The sun., 1918-08-28
SUNDAY MOTOR
JAUNTS BARRED:
GASOLENELOW
Fuel Officials Ask Owners
East of Mississippi to
Aid Conservation.
RttE ONLY TEMPORARY
War Needs Reduce Supply and
Law Will Be Invoked il Re-
quest Is Ignored.
RRtE Rt lie ONLY TEMPORARY

Discontinusnce. until further notice
OF the Use on Sundays Of passenger
carrying automobiles. with a few excep-
tons. and OF mato-cycles and mo,orboats
in all States cas-; OF the Mississippi River
was requested yesterday by the National
Fuel Administration. The object Is TO
save gAsolene fo- war purposes
II the request is not sufficiently enec-
tive q mandatory order will be issued
No Ini, is placed upon the period Of
conservation, bu; Fuel Administrato-
Garfield and Mark s. Requa director Of
the oil division Of the Fuel Adnin!stra-
ton. said IN a Join, statement that rigid
economy in the consumption Of gasolene
is desired during the mex: few weeks
as a necessary and prac;ica! act Q. pa
triotism."
The.e are the motor vehicles to which
the restriction does not apply;
Tractors and motor trucks employed
in the actual transportation Of freight
Vehicles OF physicians used IN pro-
fessional duties
Ambulances. FIRE apparatus. police pa
troll wagons. undertakers wagon. and
funeral conveyarces
Railway equipment; using gasolene.
ExenPss Public Service Cars.
Repair outfits employed by telephone
and rubi:c service companies.
Motor vehicles in necessary use in
rural communities where other transpor-
:stioa Is not available.
The Official statement follows
The United States Fuel Admlu.stra-
ton considers Il necessary that limited
conservation OF gasolene he undertaken
in the States east % the Mississippi
River in view OF the increasing demand
Tor gAsolene for war purposes and the
paramount obligation OF meeting prompt
~ and fully all overseas requirements.
Az appeal is made therefore to the
people of the United States east OF tire
Mississippi River to exercise rigid econ
or1y in the consumption OF gasolene dur
ing the next few weeks as a necessary
and practical act o. patriotism.
War necessities are being and will
continue TO be promptly and fully met.
but this Is the period when consumption
OF Easolene Is at its highest. anG the
increased domestic demands. together
with the extensive military operations
in France. have rendered necessary for
a limited period the adoption of safe
guards against possible shortage
Avoids Hamperfng Business.
In view OF the difficulty. II not the
irposslb.lity OF direrentiating between
the various uses 10 which automobiles
are applied, the United States Fuel Ad-
believes that tie greatest
measure Of economy can be effected with
the leas; interference with the business
of the country through the discontinu-
ance Of all classes OF motor vehicles.
motor boats and motorcycles on Sundays
The United States Fuel Admin.stra-
uon therefore requests tina; in the section
OF the United States east Of the Missis-
sippi River there shall be a discontluu-
ance Of use OF the Nehicles above speci-
hed. including all such as are operated
for hire, each Sunday until further
notice"
After listing the exceptions, the state
ment makes an appea! ITO the patriotic
men and women o: America east Of the
ContiHued on Seventh Page.