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SEPTEMBER 24, 1921. yd WHE SEATTLE ST Pi rouc | MOTOR CARS TO ~ AID DISARMERS CAME AND GOT HIM ‘British Embassy Will Use AD pepped up over the “Get the ‘Week,” a salesman for the Land. Overland Coupes ManGriffith company, of Toledo, || Fecently took a Chalmers touring || @own and parked in front of || timer About the Chalmers bullding, @ most The represehtatives of Great Fritain at the forthcoming confer started a ballyhoo and | ence on disarmament will to all in crowd around him. | tents have the archives of the Brit ish embaamy at their very elbows at rits of the Chalmers. || the conference table, altho the em and the crowd tm | bassy is more than a mile from the White House or from the other state balls where conferences may be hela. ‘was an argument as to The accesnibility of the British | it of the Chalmers man to | records on all questions will be due on the street which | to that fact that several of the staff Fesulted in bis taking a | of the Rritish embassy hare been i the patrol wagon. equipped with Overtand coupes, says He got out soon, of course, and || the Willys Overland Ca. that he certainly gave a Four Overlands were purchased, Of people the “truth about the | after a study of the economy and Defore the police inter || stamina of this Nght car. It was found, moreover, that Its easy hand- ling, and the fact that tt could turn about in & narrow street without a shifting ef the gears made it the most popular as a town car. Two of the owners of these cars are Gen. L, EO. Chariton, air com- mander, attached to the British em. bassy, and H. V. Tennant, private secretary to Lord Geddes, the British dassador, JOBLESS MEET | | TO WHITEWASH? ‘Writer Sees Much Room for | |. By W.H. Porterfield Special to The Star. | WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 24.— A good many persons are wondering |why the unemployment conference, of which Capt. G, 8 Gibson of Se attle is Northwest representative, | which is scheduled to meet at the department of commerce in this city | \Monday, September 26, was not/ Herbert Hoover, The explanation given out offi | |etally is that Davis had the men but Hoover had the money, officialty, of course, and that the arrangement was, "| vestigation and meet the expenses out of his departmental funds, Maybe that's the reason. You can read the reports as they are fur nished you from day to day and de cide for yourselves, There will be about 4® members cf jthis. conference, selected from all) (Parts of the country, presumably for | jthelr expert knowledge of labor and labor problems. Labor and capita! and maybe the public will be repre sented. You have the list of the |confreres and can also watch what they say and do. ‘The conference wit! hold open see stons, according to the secretary, but the program which the conference ts expected to adhere to pretty careful- ly bas already been prepared and Placed in the handa of every member c —To— . _ HUDSON OWNERS ‘will adjust your brakes free ef charge. Phese i= 5263 jen of “idle hands.” 2211 9th, Cor. Westlake In the way of remedies proposed, | one, which has been suggested from |many quarters, will be a plan to spend fifty to one hundred millions in the constguetion of a great system ot ecvernades bighways admittedly greatly n . and if built at this |time, serving the déuble purpose of |furnishing employment and secur ing a great national asset as well. | | The proponents of the highway! 'buflding plan also potnt out that said | highways would add hundreds of mil- lions of dofars to the wealth of the |lands thru which they passed and | | would thus pay for themselves in tn- lereased land values in a very chort time. PURPOSE IS | UNDER SUSPICION | There are many other plans pro- posed and tentatively discussed, but | there is a growing suspicion among | those “In the know” that behind the | lostenstble purpose of the conference | is another purpose, that of showing | by facts and figures gathered and | to be gathered that “after all there ien't so much unemployment as we | thought and that things are pretty | good.” | Two weeks ago an official state | ment emanating from the Iabor de sartment stated that there were in the country at that time 6,5 unemployed. It ls now suggested that maybe those figures were an | exuggeration, unintentional no| |doubt, and that as @ matter of fact we are all busy as chickens in the | neighbor's garden. Is there a crisis or ig there not in unemployment? Maybe the confer ence will find out and then again maybe it ‘ | CALIFORNIA LEADS af other) states with an estimated gain of 167, | 536 motor cars in the last fiscal | year, FAILURE TO dim headlights be- fore an approaching car is the cause of many accidents, Phone UNION AT NINTH bate ct DISTRICT HIT BY CUTTING Map taxen srom tne Uity Municrpa: mauway os/1Ce, snow-| ing a section of the Ravenna Park district which is affected | hood and steterhood rules, with the Doubt Over Conference |! the !ack of transportation facilities since the cutting off of | the jitney service. ___ FORD SALES IN /SAVE ENGINE BY [COTTON FABRIC HUGE INCREASE) CAREFUL OILING) BASIS OF TIRES) Open U at of Speeding Causes obs Some to Crumble 9 —-- WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 244— Cotton fabric is the foundation’ The American Automobile associa } upon which an automobile tire ts! tion comprising about 700 state an It ts used to give stability | |. 4) automobile clubs ahd represent be etrength, | ‘There are twe welbknown classes and the cord tire, impregnated with rubber | War taxes now in effect. the points where the thresds| fe: i ar ey i wing action and the gen | menacing national problem of unem-) i a Re 5 } i = been experiment, accoriing to | Confront automobile owners States Tire ‘abe | S scoessories for j SF i yy - jemperature resul| an when the t ure ting internal heat reaches 230 ¢e| Admitting there is a selfish tnter. vuleanized rubber ceases to | @% to be served in secking the elim-| as an adhesive compound, | ‘mation of the nuisance taxes, the to minute particles A. A. A. directors are emphatic in resume their original | @eclaring that thelr organization's fo interesting to know | decision was prompted with Little that 265 degrees ls not an uncommon | nsideration for this feature, | temperature reached in a tire when| The main motive in endorsing the ‘artven at a high epeed over the ™nufacturerw’ tax ts to give to the road; this ts particularty true of | business men of the country just| large truck tires, | what they themselves feel is needed In the conse of cord tiren, each| ' %t in motion the wheels of indus és: ie embedded tm the rubber|‘Y that will give employment to ne more than 5,000,000 now idle men. The A. A. A. idea is that a mano facturers’ tax would be imposed at only one point in the proceas of pro- duction; that ts, when the manufac ing process ts completed so that the tax could not be pyramided or té6 the consumer tn ez- = LE ite i li i i : i : : ; $ 3 in fall to n TOOT | LUO) iT} plying graphite and ef! to the other. Tighten the nuts of the crank case evenly so aa not to leave any air! apace. All joints to of piping should also be alr tight, to prevent of] leak- IL age Before starting the engina fh | will be necessary te prime the of] | the emall plug and D cov- of ol park Banded together ender brother Gqjden Rule for a motto and kind-| nes# as a creed, the organization has | | increased [BR AUTOMOBILES ite membership at @2 5 consume an average of 300 gallons The black line running from the bottom of the map is that tonishing rata of the existing Ravenna Park carline ending on E. 55th st.| The heavy dotted line which branches off the Ravenna loop is the proposed street car extension run- ning north to E. 80th st. on 15th ave. N. E. The long dashes running from the “loop” and ending at) E. 65th st. and Ravenna Park ave. mark the route of the! Residents living along and by 7 the} proposed extension are without transportation facilities. | fnstend ot Secrtaty of Commene | Residents must walk to the Ravenna Park line to get trans-| at 29th ave. N. EB. former jitney service. portation to the city. Tin Can Tourists, _ Spread Kindness, | Seek Cleanliness “Up with the th can, Gown with the foor” ‘Thus they come aingtng, aye shout. ing—the Tin Can Tourists of the World, Used | Where Belmont Crosses Pike Hu@son Speedster, Model 1-6, Just refinished; standard Hudson color; in A-l mechanical condi tion, with four new tires and one extra. Hudson Touring Model 7-0 Hudson Touring Model “M” Essex Touring Model “A” Essex Roadster Model “A” ‘We have several renewed Hud son and Essex cars that we are going te sell at greatly reduccd prices. Nute Motor Co. ooo F. PIKE sT. Phone East 0674 CGso=— WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST BUYS IN THE CITY IN USED TOURING CARS, ROAD- STERS AND TRUCKS SOLD ON VERY LIB ERAL TERMS. COME AND LOOK OUR CARS 4 OVER BEFORE BUY- ING ELSEWHERE L. M. Cline Motor Co. Avthorized Ford Dealer Phone Kenwood 0031 1100 EAST 45TH Corner lth Ave. N. lta members are pledged to insist | °f that campers leave clean grounds, | leave no fires, destroy no property and purloin nothing.” They take vows of personal friendship and promine to enforce the rules of all camp grounds wherever proper ac) m commodations are given. | rad an pry pent ate te provided Midagg ete ir eed 6 Greil chaaatatedet Yo bald i evUaA tt “each week in December.” | The embiem of the order of the Tin | Can, worn on the front ef automo biles belonging to members, ‘The officers are: G. M. Tremaine, Fred N. Y., royal tin can opener; | Grandpa Hawkina, Nobiesville, Ind, | Yice-royal tin can opener; Mra W.| H. Husselman, Butler, royal, secretary: Mra. i. Vi Lenon, | Flora, Ind. assistant royal secretary, | jand Mrs. J. I. Truesdell, Minneapo La, Minn, royal treasurer. NEW YORK state has spent about $125,000,000 for highway improve menta HALF OF the automodie manu. facturers today are producing atx. cylinder carn. Anywhere, everywhere in the auto park grounds in any city of America | | the battle cry might have been) IN DENMARK avtomobile owners heard during the summer just pans-| must go to a motoring achool before It ts betmg heard at Woodland! they get license to drive, | j ing. A LANDSLIDE OF BARGAINS USED CAR || NO USE TRYING TO BEAT ||You Have Certain BARGAINS THESE GOOD BUYS Services to * anon $425 IT CAN’T BE DONE Offer seseeee.. $425 onli iihetl Silliness have to seo the wy on emi Wek tr ed ee dee von -— gg an te Pivapa AXWELL TOURING, merchanically pertect; she sure can sities and emergenciean. Make goed tires all around, them known thru the fixe mews enty whe gece at .. STAR'S HUDSON 6-40; always privately used and well cared-fer; fine con- B K OAKLAND RO. geod rubber, brand sew battery; wang bye AUTOMOBILE SECTION on Saturdays Prove your bust neas possibilities, then launch your publicity in this section of The Star where the most people in Seattle will read it USED CAR BARGAINS! SUNSET MOTOR CO. 1916 Reo Touring . .-83 1918 Maxwell. .... 1919 Ford Coupe os 1920 Ford Special Body...$500 1919 Dodge Roadster......8750 1917 Paige T-passenger. 1918 Hupmobile $800 Chandler Dispatch $1,000 CADILLACS We ere CADILLAC DEALERS, and carry all models, yeara, road- stera, touring and enclosed, at very low prices. Our USED Cadillacs cannot be equaled in the city for good cars at less money. Liberal Terms and Tradce SUNSET MOTOR CO. BROADWAY AND UNION Hast 0306 1920 Chevrolet roadster .. 3920 Che touring 1921 Chevrolet kad 1920 ¥. BR Chevrolet touring 1921 F. B Chevrolet touring Misting nee-ceoneeess BTOO uring trees. 91250 faring --aeecemne- S379 1917 Grant Six letery Mamy more on band at geod reason: They're all priced according to ewner’s financial con- NO BROKERAGE OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY USED CAR EMPORIUM TWELFTH AT EAST PINE IS IT YOURS? IT CAN BE WITHOUT MUCH EFFORT 1918 Chevrolet 4-90 speedster 1918 Hudson ROUTINE «+ -erreecees Fred $. Haines Co. 13th at Madison Phone East 1443 | SANDS / Wace” f ear- past rmer 1918 Fivery Sande Used Car ries the evidence. The BEAD ALL ABOUT IT ON PAGE 8 GET BUSY Proper Taxes Will 5 Million ay Autoists panded form. In « communication sent to tte af 4|tMiated clubs today, the A A A | says, in part: “Unquestionably the most serfous | ae individual ear owners of the) condition confronting our country of tires—the squarewoven fabric Country bas gone on record favoring today is that caused by more Uae |s tax on manufacturers and urging | 5,000,000 persons out of employment. Mince equare woven fabric carmot the repeal of special discriminatory Any action that will tend to relieve oy | this condition by putting this vast Two reasons are given for the ac army back on the job deserves im dng af these points will| tion: First, it will aid in solving the | mediate impetus. “There is @ real reason back of | Marmnens, and second, it will elimin-| this unemployment. This reason is _ very | ate trritating nuisance taxes that | definitely when remedied. We can and must do their part to bring relief. known and can be our Ee ats Evade H Ss PISTONS Guarantetd to Stop All Pisten Troubles MADE IN SEATTLE TUTTHILL - MORSE MANUFACTURERS Automobile condition, onty . PAIGE Special Sport Model. know one of those Paiges. It bas fine as been in a and Uniea East 0744 \ Announcement Extraordinary ‘We have a few used cars we ean sell on ADOLLAR-A.DAY Geferred-payment plan, plus @ small cash payment q