VOTy I,V--0 18 870 Entered at Portland (Orea-on)
1 UJ-J. XJ-V -.. J.0.0 4U Postof flee as S--ond-n!.s Matter.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1931
rRICE FIVE CENTS
MAN BELIEVED SHOT
IN ROBBER OUND
100 PER CENT POOLING
OF GRAIN IS FAVORED
DEAL FOR
HOME BREWERS SAID
TO BE DECREASING
JiOVELTY OF MAKIXG LIQUOR
IS WEARING OFF.
510 JO SENT
HUNTERS FOR DIVORCE
EXPECTED IN OREGON
3 DEAD: 40 MINERS
ALB ERS
GASOLINE DROPS;
GAS WILL FOLLOW
SON
MILLS
-V
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED BY
OREGON GROWERS.
WASHJNGTOX LAW REQUIRES
EXTRA SIX MONTHS.
X -I- s jl vs-
ISTS IN.
alAH PARK.
BY MRS
BERGDQLL
BOTTLED IN FIGHT
Battle in West Virginia Is
Funds Provided After
Slacker's Escape.
BURYING OF GOLD DENIED
$30,000 Declared Spent on
i Case Since Flight.
BUT ii nt I UrilM KKtUU tLh
IDodjrcr io Come Back as Soon as
Armistice Is Signed, Says
Woman, Causing Laughter.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Mav 13. Not
lone dollar of the 7105.000 in gold ob
Itained from the treasury was put in
pot for burial in the mountains,
IMrs. Emma C. Bergdoll of Pliiladel
Iphia testified today before a house
committee investigating the escape
lof Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, her
Islackcr son.
Mrs. Bergdoll declared that doc-
Itors, lawyers and others had cost her
I upwards of 130,000 since her son's
I escape.
Answering an appeal for help, Mrs.
iRcrgdoIl, less than a month ago, sent
Icirover. who is in Germany, $10,000,
Ishc said.
Intention Come Home.
"What is Grover's intention about
staying in Germany?' John H. Shcr-
Ihurne, counsel for the committee.
asked, and Mrs. Bergdoll s eyes
I spark led.
"As soon as the armistice is signed,
I he is coming home," and the laughter
I infuriated her.
"Well, there are thousands of other
I slackers and they never mention any
I body's boy but mine," she cried.
"There are plenty of them in rtiila-
Idelphia nearer home than Germany."
Asked how much Grover was worth.
IMrs. Bergdoll made a mental calcula
tion and answered:
"Half a million."
Hondo Taken in Trade.
There was some questioning as to
I whether he owned any liberty bonds
and on her answering in the negative
member said:
"Do you own any?"
"Yes. but I didn't buy any; I got a
I couple of fifties the other day in a
trade lor a house."
In giving a detailed account of two
I trips to Washington for the gold and
I returning with it to Philadelphia
while James E. Romig, former police
I magistrate, drove the car, Mrs. Berg
doll denied that she was acting for
her son.
"It was mine, to do with as 1
pleased," she said. "Nobody can find
it and Grover didn't get any of it
not a nickel."
RomlK Followed by Womn.
She declared she never ncara a
word about any buried treasure until
after the esrape, and that the late I).
Clarence Gibboney, her attorney, had
told her her son had been let out to
pay her a friendly visit. None of her
money, Mrs. Bergdoll testified, was
turned over to Grover for use in set
tins out of the country.
Mrs. Bergdoll was called after
Romig, her confidential adviser, wno.
like the mother, is awaiting sentence
for conspiracy to aid Bergdoll in
evading the draft, had been put
through a four-hour grilling. Romig
stuck to his story that he never saw
the gold after it was dumped on the
Bergdoll kitchen floor.
After concluding the examination
of Mrs. Bergdoll and Romig, the com
mittee, which had been working long
hours since Monday, quit until Tues
day. SIX KILLED IN WRECK
Twelve freight Cars Arc Tiled l"p
in. Hail road Ditch.
, EL PASO, Tex., May 13. Six pc-r-
. Si... ... . - .j .. It
eons were K;iiea iai '"""J " "
freight cars piled up in a ditch at
Eagle Flat, Tex., on the Texas Sc. pa
cific railway, according to a report
made by train crews.
Eagle Flat is 112 nines east or
faso. A coroner left for the scene or
the wreck tonight on a wrecking
train.
The dead had not been Identified.
EYE VALUED AT $20,000
I'ather Sues Uncle of Girl Scratched
by Vicious Rooster.
WAUKEGAN, 111.. May 13. A sutl
for $20,000 damages for the loss of hit
.year-old daughter Lenore's left eye
which, it was alleged, was scratched
out by a vicious rooster, was filed bj
Leonard P. Hingaley against EmL
Wienecke. tbe child's uncle.
Wienecke owns the rooster, whici
is declared on other occasions to have
shown a disposition to attack persons
Pineapple Pack to Be Less.
HONOLULU. T. H- May 13. (Spe
cial.) The pineapple pack for Hawaii
this year will not be as great as
that of last year Is the estimate'
made J' the secretary or mo pine
apple packers' association. The pack
this year win run aoouc o.auu.uvv
cAes. . - .
New Regulation in 'orthcrn State
Is Considered Likely to Cause
Exodus of Liberty-Seekers.
Oregon bids fair to outstrip Nevada
as the mecca of unhappy couples as
the result of new divorce laws In
Washington, which, are expected to
shunt thousands of incompatibles who
formerly would have sought mat state
over the Columbia river line. Under
the new legislation it will take six
months longer to obtain complete
freedom in Washington than in Ore
gon after residence qualifications are
fulfilled.
Easterners who would in the past
seek Seattle or other Washington
ritieK in fntahltKhine- statutory rest
fence preparatory to filing divorce
actions will not hesitate in tne state
to the north once they discover that
Oregon offers release in six months'
less time, it is believed.
This situation was caused by the
introduction of the interlocutory de
cree in Washington, similar to that
in effect in California. Under the
new Washington law only an inter
locutory decree may be entered at the
time suit is heard, the final order not
being made until six months have
elapsed. In Oregon the final decree
may be entered the day, of the hear
ing.
According to information received
from J. Grant Hinkle. secretary of
state, Olympia, Wash., the introduc
tion of the interlocutory decree does
not change the statutory time for
residence nor the provisions as to re
marriage. In other words, a' years
residence in Washington is required
before suit can be filed and a di
vorccd person cannot marry again
after issuance of the final decree un
til six months have elapsed.
In Oregon the residence require
ment is the same, and also the pro
vision with regard to remarriage, but
there is no intervening interlocutory
decree.
SEARCH FOR TUG KEPT UP
Mine Sweepers and Submarines
Hunt for Conestoga.
HONOLULU, T. H.. May 13. Search
for the missing naval tug Conestoga
has not been abandoned, contrary to
reports.
Aline sweepers and submarines are
still ' seeking the vessel, naval au
thorities announced today.
WASHINGTON. D. C, May 13.
Wide search in the Pacific has re
vealed no trace of the naval tug Con
estoga, which left San Francisco for
Samoa, via Hawaii March 25, Rear
Admiral W. B. Shoemaker, command
ing at Honolulu, cabled the navy de
partment today. Fifteen naval ves
sels and a number of aircraft have
covered an area of 600 friilcs since
May 2, the message said, and rumors
current May 10 that the Conestoga
had been sighted were unverified.
The tug was commanded by Lieu
tenant K. L. Jones and carried a crew
of three other officers and 49 men.
COUPLE BRAVES JINX "13'
Pair Laughs at Black l'riday and
Weds at Vancouver.
VANCOUVER. Wash., May 13.
(Special.) As today was black Fri
day the 13th, but one couple was
brave enough to embark upon a matri
monial voyage. They were J. W. Du-
Fuls. 26, son of Frank DuPuis, the
well-known boxer of former times,
and Miss Vina L. Evans, 24, of Port
land. '
They were married by Frank E.
Vaughan, justice of the peace. The
couple knew that the day was sup
posed to be a very unpopular one for
persons starting out in life, but
they laughed and said they were not
afraid.
SOL HOT PINCH HITTER
Sun-Starved Local Weather Fans
Treated to 80-Dcgrce Day.
Old Sol went to bat yesterday in the
role of pinch hitter and slammed heat
rays on the sun-starved Portland
weather "fans' to tbe tune of 80 de
grees. His batting represented the
"hottest day of the - year" and re
turned to friend sun a 100 per cent
efficient average for his day's work.
Although Sol still" holds down a
utility berth on Manager Wells' 1921
team, the weather bureau boss avers
that his new recruit Is a "comer" and
will be used to good advantage again
today.
ROYALTY IN AUTO MISHAP
Blowout Overturns Car of King and
Queen of Spain.
LONDON, May 13. King Alfonso
and Queen Victoria of Spain escaped
injury today when their automobile
overturned while they were going to
the Hippodrome to attend the races,
said a dispatch to the Central News
from Madrid.
The accident was due to the burst
ing of a tire.
TORNADO HITS CAROLINA
Several Injured and Property Is
Damaged at Roseboro.
KALEIGH, N. C, May 13. Several
persons were injured and considerable
property damage caused by a tornado
at Roseboro and Long Branch late
today, according to reports received
here.
Telephone lines are down and de-j
tailed reports bftva sot been received.
Still in Progress.
FIRING GAINS IN INTENSITY
Veritable Hail of Shots Di
rected at Secluded Men. .
WOMEN, CHILDREN HIDING
Cellars and Dugouts Used for
Itcfuge; Many Reported With
out I'ood or "Water.
WILLIAMSON, W. Va.. May 13
Three men were reported by state
troopers to have been killed today in
a battle at McCarr, and telephone re
ports to the office of the New Howard
Coal company at Gs.tes indicated that
40 miners were surrounded by bellig
erent forces.
Captain Brockus, with 15 state po
lice, boarded an engine bound for Mc
Carr at 4 o'clock. The firing was re
ported to be increasing in intensity.
Mountain Battle General.
The reports from the New Howard
company indicated heavy firing had
begun at their mines at Gates, be
tween Matewan and Spriggs. Advices
to the company relative to the 40
miners being hemmed in, said the men
had taken refuge in sheltered spots in
their camp and were being subjected
to a veritable hail of sbots.
The mountain battle was general
again today, according to passengers
arriving from the troubled area. Ter
rorized women and children were re
ported hiding in cellars and dugouts,
in many cases without food anl
water.
Dan Whitt, said by the state police
to be a non-union miner, was reported
shot and kille'd at Matewan when he
ventured out to obtain water for
women and children.
Bullets Strike Towns.
State troopers working, in theJiring
zone reported today that most of he ,
shooting was directed from mountain
side to mountainside on the Kentucxy
and West Virginia sides of the Tug
river. Bullets were said to be strik
ing in nearby towns.
Richard Beverly, who, according to
tho state police, is a member of the
United Mine Workers of America, was
arrested in the Kentucky mountains
and will be brought here charged with
participating in the battle.
Firing; In Villages Protested.
An emissary of the state forces
taking part in the battle, which has
raged for two days in the Mingo
mountains along Tug river, late to-
ght approached the stronghold of a
leader of the mountaineers under a
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 4.)
HERE'S WHERE
a,,, . . c
ntified, About 25
Chance for Re
covery Declared Small.
OREGON. CITY. Or., May 13. (Spe
cial.) An unidentified man, shot
through the body just above the
heart, was found at Canemah park at
10 o'clock tonight by a party of auto
ists, who took him to the Oregon City
hospital. Physicians say the man has
a slight chance to recover. .
The authorities here believe the
man was held up and robbed, and was
shot because he resisted. No marks
of Identification were found on or in
his clothes.
The man was about 25 years old, of
sandy complexion, with blue eyes. He
was dressed in a Diue coat, orown
trousers held up by a belt, and a blue
flannel shirt.
The report as given by. the autoists
was to the effect that no weapon
with which the shooting was done
could be found near the body. There
were no signs of a struggle, it was
said.
It was also considered possible that
the man might have destroyed all
marks of identification, and then at
tempted suicide. The sheriff and a
squad of deputies went to the scene
to investigate further.
The party which found the wounded
man consisted of Howard Buttle, F.
E. La Point, 922 East Kelly street, and
a Mr. Newberry, 1051 East Fifteenth
street North, all of Portland.
CONVICT ORDERED FREED
Embcizlcr's Service in San Fran
cisco Recognized by Governor.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., May 13 The
five-year sentence of C. Vincent K'C
cardi, San Francisco attorney, sent to
San Quentin penitentiary last Febru
ary following his conviction on a
charge of embezzling money from a
client, today was commuted by Gov
ernor Stephens, the sentence to expire
at once.
In his order commuting the sen
tence Governor Stephens said that one
of the principal reasons for the re
lease of Riccardi was that the former
attorney became an active agent in
the exposure of corrupt conditions in
San Francisco.
It was said that the San Francisco
grand jury, bar association and police
department had asked for clemency
fpr Riccardi.
SUGAR JUMPS 20 CENTS
Fine Granulated Cane Product Mow
Quoted at $7.10 to Jobbers.
SAN FRANCISCO, May -13 The
price of sugar advanced today from
tbe record low price which has been
in effect for three days, the two local
refineries announcing a 20-cent in
crease in fine granulated sugar, mak
ing the price $7.10 a hundred pounds
to jobbers for cane sugar. Beet sugar
increased 10 cents to $8.90.
Higher prices paid in New -York for
Cuban raw sugar was responsible for
the increase, it was said by refiners,
who also stated that indications did
not point to further price climbing
unless a higher tariff was placed onj
sugar.
THE WORLD BEGINS SQUARING
Victim, o"
Year d'
.
Action Is Taken In Spito of Op
position by Entire Delegation
From Umatilla County.
THE DALLES, Or., May 13. (Spe
cial.) WTith the entire Umatilla coun
ty delegation in opposition, mem
bers And directors of the Oregon
Grain Growers' Co-operative associa
tion today adopted a resolution which
previously had been adopted by the
United States Grain Growers, Inc., at
the recent meeting in Chicago, per
mitting the Oregon Co-operative as
sociation to obtain members under
contracts calling for a 100 pen. cent
pooling plan. Under the resolution
the association will work in this
state upon the 100 p'er cent pooling
plan, until 1924.
The entire Umatilla delegation de
clared in favor of "local option," ex
plaining that tho big ranchers in that
county are in favor of the more elas
tic selling plan adopted by the na
tional organization. Under tho na
tional selling plan, 100 per cent pool
ing Is not required, although organ
ized state co-operative associations
wishing to go ahead with the plan
may do so and still be eligible to
membership in the national organiza
tion.
George A, Mansfield, president of
the Oregon State Farm bureau, con
tended that any concession to Uma
1 1 1 la. county, such as permitting grow
ers In that county to become members
of the Oregon association, under the
national plan of contract, would'cause
serious trouble in the ranks of the
state organization and almost cer
tainly necessitate the abrogation of
-contracts by causing grain growers
all of the other counties in the
state to demand the same privileges.
The following national and state
executives attended today's meeting
W. F. Schilling, head of the milk pro
ducers' association of Minneapolis.
Minn.; J. A. Howard of Chicago, pres
ident of the American Federation of
Farm Bureaus; U. L. Burdick of Kan
sas City; George C. Jewctt of Spo
kane, head of the Northwest Grain
Growers' association; Hector Mac
Pherson, head of the bureau of mar
keting of the Oregon Agricultural
college; C. A. Spence, grand master of
the granges of Oregon, and George A.
Mansfield, president of the state farm
bureau.
OREGON CITY, Or., May 13. (Spe
cial.) Arrangements have been com
pleted for meetings to pool the wheat
crop -of Clackamas- county ..'with. .the
growers of Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and Montana. ' Among the places
where meetings are to be held are:
Canby, Monday, May 16; Molalla,
Tuesday, May 17; Beacon Heights,
Wednesday, May 18; Wilsonvllle,
Thursday. May 19; Logan, Friday,
May 20; Sunnyside, Saturday, May 21.
CHILD OF AUTHOR DEAD
Daughter of William Allen White
Fatally Injured by Horse.
EMPORIA, Kan, May 13. Miss
Mary White, 16 years old. only daugh
ter of William Allen White, author,
and publisher of the Emporia Gazette,
died this morning.
Injuries received in a fall from a
horse last Tuesday were the cause of
death.
UP ACCOUNTS.
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Wealthy Seattle Miller Is
Seeking Plant.
NEGOTIATIONS UNDER WAY
Moritz Thomsen Contem
plates Reorganization.
LAND RECENTLY OBTAINED
Erection of New Plant on East Side
Believed to Be Planned; Milling
Boom Here Indicated.
Reorganization of the Albcrs Bros.
Milling company into a new corpora
tion to be headed by Moritz Thomsen,
millionaire miller of Seattle, is under
way, ' according to a report current
here, which was not denied last night
by William J. Albcrs, vice-president
of the Albcrs Bros. Milling company.
William Albcrs, however, denied all
knowledge of the details of the trans
action, which, he said, was being han
dled by his brother, Georgo Albers,
president of tho company, who has
gone to San Francisco.
Moritz Thomsen, owner of a email
mill in this city and of several large
mills on Fuget sound, is the miller
who a little more than a month ago
traded tho Chamber of Commerce
building in this city for 11 parcels of
industrial property on the east side
of the river, between the Hawthorne
and Burnsido bridges.
Intention Xot Vet Learned.
This property was given by the
Spokane, Portland & Seattle railway
for tbe building. No statement as to
what he intended to do with this
property has been obtained as yet
from Mr. Thomsen.
The newly acquired Portland prop
erty of Mr.. Thomsen was said to be
well situated for the establishment
ot a flouring mill. One tract is on tbe
waterfront and the others near by.
Though no statement of the pro
gramme of the Albers and Thomsen
Interests could be obtained last night,
it was reported to include the consol
idation of the properties of the two
concerns and the erection of a new
mill on the east side.
Milling Boom Indicated.
The acquisition of this property by
Mr. Thomsen is one of a number of
indications of a boom in the Portland
grain milling industry as the result
of a decision favorable to this city
n the Columbia basin rate case.
The Albers Bros. Milling company
Is capitalized at $5,000,000. Its prop
erty includes two cereal mills and
two docks in this city, and mills also
at Seattle, Tacoma, San Francisco,
Oakland and Los Angeles. Another
mill at Ogdcn, Utah, is operated under
lease by this company.
Although it was generally believed
in milling circles that the deal was
well under way for the acquisition of
a controlling interest in the Albers
stock by Mr. Thomsen, the exact stage
of the negotiations could not be
learned hero last night. That the
deal was in progress was unofficially
admitted by persons In a position to
know, but a conflicting report was
received by -one local milling com
pany that' the negotiations had fallen
through. No information. of the "fail
ure of negotiations, however, bad been
received last night by William Albers.
THOMSEN DELAYS DECISION
Possible Chance of Accepting Pres
idency Is Admitted.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 13. (Spe
cial.) Moritz Thomsen, president of
the Centennial Mill company, who has
received an offer of the presidency of
Albers Bros., declared today that h
had not accepted the offer. However,
he expected to attend a meeting of
bankers and stockholders of the com
pany in San Francisco next week.
When pressed as to whether there
was the slightest chance of him ac
cepting the position, Mr. Thomsen
said:
"There Is a possible chance."
Mr. Thomsen declared that the
meeting he will attend is Just a
mere incident in a previously planned
business trip. He denies that reor
ganization of the Portland plant Is
planned.
ROBBERS SPOIL OWN PLAN
One Shoots Other, in Hold-Up' of
Man Carrying 3Ioney.
MANDAN N. D., May 13. High
waymen frustrated their own at
tempts to rob C. J. K. Costello, Se
attle traveling salesman, here last
night, when one robber discharged
his revolver and shot the other,
George F. Rawlins, through both
legs. ' ostello, the intended victim,
who was carrying a large cum of
money, escaped harm. The other
would-be robber was captured at
Dickinson, N. D., late last night.
Previous to the robbery Costello
had related hold-up yarns at a hotel
here. Later, while taking a walk,
two men told him to stick up his
hands. He started what he thought
was a friendly escapade. When he
failed to meet their demands the
shooting followed, -
House Judiciary Committee Is Told
Need for Xcw Legislation
Regarding Beer.
WASHINGTON. D. C. May 13. Pro.
hibition Commissioner Kramer laugh
ingly declared before the house Ju
diciary committee today that the nov
elty of making home brew had begun
to wear off, and that the number of
home brewers was diminishing grad
ually. - A serious problem confronts federal
prohibition enforcement officials in
the prevention, of sales of alcohol, os
tensibly for medicinal purposes, which
later is diverted into illicit channels,
Mr. Kramer said.
The commissioner, aepcaring at the
committee's request to discuss the
new Volstead antl-bcer bill, declared
that federal agents had established
something like good control over the
illegal whisky traffic?, but that the
new task was developing rapidly.
Mr. Kramer said the law which Mr.
Volstead has proposed to supplement
his first dry code "goes to the source
of the evils," and makes positive and
definite the powers of federal of
ficials In enforcement work. Tin
ruling of ex-Attorncy-Gencral Palmer
permitting prescription of beer as a
medicine had upset the bureau's
policy with respect to beer, Mr.
Kramer said, adding that the ruling
had "opened the stable door for some
body to steal the horse."
"The Palmer opinion seems to cover
everything," tho prohibition chief con
tinued, "even now. we are being
pressed by doctors and others for our
authority for limiting permits and
prescription blanks. We need legis
lation for we are being pressed to tell
what right we have to fix any limi
tation." Mr. Kramer proposed legislation
which would cut off ImportB and
manufacturing of whisky entirely for
a time so that consumption would
catch up with production. He urged
that exports to Canada and Mexico
should be stopped for "all that goes
over the border lines finds its way
back in some fashion or other."
WOMAN, 80, ASKS DIVORCE
Complaints Threaten to Part Cou
ple, Married 2 4 Yers.
BELLING HAM. Wash.. May 13.
Charging desertion and non-support,
Ida.H. Smith. red 80, appeared in
superior court here today to defend
her suit for divorce against W. F.
Smith, aged SS. The defendant filed
a cross complaint charging that his
wife had made his life burdensome.
"All he wanted to do was to sit by
the fire and read story books and
newspapers and I had to work In the
garden and split the wood," said Mrs.
Smith.
"I had to pay her lumber bills right
along," said the defendant. The
couple have been married 14 years.
FOUR SOLDIERS BLOWN UP
Powder, Condemned and Ordered
Destroyed, Explodes.
LAW TON, Okla., May 13. Four en
listed men of the 7th ordnance depot
detachment at Fort SHI. Okla, were
instantly killed late today when 600
pounds of black gunpowder, con
demned and ordered destroyed, ex
ploded prematurely.
The men wcro blown to pieces.
Search continuing until darkness re
sulted in the finding only of frag
ments of tho bodies.
INUtA. Ur lUUAi a l.tWi
The Wenther. (
YESTERDAY S Hlthfst temperature, so
decrees; lowest, 48; clear.
TODAY'S Fair, winds becoming south
easterly.
Foreign.
Fifth husband loyal to alleged murderer
- ot six. Pass 1.
Lenity from allies new German rumor,
race 3.
Poles defy treaty, says Llojd Georcc.
Pace
Domestic.
Defender of Cameron dam Is pardoned.
Pace 3.
Three dead, 40 miners surrounded In
battle. Pace 1.
Air mail officials scored by wltneia
Face 4.
National.
Congress approves immigration restriction
bill. Pace 1
Labor man denies economy purpose In
marine pay cut. Paga 2.
Heme brewers aald to be decreasing.
Pace I-
Average decrease in pay 6.4 per cent.
Page 4.
Federal operation ot railroads declared
threatened. Page 9k
raclfie Korthweat.
Albany ready to entertain Oregon Odd-
fellowa. Page I.
Oregon growera favor 100 per cent pooling
of grain. Page 1.
Irrigon dedicates new school. Page 19.
Sports.
Inter-club golf match set for today. Page
IS.
Oregon colleges to vie on track today.
Pag 13.
Tortland and Vicinity.
Gasoline price cut and eneaper gaa la
promised Portland consumers. Page 1.
Prices ot Oregon strawberries high be
cause of scarcity. Pago 10.
Five-mill school tax to be oa ballot Juna
18. Page iv
Hunters for divorce expected in Oregon.
Pase 1.
Deal for Albers mills Is reported. Page 1.
Laureate bonors given Mr. Mark ham.
Pace 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Remainder of old -crop prunes may b
moved. Page 10.
Wbeat higher in Chicago on frost predic
tions. Page 1.
Stock list strong until near close of ses
sion. Page IV.
Benvenue is listed to load grain here.
Page 13.
Reciprocal lay days to be provided is
chartera Pace IS.
Course for ministry outlined by bishops.
Pago 7.
Newly -discovered witness tells of shooting
i EWUtiUy. f ass -U
Motor Fuel Price Goes
Down 2 Cents. -
REDUCTION LONG EXPECTED
Companies Report Supplies
Generally Abundant.
CRUDE OIL ALSO CHEAPER
Further Reduction In tut of Cat
to Consumers in Portland
Counted C'crlaiuly.
Announcement was made yesterday
that a cut of two cents a gallon for
gasollno had been put inlo effect t
service stations throughout tho city,
and this was followed by the state
ment by tho rortland Gas & Coke
company that becauso of a further
drop in the con of crude oil, there Is
to bo cheaper gas. probably by
June 15.
According to a stalemcnt plven out
by John A. Lainc, general counsel for
the gas company, notice was received
by his company yesterday morning to
tho effect that there had been an
other drop of 2b cents a barrel, mak
ing a total reduction of 45 cents this
month. He announced that he had
notified the state public service com
mission at once, so that Us experts
could get to work on a new schedulo
necessitated by the extra 26-cent drop
In crude oil. Work on a schceduls
that had been under way slnco the
previous cut of 20 cents a barrel was
made public had to be abandoned for
the latest turn In affairs.
"We ara not in a position to say
Just what tho reduction In tho cost
of our product will be, but It will be
considerable In the aggregate," said
Mr. Laing. "We are not the deciding
force, as that is a function of the pub
lic service commission. We notified
the commissioners at once and they
will have their experts prepare ths
new schedule. I should say, offhand,
that the total saving, should prlcis
remain stationary for 13 months,
would be about 300.000."
Company Mighty I.nrky.
Mr. Laing said the company had
a good supply of oil, which, ho ex
plained. Is "mighty lucky," consider
ing the marine strike.
Portland motorists began paying
the 2 cents less for their gasolinn
with the opening of the service, sta
tions yesterday morning. Telegrams
from California headquarters, re
ceived by each of tho four oil com
panies dispensing motor fuel yester
day morning, announced new prices
on gasolino and fuel oil, and tho cut
here became effective at once.
Under the new schedule gasoline is
selling in Portland for I'd rents a gal
lon at service stations. This Is a de
cline from 30 cents ard brings the
basic price ot gasoline down to SS
cents, 2 cents add'tlonal going for the
state road taxes. Tho new price pre
vails nt all station of the Standard,
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