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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JUNK G, 1920
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RATIONING SYSTEM
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PROPOSED
Gasoline Cards to Be Issued
if Found Requisite.
DAILY REPORT ASKED FOR
Public Warned Against Trying to
Use Substitute or Kerosene
Mixed With Ktber. '
MAYOR I'RGKS ECONOMV.
To the Public:
As a means of preventing un
necessary use of gasoline dur
ing the present temporary pe
riod of shortage citizens
throughout the city arc urged
to discontinue asking: toT de"
livcry by stores of stuff that
can be easily carried. This co
operation on the part of persons
not direct users of gasoline will
be of material aid in savins
gasoline so badly needed at this
time for machinery used in food
production on the farm and in
the factory, the curtailment of
which eventually will mean in
creased cost of the necessities
of life.
GEORGE L. BAKER, Mayor.
pleasure trips and of course there is
nothing: to stop motorists not willing;
to co-operate from refilling; their cars
within the city.
But because the shortage is more
acute outside the city, due to the
fact the gasoline is being given al
most exclusively to industries and
for agricutural purposes, it is not
believed that many automobiles will
leave Portland for lengthy trips to
day. At the request of the conservation
committee, plainclothes officers will
be detailed on roadways leading from
Portland today to determine if com
mercial cars are being used for pleas
ure purposes. Any persons discov
ered so using commercial allotments
of gasoline will be shut off from
further stocks, it was said.
Because of a state law which re
quires oil companies to serve gaso
line to the full amount desired by
any holders of coupon books, many
motorists having books are demand
ing full tank capacity. An appeal is
made to coupon holders to obtain only
the regular allotment, and if bis ap
peal does not avail, plans , are being
made to handle the situation by pub
licity. '"It behooves every motorist In
Portland to join the conservation
committee in its effort to save gaso
line," said Mayor Baker. "For the
present it matters not just why the
shortage is here. This point is being
covered by government officials and
will be determined following care
ful inquiry. But suffice to say that
we are suffering from a shortage
which is acute. To obtain more gaso
line than is rationed daily is simply
robbing your neighbor and "making
It mote difficult to supply the in
dustrial and agricultural interests of
the state.
"The shortage is not permanent but
the quicker all the motorists join In
the campaign and play a fair game
during the crisis, the quicker we will
return to normal."
SCARCITY OF PAPER
CAUSED BY MAKERS
Senate Committee Suggests
Legal Prosecution.
PRICE-FIXING IS CHARGED
Unless motorists voluntarily con
serve gasoline during the present
shortage, a card system will be put
Into effect by the conservation com
mittee, wbich will limit the weekly
supply of every motorist in the city.
At a meting of the committe yes
terday in Mayor Baker's office, a
committee composed of Ira F. Powers
and Marshall N. Dana was appointed
to prepare a card ration system, have
the necessary caras printea ana uo
ready to place the system in opera
tion upon a minute's notice.
Profiteering by "gas bootleggers,"
together with illegal storage, are oc
cupying the attention, of a large force
of firemen and police who are operat
ing under the direction of Chief Jen
kins and Fire Marshal Urenfell.
Any person found .either profiteer
ing in gasoline by charging in excess
of the market price of 26 V4 cents a
gallon, or who stores gasoline in vio
lation of the city statutes will be ar
rested and prosecuted. It is probable
that the city council will be requested
to pass an ordinance providing for the
filing of names of persons purchasing
gas in containers.
According to reports now being in
vestigated, some gasoline "bootleg
gers" are collecting gasoline in one
and two gallons cans, obtaining a sup
ply which it is said they hope to sell
at extravagant prices. Such reports
are now being checked and may lead
to arrests.
Members of the conservation com
mittee became a bit perturbed yes
terday when some sought to demand
a daily report of gasoline stocks from
the oil companies.
Dally Report Asked for.
Will J. Lester, president of the
parage and repairmen's association,
contended that the oil companies
should be forced to make such a
report. Howard M. Covey opposed
the plan as' did Robert W. Sehmeer.
Roth contended that no demands
should be made, but they did believe
the oil companies should be requested
to give any information desired by
the committee. Mayor Baker, chair
man, settled" the question when . he
announced that he would ask for a
daily report on gasoline stocks, in
order that the committee may know
how' the conservation programme is
being carried out and should the oil
companies refuse to give the informa
tion, a demand will be made.
William V. McKinney. president of
the Oregon State Motor association,
was particularly hostile at the oil
companies, complaining that their
representatives had not "laid the
cards on the table or played fair with
the committee." Other members of
the committee did not agree with Mr.
McKinney. it being explained that al
though the oil companies did not de
sire to make public the amount of
Mocks on hand, such information was
given privately to members of the
committee, and the only reason for
the dislike of publicity along this
l:ne was because of competition.
It was further cited that all such
figures are available in Salem, hence
''the committee is certain to obtain
figures desired, even though repre
sentatives of the oil companies did
not desire to reveal them in Port
land. W. B. Kerr and Bert C. Ball ap
peared before the committee and
urged a card system. Mr. Kerr con
tended that the present plan was un
fair to motorists who desired to dis
play a patriotic spirit and that such
persons should be protected from the
"gasoline hogs" by a method which
would prevent refilling of tanks.
The majority of the members ofthe
committee favor a card svstpm. al
though representatives of the oil com-
panics are incunea to ueiieve mat
the ration plan now in vogue, to
gether with the co-operation of
motorists in the conservation, will
serve the needs. Tf it is found, how
ever, that duplication is reducing
stocks faster than is anticipated, the
card restriction plan wilt be used.
I.enn Argument Heard.
Less argument was heard around
gasoline filling stations yesterday.
Indicating that the public is slowly
awakening to a realization that Ore
gon is facing a serious shortage, to
gether with the entire Pacific coast.
However, reports of persons obtain
ing gasoline by draining tanks and
refilling were more numerous than
the day previous, but it is believed
that much of this will be halted when
the gasoline squad has operated for
a few days. . '
Reports from the up state and from
Washington towns tributary to Port
land continued to show an acute
thortage. To all towns and cities,
however, sufficient has been sent to
care for agriculture needs.
lrug stores in the city reported
heavy sales of commercial ether to
! mixed with kerosene to serve as a
substitute for gasoline. Ether is
liighly explosive and should not be
used In this way. according to R. M.
Hummer, secretary of the state phar
macy board.
Mr. Plummer explains that ether
and kerosene do not mix perfectly
and that the use of ether in motor
cars will be certain to result in seri
ous accidents. Other pharmacists warn
against the use of ether in motor cars.
Kther nines to Horface.
A story that ether and water mixea
would operate automobiles went the
rounds yesterday, but careful tests
made by Mr. Plummer determined that
ether would not gas with water, the
ether Invariably rising to the sur-
CITY TAKES OVER GASOLINE
Astoria Committee to Have Full
Charge of Distribution.
ASTORIA, Or., June 5. (Special.)
As a result of the shortage of gaso
line in this territory, all stocks in
the possession of the Standard and
Union oil companies have Deen turned
over to a committee headed by Mayor
Bremner for distribution. This com
mittee also will have complete con
trol of the sale of distillate and kero
sene as well.
.'o further deliveries will be made
to sreiviee stations and after today
.istrl.bution will be made only from
stations at the plants of the oil com
panies. Beginning Tuesday, it will
not be possible to obtain any quantity
of these three petroleum products
except upon presentation of a card
permit issued by the committee in
charge.
The principal rules and regulations
adopted by the committee are:
"No deliveries to pleasure or busi
ness cars. Deliveries limited to es
sential industries and their allow
ances to be curtailed. Doctors limited
to five gallons a week, with right
of emergency appeal.
"All gasoline to be delivered
through system of card permits. No
deliveries to service stations. Dis
tribution only from oil plants. Per
mits to be issued only upon formal
application with statement of needs.
Committee in charge to meet every
day at 4:30 P. M. Tourists' advised
not to drive to lower Columbia."
TOIR1XG CARS ARE DENIED
lasolme Shortage at Vancouver
Being Felt Keenly.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. June
Vancouver is ' feeling
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Keenly the gasoline shortage. For
oeverai uaj a past no louring car
owners were allowed to buv n.n v rss
and they are turning to various other
mixtures, the most popular being
Kerosene to which has been added an
ounce or ether to each gallon.
i rucks are allowed a percentage of
ineir usual requirements.
it is saiu mat some of the truck
drivers get their supplies of gasoline
and drive to secluded places and par
tially drain their tanks and sell this
to eager motorists for as high as $1
a gallon.
Roud Construction Discontinued.
PROSSER. June 5. (Special.) The
gasoline shortage has practically
caused the discontinuance of road con
struction in this District. County
trucks which had teen allowed ten
gallons of gasoline daily were yes
terday cut off entirely. The trucks
had been engaged in hauling gravel.
Berry Price Raised to $2 a Crate
YAKIMA, Wash.. June 5. (Special.)
When Kcnnewicij berry growers
this week raised the price of their
product to $2 per crate t. o. b. Kenne
wick, they killed tho Yakima market,
according to berry handlers here. The
Yakima trade refused to absorb the
raise, and all orders have been can
celled. Similar conditions obtain in
the asparagus market. Jobbers yes
terday sold to retails for $1.75 per
crate asparagus that cost them $2 at
Kennewick, and cancelled future
orders.
Re-port Says TJnsafe for Publisher
to Criticise or Protest in Any
Way to Manufacturer.
elude a clam-bake, regatta, seaplane
rides, baseball and field meet. Entire
Lincoln county, except a few residents
of Otis in the northern part, where
Independence day will be observed, is
planning to be present.
IDAHO BOY LANDS PRIZE
Albert Award at . Willamette Won
by J. Fred McGrew.
"WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Sa
lem. June 6. (Special.) The Albert
prize, an' annual award of $25 pre
sented to the student who, all things
considered, has made the greatest
progress toward the ideal in character.
service, ana wnolesome influence dur
ing the year, was won by J. Fred Mc
tirew, a junior from Idaho Falls, Ida
ho, as a result of the student-body
vote taken yesterday.
The winner is a member of the uni
versity quartet and glee club, and has
devoted much time this year to the
management of forensics.
WASHIXGTOX. June 5. The news
print paper -which has handicapped
American newspapers is "more the
result of artificial obstruction than
of natural laws," according to the re
port of the senate committee which
nvestigated the paper situation, i ne
committee today recommended that
the department of justice institute
proceedings under the Sherman and
Clayton acts against print-paper
manufacturers.
Manufacturers were charged by the
committee "with unjust,- Illegal and
discriminatory" practices. Present
prices for newsprint paper were held
by the committee to be "excessive and j
unwarranted."
Other recommendations made by
the committee include:
Frdrral Board Sn(Cfifd.
Establishment of a federal news
print board "to supervise the manu
facture and distribution of print
paper should government etrorts to
maintain a reasonable price fail.
Amendment of the Lever food-con
trol act to penalize profiteering in
newsprint paper.
Imposition of an excise-tax of 10
cents on Sunday newspapers weigh
ing more than 1.28 pounds a copy, so
as to limit such editions to 80 pages
until an adequate paper supply can be
secured.
Appropriation of $100,000 for the
purpose of experimenting with sub
stitutes for wood pulp.
Establishment of a rate of 1 cent a
pound on sheet print paper to any
part of the country when sent by
parcels post, without increasing the
present limit of 70 pounds provided
under the postal regulations.
The committee also recommended
that consideration be given by the
government to the establishment of a
newsprint paper mill to supply the
government's needs, with anysurplus
paper to be sold to small consumers.
The report, which was submitted to
the senate just before adjournment,
was based on extensive hearings by
the committee at which testimony was
heard from newspaper and periodical
publishers and paper manufacturers,
dealers and jobbers.
C'rltlclMDi Declared l:nnafe.
Publishers of small newspapers
were declared by the report to be in
the hands of "unscrupulous profiteers
and exploiters," while even the large
newspaper publishers are at the
mercy of the manufacturers. The re
port addeJ that it "was not and still
is not safe for a publisher in any way
to criticise or protest to a manufac
turer," while the "big publishers not
having mills of their own are in a
hold-up market," while the small pub
lishers are being driven from the
business by threatened bankruptcy.
"All the evidence of the various wit
nesses and the substantial and abso
lutely authentic information we have
obtained from official reports," the
report declared, "seem to indicate that
many of the news print paper makers
here and in Canada were acting in
collusion with the apparent intent to
bring about restraint of the normal
flow of trade apd engage in. unfair
competition by methods In some cases
of creating an artificial supply and
in others of resorting indirectly
through their bureaus of statistics to
an actual fixing of price. Indeed,
there is sufficient evidence to war
rant the finding that there has been
a deliberate curtailment of news
print paper upon the part of some
news print paper manufacturers to
'get even' with the government for
its prosecution and also to hold up
prices."
BRITISH ORDER EXPLAINED
Xo Effort Made, It Is Said, to Ex
clude Americans in Ciiina.
WASHIXGTOX, June 5. Authori
tative information has revealed that
the recent order in council requiring
firms under British registry in China
to be managed entirely by British
subjects, was aimed at certain com
panies which have abused the privi
lege for purposes such as smuggling
opium.
It is declared that the order was
not directed against foreign interests
as such and least of all against Amer
ican interests.
GAMBLING
CHARGED
TO CIGAR DEALERS
Use
of Punch Boards and
Dice Is Alleged. .
INDICTMENTS ARE SECRET
No Arrests Yet Made Leak in
Grand Jury Investigation Sus
pected by Prosecutor.
Five secret Indictments were re
turned by the Multnomah county
grand jury yesterday against local
cigar store proprietors who are ac
cused of permitting gambling at their
establishments. The names were not
given out, as the arrests had not
been made.
Though information in the posses
sion of the office of District Attorney
Evans was to the effect that dice and
punch boards were in common use in
nine out of ten cigar stands in the
city, when special agents from his
office made the rounds during the
no signs of gambling paraphernalia
in 90 per cent of the stores visited.
As there were numerous witnesses
called before the grand jury in the
investigations preceding the indict
ments. District Attorney Evans can
not place his finger on what he is
certain was a leak.
Test Indictments Returned,
The entire investigation is said to
have originated with the grand jury
without outside suggestion due to
cases of heavy losses in bamgling
coming to the attention of some of the
jurors, with blame placed on cigar
dealers.
Two Indictments were returned by
the grand-jury yesterday at the in
stance of Earl F. Bernard, deputy
district attorney, to test the state
criminal syndicalism law. They are
not drawn up to conform strictly to
the law, as worded, but to apply to
what the deputy district attorney be
lieves to be the intent of the law.
Joe Clark was charged with being
a member of the I. W. W., said to be
a society advocating criminal syndi
calism, and Ernest Lchto was .ac
cused of helping to organize the I.
W. W. by soliciting members. As
the state law reads the crime is in
"becoming a member," which Mr.
Bernard, insists - includes "being a
member," as it was copied from a
law in which "being" was used..
Interpretation Is Sonftht.
The other point seeks an interpre
tation of what "helping to organize"
means. Circuit Judge H. II. Belt has
held that it meant helping to organize
the original society known as I. W. W.
The district attorney's office contends
it means the solicitation of members
who can organize for carrying out
the ultimate revolutionary doctrines
of the I. W. W.
ft V m r- inilinlmBnls n-AfA' T a V-
at 282'i Park street: R. E. Miller,
drawing a check without sufficient
funds in the bank; Andreo Cauirre
and Erin Frari, burglary; Philip Mus
ser, alias George Dell, larceny ; Charles
Shumway, insufficient funds in bank,
and George Stephens, alias Xapier,
larceny.
Xot true biljs were returned in
the case of Mike Leahy, charged with
a statutory offense, and Roy Mc
pherson, charged with larceny.
atter part of the wek there were 1 Sohultz. obstructing an electric meter
School Superintendent AVcds.
BAKER, Or.. June 5. (Special.)
Miss Elmetta Bailey, county superin
tendent of schools, and Edward York,
prominent Baker county rancher, were
married at the home of the bride's
sister, Mrs. W. H. Casebeer. 2403 York
street, at 10 o'clock Thursda; morn
ing. The ceremony was performed by
Dr. William Westwood, pastor of the
Baker Presbyterian church, in the
presence of relatives of the bride. The
newlyweds are well known through
out eastern Oregon and have a host
of friends who wish them happiness.
Following a short visit to Wallowa
lake, which trip they will make by
automobile, Mr. and Mrs. York will
return to Bake'r to reside at 2631
Grove street.
TRAFFIC FINES ASSESSED
DEFENDANT GIVEN" MALFIIOUR
TO STCDV LAW,'
Picnic Held at the Oaks.
A picnic attended "by a large num
ber of children and their parents
was held at The Oaks yesterday under
direction of Mrs. Percy W. Lewis of
the National Federation of Musical
clubs. A musical programme was
given, presenting the Webber Juve
nile quintet, assisted by Virginia
Leihy. reader; Allen Balda. vocalist,
and Florence Josephine Snow, dan
scuse. ,
Read The Oregonlan classified ads.
Speeding and Bright Lights Bring
Several Automobile Drivers
Before Judge Rossman.
When ,W. M. Cox appeared before
Municipal Judge Rossman yesterday
morning oik a charge of driving his
automobile with bright lights, he told
the judge confidentially that, follow
ing his arrest Friday, he had arranged
his automobile lights to comply with
the law.
"All right," replied the judge, "just
what is the law governing automobile
lights?" Cox had to admit then that
he did not know.
A copy of the traffic law was then
procured for liim and he was asked
to study it. After about a half hour's
study the judge again called for him
and he recited that section of the ordi
nance perfectly. Judge Rossman then
continued the case for sentence.
Traffic, fines levied yesterday in
cluded: D. B. McKride, speeding, $20;
C. Mitchell, speeding, $10: C. V.
Hunt, speeding, $15: J. E. Hammon,
bright lights, $5; A. MeCHntosh. speed
ing, $10; A. Manor, bright lights, $5;
E. Kuchler, bright lights. $5; Eugene
Bodway, bright lights. $2.50; E. W.
Simond, bright lights, $4.
A coin-in-a-slot machine has been
invented by an Englishman to enable
a passenger to learn at what speed he
is t ravel in c in a train.
$1 PER CAPITA RAISED
Newport Plans Celebration of
Fourth on Large Scale.
NEWPORT, Or., June 5. (Special.)
Newport residents hare raised $1000
for the three-day celebration, July
3. 4 and 5, which equals $1 for every
man. woman and Tbild'frn 'the 'town
and subscriptions are still coming in.
This would equal $258,000 for a similar
celebration in Portlaird.
The Southern Pacific Railroad com
pany will be asked to make special
rates extending from Friday, July 2,
until Tuesday, July 6. The features
made possible by the presence of
Yaquina bay andthe ocean, swimming
tank, dancehalls. Indian dancers, in-
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f lace.
f . S Just what erreot the shortage will
y have on the Sunday pleasure jaunts
cannot be estimated. It Is believed
t that some motorists who have stored
their machines in the garages during
the week will, be able to make short
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