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VOL. XL NO. 16 Entered at P o r 1 1 a n d"(OreKon
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PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 17. 1921
PRICK FIVE CUNTS
TOTAL MOON ECLIPSE
TO OCCUR THURSDAY
STEAMER SERVICE TO
CALIFORNIA PLANNED
SEXATOB AXD ADMIRAL EVAN'S
INLAND EMPIRE WOOL
TO COME TO PORTLAND
IDAHO A YD EASTERN OREGON
GROWERS POOL 1921 CLIP.
PLOT TO MURDER
20 MARION COUNTY
RESORTS ARE RAIDED
LOTA TO BE WITHIX EARTH'S
SHADOW AT 11:23 P. M.
DRY AGENTS GET WARRANTS
BEFORE MAKIN G ARRESTS.
KXTETC PORTLAJTD TRADE.
WW
FOR-HIRE SPACES
OPEN FOR PARKING
Dl DEATHS
IflCREASE TO 100
MARKET PROBLEM
1R
1
I T EB R D
4
Huge Damage Is Done
in 7 States.
EAST HAKED BY GALES
Whole Area From Rocky
Mountains to Atlantic Is
Swept by Storms.
LOSS REACHES MILLIONS
Several Hundred Persons Are
Injured Wisconsin Has
Worst Blizzard of Year.
AFTERMATH OF" STORMS
THAT SWEPT WHOLE
EAST TESTER AD Y.
Wisconsin has worst blizzard
of winter.
Nebraska storm causes one
death.
One life lost in Missouri storm.
Five killed and IS injured by
tornado in Mississippi. -
Dubuque, la., is snowbound.
Rocky mountain regions slow
ly recover from storm.
Ten killed, scores injured and
many homes wrecked in Ala
bama. Seven Texans killed when
tornado sweeps sections of five
counties.
Dead in Arkansas exceed 50
and loss may be millions.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 16. One
hundred persons reported dead, sev
eral hundred injured and property
damage estimated in the millions
made the total of a series of torna
does last night and today which
swept eastward from Texas to South
Carolina, doing- damage in seven
states.
Arkansas, with 50 persons report
ed killed in Hempstead and Miller
counties, suffered the heaviest loss
of life. In Alabama the number of
dead was estimated at ten; seven
were killed in Texas and six in Mis
sissippi.
In Tennessee no fatalities were
reported. Relief parties tonight
!-ere still searching the storm area.
Storm Starts in Texas.
The storm apparently broke in
Texas, swept sections of five north
ern counties and passed into Arkan
sas, where the reported dead list to
night had reached 50. Six of the
seven persons killed in Texas were-
crushed to death when their homes
In Avinger were wrecked.
Crossing into Aakansas, the storm
skirted Texarkana and cut a swath a
half-mile wide through a heavily
wooded section.
Near Hope, Ark., the list of re
ported dead had reached 20, 15 oth
ers were said to have lost their loves
rear Prescott, Ark., and a like num.
j -i -n j i en I
eons were reported killed at Steen, I
rear Columbus, in eastern Missis-
(Concluded on PaK
Column 1 I
15. VlOPt YJE- OOESNT S?ENO
Earth to Begin Casting Stirrer at
8:5 7 P. M. Phenomenon to
Last Until 2:32 A. 31.
The only total eclipse which will b
visible this year in the western part
of the United States , will occur o
Thursday night, April 21. The
schedule of the eclipse has been
reckoned by the astoronomy class of
Reed college.
At 8:57 P. M., Pacific time, the moon
will begin to enter the outer shadow
of the earth, but It will not begin
to pass Into the real shadow, or
umbra, until 10:03 o'clock. At that
time, the shadow will begin to show
on the rim of the moon, and will
slowly advance across the moon'
face until at 11.23, the moon will be
completely within the shadow, and
the eclipse will be total.
Until 1Z-.0S. the moon will remain
totally eclipsed. Then the bright
rim will slowly become visible on the
side of the moon first eclipsed, and
by 1:26 o'clock the moon will have
completely emerged from the shadow
but it will be within the fainter
shadow, or penumbra, until 2:32 A. M.
The moon is eclipsed when the
earth passes directly between the sun
and the moon. As the earth travels
along its path, it always casts a
shadow out into space, because it
cuts off that portion of space from
the light of the sun. The moon.
hich has no light of its own but
shines only by the reflected light of
the sun, is thus robbed of its light
when, its path passes through the
shadow cast by the earth. Because
this shadow was a portion called the
umbra which is entirely cut off from
the sun's light, and an outer portion.
the penumbra, which is only partially
deprived of light, the moon becomes
pale before the eclipse proper begins
and remains so for an hour after its
close.
Another eclipse of the moon will
occure this year on October 16, but
will not be visible In the western part
of the United States.
HARDING DISLIKES TIME
Attendance Promised If Xorthwest
Farmers Delay Convention.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C, April 16. (Spe.
cial.) President Harding, through
Secretary Christian, promised A. A.
Elmore of Spokane to attend a great
convention of farmers from all of the
rorthwest states to be held in Spo
kane late in the summer.
The president was told that pres
ent plans called for a gathering to be
held in July, which he said was Im
possible. He said, however, that if
the convention were deferred until
after congress adjourns he would
make every effort to attend.- He said
that he was counting on a trip to the,
Pacific Coast this summer and would
be disappointed if anything inter
vened to prevent It.
MOONSHINE COMES HIGH
Wheat Grower With Two Ounces
Fined $100 an Ounce.
CONDON. Or.. April 16. (Special.)
It cost Ben Cook, a wheat grower
of Gilliam county. $204 for having in
his possession two ounces of moon
shine. Preparatory to a visit to rel
atives In Michigan, he had purhcased
his railroad tickets and was stopping
over. In town with friends, "gin
ning' up." .
At this point he ran up against the
sheriff, who took him before Justice
of Peace Darling here. He pleaded
guilty of having intoxicating liquor
in his possession and was fined $200,
which he paid, and proceeded on his
way to Michigan.
RAIN SLATED FOR OREGON
Showers to Spread From Northern
California, Says Forecast.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 16. Light
rain which fell today along the north-
I ern California coast probably will
spread tomorrow throughout north-
Californla and int0 0re(fon ac.
cording to the forecast tonight of the
Selling, Not Producing,
Now Chief Concern.
WALLACE SOUNDS WARNING
Census Figures Show Agri
culture in Bad Way.
FARM POPULATION WANES
In One Respect Producer's lot Is
Improving; Labor Supply Now
Is Declared Ample.
BT RALPH BARTON.
(Copyright. 1021. by The Ore;onlan.)
WASHINGTON. D. C. 'April 16.
(Special.) Marketing of their prod
ucts is the great problem now con
fronting the farmers of the nation.
A few months ago the cry was still
Produce, produce," but now, faced
with the difficult Job of disposing of
irni mirnlua of atmost every vari
ety of crop, the farmer is wondering,
first, how he can finance his opera.
tions for the present year, and second,
assuming the matter of financing to
be sufficiently provided for, how far
he dares commit himself to produc
tion In the current season.
Figures issued by James J. Davis,
secretary of labor, indicating that the
middlemen of the country get 21 cents
out of every dollar paid by the con
sumer for his household and other
xpenses, have revealed to the farmer
one reason lor tne irouoie no io
periencing In marketing his goods.
High transportation rates present
nother. As an example or tnia, ii
may be mentioned that a ton of farm
products can be shipped more cheaply
from Texas to Holland than from
Texas to Kansas. The influx of grain
and other commodities from Argen
tina. Australia and elsewhere, in an
tioipation of tariff restrictions in this
country, offers a third.
Wallace Soastda Warring.
Henry C. Wallace, the new secre
tary of agriculture, a man wno.
through long experience, is cloeely in
touch with the problems affecting ag.
riculture, sounded this warning, that
continued arrival without restriction
of foreign products would seriously
endanger farming in the United
States. A glance at the census fig.
ures shows that farming is at best
In none too healthy a condition. In
New Hampshire, which is perhaps an
extreme., example, yet fairly typical
of the condition existing throughout
the country, the number of farms,
acreage cultivated, number of persons
engaged in agriculture, amount of
crops, number of cattle and draft anl
trials, all decreased during the decade
from 1910 to 1920. In fact, about the
only recorded increase in the entire
field of farming were in the number
or size of mortgages.
Reduction of farm population in all
parts of the country is another syrap
torn of the prospective if not present
unhealthy state of the country.
Mr. Wallace did not refer specific
ally to these things, but be made it
clear that he considers farming de
serving pf special assistance at this
time. On Thursday he went, with a
group of men Interested In the good
roads movement vital to the farmers
to take up their cause directly with
President Harding. Improvement in
highway facilities Is essential, if re
lief cannot come through other chan
nels. Labor Plentiful New.
In one respect the farmers' lot is
Improving. The labor problem Is no
longer serious, for unemployment in
the cities has driven large numbers of
men back to the rural regions and
labor can now be obtained in ample
quantities. Statistics gathered by the
Concluded on Page 8. Column 3.)
PICTORIAL SIDELIGHTS BY CARTOONIST
v& REbUCtO IT PEW.CE.NV
N TrE VAST AGWY rAONT.HSt
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-A ivi rv tMVft- c. i o cr
Xew Weekly Through Service Soon
to Be Inaugurated on Coast
Route of Admiral Line.
Establishment of a new weekly
through freight and passenger serv
ice from Portland to San Francisco,
Los Angeles and San Diego, with the
steamers Senator and Admiral Evans,
was announced yesterday by the Pa
cific Steamship company (Admiral
line). Beginning on May 6 one of
these steamers will leave Portland at
9 o'clock every Friday night
The Senator and Admiral Evans are
both modern steel passenger steam
ers and are well and favorably known
on this coast. The Senator,, which is
slightly the larger of the two ran be.
tween Puget sound and the orient
during the war and since has been on
the Admiral line run between San
Francisco and Mexico and Central
America. She has accommodations
for 105 first-class passengers, 84 second-class
and 77 third-class. She is a
vessel of 2432 gross and 1450 net tons
register, built in 1898 by the Union
Iron works at San Francisco. Her
dimensions are: Length 292 feet,
beam 38 feet and depth 21 feet.'
The Admiral Evans has accommo
dations for 102 passengers in the first
class and 150 in the third class and
carries about 1820 tons of cargo. She
(Concluded on Page 6, Column 2.)
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature.
68
degrees; lowest, 43.
TODAY'S Occasional rain; cooler; winds
mostly northwesterly.
Departments.
Editorial. Section 8. page 8.
Dramatic. Section 4, page -.
Moving picture sews. Section
4. rare
Real estate and building news,
Section 4,
page 6.
Music. Section 4, page- 5.
Churches. Section 6, page .
Booka. Section 5, pare 3.
Schools. Section 5, page 7.
Automobiles. Section 6.
Chess and checkers. Section 4, page
Women's Features.
Society. Section 3. page '
Women's activities. Section 8, page 10.
W0 mhinnn Section 5. Datte 4.
Ul TlTiirle'a mlnmi. Section 5. PagO K
Madame Bichet's column. Section
page 4.
Anctinn brldare. Section 5. page o.
Child welfare column. Section 5, page a
Special Features,
Sellwood community house gives annual
exhibit, section a. page iv.
Ecuador needs wheelbarrows. Section o
page 11. .
Geong-e Ade fable. Section 8. page 11.
Proposed parking restrictions in down
town districts. section o, po
Edwin Markham. Oregon poet, to
visit
home. Section 3. page 14
J. Montsjrue leature. uecuou
page S.
Girl of SO studies for .doctors degree.
Section 4. Dage s.
rtshii cIam rival of rose. section ,
Dftare 8.
Home building and planning department.
Section S, page l.
Oregon's fighting sons land In
France
Section a. najce .2.
Darling's cartoons on topics of the day.
Section 5. page 8.
Birds earn woman melodious living.
Magazine section, page l.
Intimate diary of Margot Asquith. M
sine section. Page Z.
Once . In a Northern TwiMgnt." tlctlon
feature. Magazine section, page 9.
News of world as seen by camera. Maga
zine section, page 4.
Hill's caTtoons, "Among V Mortals.
Magazine section, page 0.
TJie kaiser's suppressed letters to Bis
marck. Magazine section, page e.
King Solomon's mine uncovered by scien
tists. Magazine section, page i.
Chart showing proposed sites for
exposition. Magazine section, page o.
Foreign.
Japan's new navy will be powerful.
Section 1. page i-
French press raps Ambassador Jusserand
for alleged lapses, section i, page o.
All Britain severely shaken by threat of
general Industrial tie-up. section l,
page 8.
Germany unshaken by French threat.
Section 1. page .
France sees hope in Harding's message.
Section 1, page T.
England more hopeful In strike situation.
Section 1, page 3- -National.
Farmers deluge federal supreme court with
petitions, section l, page 4.
Marketing of products now great problem
confronting American farmers. sec
tion 1, page 1.
Three nominations made by president to
fill labor board vacancies. Section 1,
Page 2.
MdNary explains reclamation plan. Sec
tion 1, page a.
Overlapping duties criticised by Hoover.
Section 1, page 11.
I i Me vaaO
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Decision Made to Store Here Until
Better Prices Prevail and Then
Ship to Boston by Steamers.
BOISE, Idaho, April 16. (Special.)
Leading wool growers in southern
Idaho and eastern Oregon at a confer
ence held here decided to pool all of
this year's wool clip and store it in
Portland to await better prices, when
it will be shipped to Boston by
Bteamer. Harry Coon, a representa
tive of the growers, has been sent to
Portland to arrange for the storage.
The freight rate from Boise to Bos.
ton is 83.46 a hundred. The rate to
Portland is 81.20 and the ocean rate to
Boston is 90 cents, plus 10 cents in
surance, or a total from Boise to Bos
ton of $2.20, a saving of $1.26.
The market on wool is off and has
been off for the past year. Idaho
wool is now stored in both Chicago
and Boston. Last year's clip is vir
tually unsold. This year's clip will
soon be on and the market still is un
favorable. Buyers now are in the
field, but their offers are not at
tractive" to wool men. In order to
protect themselves and their industry
they have decided to try the Port
land storage plan. Should the price
of wool advance they then can get
their wool to eastern markets at a
much lower rate than from here.
Domestic.
End of rail crisis appears in sight. Sec
tion 2. page 8.
British destruction In Ireland estimated
at $30,000,000. Section 1, page 8.
Judge Ben B. Llndsey gets further time
to combat Judgment in contempt case.
Section 1, page 2.
Deaths in tornado increased to 100. Sec
tion 1, page 1.
Pacific Northwest.
Schools of Oregon gaining efficiency.
Section 1, page 10.
Plot to murder Cronkhite bared. Sec
tion 1, page 1.
Inland empire wool to come to Portland
for ocean shipment Section 1. page 1.
Idaho democrats incorporate non-profit
- co-operative association. Section 1,
page 11.
Cle Elum-Roslyn coal output lags. Sec
tion 1, page 10.
311 In graduation class at Corvallls. Sec
tion 1, page 8.
20 Marion county resorts are raided. Sec
tion 1, page 1.
Stock speculations shown at trial of Jay
E. Hough in Spokane, Wash. Section 1,
page 16.
Sport.
Pacific Coast league results: Sacramento 8,
Portland 7; Salt Lake 4, Seattle 10
Los Angeles 9, Vernon 5; San Francisco-
Oakland game postponed. Section 2,
pace 1.
Reglna smoked out by colored 'giants, 5-0
Section 2, page 1.
California defeats Stanford at track.
Section 2, page 2.
New stars twinkle 4n major leagues-
Section 2, page 2.
Joe Gorman makes big hit in New York
city. Section 2, page 3.
Hopes of American golf victory in England
slim. Section 2, page 3.
Reform In swimming start declared
needed. Section 2, page 4.
Tormented player scores touchdown. . Sec
tion 2, page 4.
Mudro and Patterson take bowling lead
in aouoies. section 2. page - .4.
Commercial and Marine.
Country wheat markets are excited and
higher. Section 1, page 21.
Wide gains made in Chicago wheat
market. Section 1, page 21.
Gains In Wall street stocks are generally
retained. Section 1, page 21.
Direct steamer service to Europe is boon
to northwest fruit growers. Section 1.
page In.
Admiral line makes Portland regular port
or can. section l. page 1.
Northwest waterfront Employers' union
plans to cut costs of handling cargoes.
section i, page 17.
Strike-- in England causes Wall street
fluctuations. Section 1, page 21.
Portland and Vicinity.
University dean pleads for higher law
standard. Section 1, page 13.
Judge Rossman and deputy city attorney
issue search warrant statements. Seo
tion 1, page 16.
Public service commission will hear rate
rehearing arguments tomorrow. Section
2. page 16. -
For-hire spaces open for parking. Section
1, page 1.
Last-inning rally staged for chest. Sec
tion 1, page 18.
Paved roads save millions in Oregon. Sec
tion 1. page 14.
Glencoe school wins first prize in mnnlc-
memory contest. Section 1. page 18.
Slam's perils fall to worry Oregon candi
dates for post of minister. Section 1,
page IS.
Dan C. Freeman succeeds A. C. Clark as
general manager of Associated Indus
tries of Oregon. Section 1. pags 15.
Total eclipse of moon to occur Thursday.
Section 1, page 1. t
Woodward demands rich milk If served In
schools. Section 1. page 12.
PERRY ON S03IE RECENT NEWS EVENTS.
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VfVtL CAM STCT YrXfCre:
Officer Ordered Killing,
Declares Pothier.
ROSENBLUTH HELD LEADER
Captain Said to Have Urged
Crime on Subordinate.
MOTIVE OF DEED1 LACKING
State to Take Over Case Because
Scene of Shooting Was Outside
Government Reserve.
TACOSIA, Wash., April 16. Roland
P. Pothier, charged with slaying
Major Alexander Cronkhite at Camp
Lewis in October, 1918, confessed to
federal authorities that be was or
dered by his superior officer. Captain
Robert Rosenbluth, to bring out a
loaded gun and "get" Cronkhite, it
Was announced tnAav K.. T,.s.0a,..i,a-
Leiden, who disclosed five allez-ed
confessions made by Pothier.
"I joined Major Cronkhite on the
maneuver grounds at Camp Lewis,"
read the confession of Pothier, made
in jail at Providence, R. I., on March
24. "When about two feet behind
him I loaded my revolver with three
shells. I fired one shot into the open
field, and as the major was turning
around in my direction, I fired my
second shot at the major, hitting him
in the right breast."
A complete description of all the
incidents leading up to the shooting
were given in the confession, Mr.
Selden said.
Confession la Quoted.
After explaining that Captain
Rosenbluth first approached him four
or five days before the shooting, the
confession stated:
'On the next day or the nisrht
thereafter, I again met Captain
Rosenbluth, and he asked me if I
was going out with the school of
reconnaissance and I said that I had
heard nothing about it. He told me
it was for all the non-commissioned
officers and that he didn't see any
reason why I should not go.
"I said 'If that is so I guess I am
included with them.'
"He then asked me if I remembered'
what he said to me the other night
about firing a pistoL I answered
'yes.' He then asked me if I had any
idea what it was for and I answered
'no.' He then said, "I want to get
Major Cronkhite.' I asked him what
be meant and he said, 'I want to
kill him.'
"I asked him what his reasons were
for wanting me to kill the major and
he said, 'because we want to get him
out of the way.'
Officer Gives) Instructions.
The confession then stated, as given
out by Mr. Selden, that Rosenbluth
told Pothier precisely what he was to
do and promised him full protection.
no matter what might arise.
"Rosenbluth then said, the con
fession in the hands of the prosecu
tor recited, "that he had looked over
the maps and had found a good loca
tion for the crime. He said when we
got to the right place he would tell
me. 'Be sure that you hit him In a
good place so he won't have a chance
to say anything,' Rosenbluth advised
me.
I asked him where he wanted me
to shoot Cronkhite. and he said, 'of
course you will be standing on his
right side and It won't be a bad Idea
to get him about here,' pointing to a
spot even with his heart.
"Z asked Rosenbluth what I was to
do after I shot Cronkhite, and he said,
You never mind. I will be somewhere
around, and when I see him fall I
will run up and grab him. Then I will
yell for a doctor and get him down
there and we will go about it just as
(Concluded on Page 2. Column 3.)
Pool Halls, Hotels, Farm Houses,
and City Homos Searched
by Officials.
SALEM, Or., April 16. (Special.)
A dozen federal officers, headed by
officials of the Oregon Anti-Saloon
league and assisted by local officers,
tonight swooped down upon Marion
county, raided 20 or more dwellings,
hotels, rooming houses and soft-drink
establishments and confiscated a
small amount of liquor.
Earlier In the day the federal offi
cers came to Salem nad obtained
search warrants 'nvolving the soft
drink establishment and pool hall op
erated by J. King at Aurora; dwell
ing of P. Ringruber, on the N,ick
Plannet ranch near Mt. Angel;
dwelling of Frank Morley, two
miles northeast of Sllverton; dwell
ing of Antone Wachter, at Gervals;
Blue Bird pool hall and Tracy Poor
man's poolhall at Woodburn; dwell
ing and three farms of A. Schwab,
near Aumsville; club pool hall at Sil-
verton; streeter's pool hall, Rex hotel.
Otto Ketts' pool hall, Eldredge hotel,
I. F. Clark's rooming house. Club
stables, Clyde Mays' dwelling, dwell
ing at Stair g-.-ounds. Ingle pool hall
and Tom Edwards, whose addrefls is
Streeter's pool hall, all of Salem.
The raids were conducted systemat
ically and started shortly after 10
o'clock. Armed with search warrants,
two men were assigned to each of
the places suspected of housing the
contraband. At a time prearranged
by the officers the searchers entered
the establishments. With a man
standing guard at the door, another
officer, armed with revolver and
searchlight, went carefully through
the stocks, as well as making an ex
amination of all places where liquor
mieht be concealed. A number of
local soft-drink establishments were
crowded with patrons at the time ,th
officers entered, and none was al
lowed to leave until the search was
comDleted. Salera officers said the
raid was the most systematic and
thorough ever conducted in this city.
HARDING'S LOSS MADE UP
'Robber" of 2 0 Years Ago Sends
Dollar to President.
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 16.
President Harding started a 'con
science fund" of his own today, in a
dollar remitted by an unidentified
person in Pasadena, Cal., who wrote
that it represented an amount of
which Mr. Harding was "robbed" 20
years ago.
"About 20 years ago," the letter
said, "the writter robbed you of 40
cents worth of property. Please ac
cept enclosed for amount and Interest
and let the writer remain unknown
The president said he would keep
the dollar as a fund similar to that
carried by the treasury department
for remittances from conscience-
stricken defrauders of the govern.
ment.
FEDERATION CHIEF WEDS
Xcw York Woman Becomes Wife of
Samuel Gompers.
XEW YORK. April 16. Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, and Mrs. Ger
trude Gleaves Neuscheler, whose en
gagement was announced last night,
were married here today in, a hotel.
The ceremony was performed by
Supreme Court Justice Wagner. Only
a few close personal friends of the
bride and bridegroom were in at
tendance. These were guests at a
bridal breakfast Immediately after
the ceremony.
EX-MAYOR-CONVICT FREE
Former Salt Lake City Executive
Out on Parole.
SALT LAKE CITY. April 16. For
mer Mayor Bock, sentenced last De
cember to an indeterminate term in
the state prison, the trial judge rec--
ommending a term of seven years, on'
charges of embezzlement involving a
total of $12,000, was paroled today.
Prior to his trial Bock made resti
tution of the amount.
Hr HrP ENS V
TVit. BEST
COCANVUNlVlES
Chauffeurs Usurp Right
to Exclusive Use.
DRIVERS BREAK ORDINANCE
Law Permits Private Autos
in Vacant Taxi Stands.
MAYOR TO TAKE ACTION
Commishioiipr Mann Sugc;t-!l Plan
for Establishing Central
Automobile Terminal.
Portions of Portland's streots with
in the congested area set aside for
the use of for-hlre cars and taxlcabs
remain public property and can bo
used by private automobile owners
for 30-mlnute parking purposes when
the for-hlre cars are not occupying
them, according to Polico Captain
Lewis.
Because of the attitude of many
for-hlre car owners In barring pri
vate automobiles from these spaces,
it has become generally believed that
the private automobile owner has no
rights in such areas.
Captain Lewis pointed out that the
ordinance grantin for-hire car own
ers certain stands In the congealed
area specified that such permits
should bo only temporary.
Whenever, according to this ruling,
a for-hlre car is removed from the
stand granted by the council, this
stand becomes the property of any
person desiring to park a car for 30
minutes. It was declared unneces
sary for a car-owner to move his
vehicle until the 30 minutes had ex
pired, and that the for-hlre car driv
ers had no legal right to demand re
moval of a private car, or to move a
private car from "their stands."
Pnrklng Permits Limited.
In the majority of cases, the per
mits issued to for-hlre car operators)
specify the site of the stand, and also
require that the for-hlre cars be
spaced from 30 to 60 feet apart. The
ordinance in force at present also
prohibits the use of more than one
automobile dy one owner, It being the
commissioners' Intention to give the
public an opportunity to avail Itself
of this space when the for-hlre car
assigned to a stand is out on call.
These sections of the present city
ordinance constantly have been ig
nored. Many of tho for-hlre cur
owners have two and three machines,
and as quickly as one car is called
from Its stand, another automobile
owned by the person to whom th
stand was granted for one car, moves
into the vacated place, barring the
public.
Spnrlng Provision Violated.
Little effort has been made by the.
for-hlre car drivers to comply with
the 30-foot spacing requirement of
the ordinance except for their own
convenience.
It has not been followed when the
for-hlre men desire to Jockey a pri
vate owner out of a parking place
in the congested area, nor has it been
followed when it was desired to
crowd one of their own for-hire cars
into a place of waiting, bo that it
ight assume the vacated place when
the regular eiand car was called out.
Plans for a central terminal station
for all automobile stages practically
has been completed and probably will
be presented to the city council by
City Commissioner M.-.nn Tuesday.
Commissioner Mann was not certain
that it would be practical to require
the for-hire men to use '.his terminal,
but urged the establishment of a ter
minal for stages as the first step to
relieve the downtown streets of con
gestion caused by the for-hiro car op
erators. Representatives of the for-hlre men
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