Evening Star Newspaper, April 12, 1925, Page 50

“Borrowed” Car Problem Gives Greater Trouble Than Stealing Professional Thief Causes Less Damage Than “Joy-Rider,” Often a Novice in Driving WILLIAM TULLMAN. m were recov- v of these their owners definite theft and 2 “borrowed’ or perhaps rently very Made. the sup there- zet away difficulties certicate- bor- Definite Probe Not n | minds prefer- back o| Apparently, portation for inlockel Novice. Thict a | creased found the s not neces- unfamiliarity ateur thief If with an oper- ense other hand ner's llcense for be stopped otects himself that he is utomobiles. to what- s regarding an owner's li- cense in Car. e laws usually re- ne license . which is to the pro- thief. Owners who do iriving carry both owner's license in their pock- here several othe ¢ may drive th practice to cari ense in the c other hand, pt to under- s all its is gen- problem e greater HAVE YOUR TIRE REPAIRS Made by Experts The Reliakle Tirc Yomes £ SERVICE TIRE Q. 1336 14th St. N.W. _|professional thief makes his profit 5 | without difference serves to - | fertile Automobile. thievery of cars for the reason that it is a greater actual wastage of cars and the transportation they afford. While some one always loses by rea- son of an unrecovered car, it is also true that some one also benefits. The The car passes into the hands of some one it can serve. The losses involved in tracing the car are often extensive, but they seldom equal the losses in- volved in reconditioning the borrowed FProfessional Careful. the professional thief will are to drive the car consid- since he desires to get the be: price for it and cannot under- { take to doctor it up for a good per- formance, the amateur will drive oil and half wreck the car even if he abandons it in tranquillity and does not bring it to an untimely nd against a telegraph pole. This focus attention dimensions of the problem at the pres- to the unwieldy “borrowed car" ent time. In the last seven years every car but one stolen from Newport, R. I Ras been recovered. In the same pe- riod of time York, Pa., has lost but 11 Here is the “borrowed car” menace at its best. Profeseional car thieves would prefer to work In bigger cities where underworld news travels slower and where the field is more When, cars disappear from streets of Newport for six years |at the rate of from 4 28 ar | nually, and all the returned to their owners, it is obvious that there is no |real permanent theft idea in the of the pilferers. They are experimenting or just bor- either rowing No account has been taken by the theft statisticlans of the percentage of cars that are reported to the po- lice as stolen, but which are being put through the process with the |idea of making an insura do double duty. There is humor in the story told of th who, finding himself tagged for | staying his t in a limited | parking district, went home and {phoned to the police to advise that | his car had been stolen as the net tightens n the professional thief, as his ket is be weakened by the easing difficulties in registering | cars of doubtful ownership, and as | the Iaw deals more rigidly with him, |the amateur is left to do the med- | dling with other people’s property and to manufacture the bulk of the an- nual loss inflicted upon cars that get out of their owners' hands mporarily The evil of borrowing cars has in- nearly i per cent since s to look like a social already eclipsed the proper n | (Copyright, 1925.) “Man With Wooden Leg” Knows. A sign over a garage in a certain small town reads: Jse genufhe parts. No substitutes are as good. Ask the man with a wooden leg. He knows. 1835 14th Street 'HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 12, 1925— PART 3. THE FOOL WHO RUNS YOU INTO THE DITCH IN HIS WILD DASH TO PASS YoUu ON A CROWDED ROAD — TESTS FOR CARBURETOR. Odometer and Hills Will Indicate Condition of Mixture. Are you satisfled the carburetor is properly adjusted? If not, the odo- meter can be a handy means of test- ing the accuracy of the mixture. The Bureau of Mines uSes an apparat that tells the sto tion of the mix bile, but until such devices ara avail- able to every motorist the odometer is the next best instrument for this purpose. 1f you mileage s automo- are not getting proper fon, tire pres- sure, ete the mixture is either too rich or too lean. If you have difficulty starting and in climb- hills vou can quickly eliminate the likelihood of too rich an adjust- ment. And if mileage iy too high, which might be the case in warm weather and when driving on level roads, the mixture is probab lean. It means that the en always laboring a little more than necessary to give normal results R MURPHY, Prssroane DISTRIBUTORS Curfous things about this business is when one of my customers comes in to complain about some trouble there's usually a run of customers all havin' the same trouble. It used to puzzie me at first until I discover- ed that very few pare notes One will complaint that justment. He car owners com- man drive in with the his brakes need Know that doesn’t a if’u‘-" him and that as many will fol- {low him before the d: {he knew it he'd realize the trouble |is due to the brakes gettin' water soaked due to the rain and the con- dition of the reets. And he'd save himself a time, money and trouble Here's where radio is going to-help the automobilist Radio fans have their troubles, but the first thing they do when somethin’ isn't right is to call up a friend and' ses if he ET it rain—it's dry and warm inside 'an Oldsmobile Coach. 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Certainly DICK MURPHY, Ine, Potomac 1000 aa. | they | half dozen owners have been in be-| is over. 1If| Closed Car Output for 1925 Estimated at Big Advance Total Foreseen as 50 Per Cent of Total Production, or 330,000 More Than in 1924. this. year will per cent of the of automobiles. saved, lowered other facto Mr. Reeves point bu Closed car output represent about 50 total production This will about 330,000 more closed cars than in 1924, or an in- crease of 35 per cent over last year, according to Alfred Reeves, general manager of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. There fs every fndication, in his opinion, that the market in 1925 will be consider- ably above the demand in 1924 “In considering the automobile out- 1100k, there are several factors whic! give promise of good days ahead” says Mr. Reeves. “Among these are the excellent condition of the rafl- road business, the conservative policy | of manufacturing companies, the| sound and active Federal highway policy and broader understanding of | the standards and needs of automo- bile financing. Automobile “Whenever the reads that railroad and freight car L rent out that a recen survey of larger mean the ees done by companies showed chase of new c as compared w The average Maker's Outlook. aut 1gs are breaking feeling of satisfaction regarding his own busi- ness. Wo shipped 726,000 carloads of automobiles last ve For a nur a fecling railroad and ng the last 75 years Production First Two Months America’s the first two dependent. 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