June 4. (Spe cial.) After surviving perils which might have taken place in, a motion picture melodrama, two 13-year-old boys, who ran away from the Parental school on Mercer island last Wednes day were found ' by deputy sheriffs Friday afternoon in a wilderness re treat near Klahhane, on the shore of Lake Washington, two miles from Juanita. The boys had escaped from the Parental school on Mercer island and paddled several miles across Lake Washington on a log. Deputy Sheriffs Connor, Kearney and Von Gerste found the lads while looking for a still. The boys who gave their names as Comfort Harding and Henry Knowles left Mercer Island on a log, using sticks as paddles. One of the boys could not swim, but luck was with them, for if occasionally the log rolled over, both managed to cling to it. 'It was pretty tough going " con fessed one of the lads, when they were taken to the sheriff's office. It was awfully slow and there were tim-s when we didn't think we'd make it." The farther shore of the lake final ly was reached, however, and they took to the woods to hide. Wednesday and Thursday nights the boys slept in the woods. They had nothing to eat other than a jar of beans. . WHEAT OPENS AT $2.50 Small Lots Walla Purchased at Walla it Record Price. WALLA WALLA. Wash., June 4. (Special.) Small lots of wheat have been bought here for July and August delivery for $2.50 a bushel. There has been no general buying, however, and there will be none for some time, according to gralnmen, who say the purchases are made on special orders, all of which have been filled. This is the highest that wheat has ever opened here. Criminal Syndicalism Charged. CENTRAL! A, Wash.. June 4. (Spe- Many Fine Illustrations, Including Humorous Cartoons June 5th Number on Sale Today Newsdealers, 10c $4.00 a Year Tis tt The itv Marl; of JL " V t FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANYXftiblishen of the Famow NEW Standard tklnary); NEW YORK ciaL) Information was filed yester day in the superior court charging Pat Nolan of this city with criminal syndicalism. The complaint alleges that on November 11, 1919, the date of Centralia's Armistice day tragedy. Nolan was a member of and organizer for the Industrial Workers of the World. rout by Baron Robert de Caix. secretary-general of the French high com mission there, says Pertlnax. political editor of the Echo de Paris. This step is sa id to have been necessary because the French are compelled to regroup too widely scattered forces in Syria. Islands' Governor Renominated. WASHINT.TnN'. .Tunc 4. Rear Ad miral Joseph W. Oman, United States navy, was renominated today by Pres ident Wilson to be governor of the Virgin islands. Read The Ore-sronlan classified adc. Turkish Armistice Signed. PARIS, June 4. An armistice con vention with Mustapha Kemal Pasha, chief of Turkish nationalist forces in Asia Minor, has been Pie:ne6 at Bey- Read The Oregonian classified ads. Million Do SCHOOL TAX SUPPORTED J. L. Etheridge Announces Himself as Advocate of Measure. Failure of the taxpayers -in the Portland school district to vote the $950,000 tax at the regular school elction. June 19 will prove to be an GASOLINE SUPPLY ARRIVES Tank Car Containing 800 Gallons Reaches Roseburg. ROSEBURG, Or., June " 4. (Spe cial.) Just in the nick of time a tank car containing 800 gallons of gaso line arrived here at the Standard Oil company plant this afternoon, and was the means of keeping Industry in this locality on the move. Trucks and tractors were supplied and highway work that was depend ing on gasoline will continue unlr- Judge Ben Lindsey, of Denver Juvenile Court fame, says The Chautauqua is America's fourth great institution. The other three are the Home, the School and the Church. ELLISON - WHITE MUSIC " LYCEUM - CHA0TAOQ0AS OCIOCR THRCC FCAGS-OH TWO HCMISPHCRCS PORTLAND CALGARY AUCKLAND, MEW ZEALAND FU Original and Sale Price on Every Garment ax SALE 25' to 50 . OFF On All Furs Phone Marshall 785 About . Storing Your Furs in Our Cold Storage Vaults where a temperature of 20 degrees below freezing is continuously maintained. BUIBUSHED X U XS.O h9-lSI 1S6 BROADWAY IMPORTANT CHANGES IN A TRAIN SCHEDULES Effective June 6, 1920 VIA Hi NORTH COAST LIMITED LEAVE PORTLAND 9:15 A. M. 1 For Spokane, Butte, Helena, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago and all points east, ARRIVE CHICAGO 11:13 A. M. TWIN CITIES EXPRESS LEAVE PORTLAND 7:10 P. M. For Spokane, Helena, Butte, Yellowstone Park, Missouri River territory, via Billings, Sfe. Paul, Minneapalis, and all points east. - ARRIVE ST. PAUL 8:15 A. M. , Ticket Offices: Consolidated Ticket Office, Third and Washington Sts. Union Station, Sixth and Hoyt. Call on or -write A. D. CHARLTON, General Passenger Agent, 722 Spalding Bldg. Portland, Oregon Phones: Main 244, Manual. A 51244, Automatic ,r