The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-08-28
SUNDAY AUTOMOBILING
MUST BE DISCONTINUED
Fuel Administration Acts to Con
serve Supply of Gasoine-t ~
Few Vehicles Are Exempted.

Washington, Aug. 27.-The Fuel
Administration today called upon
the public in States east of the Ms
sissippi river to cease the USING CT
all classes of automobiles, With few
named exceptions, motorcycles, ana
motor boats on Sundays until furlh-
er notice, as a gasoline conservation
measure Only voluntary compliance
with the letter and spirit of the re-
quest will prevent the issuance of
mandatory order prohibiting the use
of gasoline on Sundays, 1t was de-
clared at the Fuel Administrations.
Automobiles for hire are included IN
the curtailment program.
Motor vehicles to which the re-
strictions do not apply were an
nounced as:
Tractors and motor trucks employ
ed in actual transportation OF freight
Vehicles of physicians used in per
Torrance of professional duties.
Ambulances, fire apparatus, police
patrol wagons, undertakers' wagons
and conveyances used for funerals.
Railway equipment using gasoline.
Repairs outfits employed by tele-
phone and public service companie7.
Motor vehicles on errands of ne
cessity in rural communities where
transportation by steam or electricl-
ty is not available.
The action was taken by the Fuel
Administration, it was stated, TO
meet threatened shortage of gaso-
line for shipment overseas, created
by increased domestic demands and
extensive military operations in
France.
THE United States Fuel Admins
tration considers it necessary that a
limited conservation of gasoline be
undertaken in the States east of the
Mississippi river, in view of the in
creasing demand for gasoline for war
purposes and the paramount obliga-
ton of meeting promptly and fully
all overseas requirements" said a
statement issued jointly by Admins
traitor Garfield and Mark S. Requa,
director of the oil division of the
Fuel Administration.
IAN appeal is made, therefore, to
the people of the United States east
of the Mississippi river to exercise
rigid economy in the consumption of
gasoline during the next few weeks
as a necessary and practical act of
patriotism.
WAR necessities are being and
will continue to be promptly and full
ly met, but this is the period of the
year when consumption of gasoline
y At its highest,aRl.aa j Ihs increased s. &c
Rt6nsI7es mi1iitar4-- afsara 50
france, have rendered Necessary for
= limited period the adoption of safe
guards against possible shortage.
In view of the difficulty. if not the
impossibility, differentiating between
the various uses to which automo-
biles are applied, the United States
Fuel Administration believes that
the greatest measure of economy can
be effected with the least interior
ence with the business of the country
through the discontinuance of the
use of all classes of motor vehicles,
motor boats and motor cycles on Sun
days.
THE United States Fuel Admins
tration therefore requests that in the
section of the United States east of
the Mississippi river there shall be
a discontinuance of use of the We
hicles above specified, including all
such as are operated for hire, on each
Sunday hereafter until notification
that the need for such discontinuance
has ceased"
After listing the exceptions to the
request, the statement makes an ap-
peal ito the patriotic men and wo-
men of America, east of the Missis-
sippi river, to undertake, voluntarily,