The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 21, 1922, Page 4

BOTTOM HIT BY PRICE OF FORDS Price Level of 1916 Beaten by New Reduction With a slashing reduction of $50 each on the Us price of all models, the Ford Motor Co. bas automatical ly saved motor car Buyers for the coming yea# over $62.500,000, for this fs the arnount represented by this cut spread over a fotal production of ap- | proximately 1,250,000 cars, whieh wilt be the output of thix great manufac turing company during the next 12 months, Mowing the closing down of the factory for several days a5 2) protest against exorbitant prices for | coal, the motor world has been ex | pecting some new move on the part of the Ford interests which would further emphasize their determina tion to crowd the excess margin out of prices, And in the motor Indus move would be as compre- as far-reaching aa this t., which, fn os yang is an h as 12% per cent on the vgn was hardly expected No. advance information contem such a step had been re eelyed by any of the branches and | the annou! mt which came early in the week was ax unexpected to the representatives of the Ford Motor ‘fag tt was to the general public. ‘A review of the trend in Fort} a steady decline during | : 18 years in which the Model T) been. bullt, there being but one swing, which came in 1918,| which held unt! 1920, when the downward movement started. GES SUPPOR FOR GOOD ROADS Wew York Pays Fourth of This State’s Bill, Claim that tax payers of New York are eontribyting to the support of the “ approximately 25 are spending in 1922 $300,000 for the aonstruction of roads in this fe Just a little bit odd that some santtered-gun orators who so cause of New York and other e states and urge that they ‘be abvolved {rom the respenat- tatty of spending such ¥ o~— ‘amount of money per year for the a of roads in Washing ‘would have us all believe that F. O. B. DETROIT AUTHORIZED FORD and LINCOLN CAR DEALERS The World’s Greatest Motor Car Values CANAL MOTOR CO. 315 Nickerson Santa Claus is to have nothing on Bert Blangy, Seattle Ford dealer, who holds forth in the Central Agency, Broadway and Pike, in the way of this glad Christmas spirit stuff. announces a special Xmas offer, selling new model Fords on a 24-month payment plan, Nor has Henry Ford, with his $50 cut on all models, for Blangy This is a tong period in which to pay fot a car, but Bert figures on every family that wants a Ford having it on Christmasday, and also on making the system of payment so reasonable that the flivvers can be extensively used as Christmas gifts. Thia offer is the firat of its kind on record, and the limit in time payments was believed reached when Blangy some time ago announced an 18- month payment plan. one’s purse. the state bas no responsibility for the construction of our state high- way system, but they do not seem to be greatly distressed because of the employment of funds furnished thru the federal afd act to our #tate by New York real estate owners. Not onty do thay welcome it, but they undoubtedly would raise a how! of protest should this support aval! able thru the federal government for our system of roads be with drawn. | ‘The federal aid act distinctly! recognizes the interdependence of | one state with another in the de velopment of a hational highway «ys tem. Candidates Hold Record Meetings) Two of the tdggest raliles of the present senatorial campaign were held tm Seattle Friday night, ©. C. Dill, democratic candidate, upholdin, hile own tnterests at a meeting at the Wilkes theater, while Senator Local meetings scheduled Saturday tnciuded @ luncheon given by the publican rally at the MilNonalr club at 3 p. m A farmerlabor party The 24-month Christmas offer, Blagny believes, brings the new Fords within the reach of every- Cox Visits Peace Center; Watches League Function RY JAMES M. COX Ex Governor of Ohio When a traveler reaches Geneva after visiting the large Buropean centers, he fecla ax tho he has en tered quite another world ho monuments to war. It has been for generations a common practice for Kurepean countries to mould into heroic shafts the cannon cap- tured fn conflict, ‘The old Romans doubtless made the start in holding the trophies of war as & means of keeping alive the military ambitions of the people. All over Europe monuments can be! found with the Inscription that they were bulided from cannon taken ta stated ware You thru the old Austrian palace in the suburbs of Vienna and find endless lines of paintings, all carrying “the brilliant colora of soldiers’ uniforms, the pomp and pageantry of the march— everything Is war, war. You find nothing dedicated to the arts, to the development of agricul ture, to the cause of peace. True enough, these are of the days gone by, but it required the most awful slanghter of humanity the world had ever known to turn human tm ato @ new course. Switzerland has been singularly rally will be staged November 4. Aluminum step plate has been | made so that it can also be used as) a baggage carrier. free from war. Her people they have made tn thin mountainous country has won for them the moral suppdrt of the world. Any Co Buva Yord | and Spend th He With its many new refinements and even more complete extra cost to you, the Ford Sedan is now more than ever the world’s greatest enclosed car value. Bt. 47 Garfield 6074 CENTRAL AGENCY, Inc. Broadway and East Pike East 0320 COYLE & 1100 WOODRUFF, Inc, E. 45th Street WEST S Kenwood 0031 HART & HART, Inc. 6200 Stanley Ave., Georgetown lendale 0550 RAINIER MOTORS CO., Inc, Gi 1001 Jackson Beacon 0532 St. M3. Surd—| { J WILSON & KREITLE, Inc, 4203 West Alaska St. WM. L. HUGHSON CO., Inc, Third Ave. and Stewart St, LAMPING-McDONALD MOTOR CO., INC. 12th and East Pike HUGH BAIRD 601 Fourth Ave. difference | # equipment, at no Terms if desired, 63 Ballard Ave, Sunset 4633 IDE AGENCY, Inc, West 1474 Elliott 0076 East 7776 Elliott 0750 You sre} are! | peace-loving and the progress which | Invasion of Switzerland would have ecoasioned International resentment The preachment of peace has gone or gene It was the ideal location for the neat of the league of nations, | ‘The league purchased a bullding | extablished tte offices and ts address ing itnelf to a great mans of work | which is disposed of without any biare of trumpets. The organization is very interesting The section for eAministrative commissions ts directed by «a Woesian, the economic and fina section by @ Canadian, the legal # jtion by @ Hollander, the political section by @ Frenchman, the disarm lament eeetion by an Italian, the man. | Gate section by a Swias, the health section by @ Pols, the transit section by an Itallan, the Information sec tion by @ Frenchman, the social questions section by an English woman, the international labor or ganization by & Frenchman, the library section by an American woman. LABOR SECTION OF LEAGUE KEPT BUSY In the International labor office, Where there are approximately 200 employes, 28 nations are repre sented. There was real activity about the place even tho it was mid summer, Not far awny, the inter nationa! court of justicn created finder the provisions of the Treaty rations. of Versailles, and organised under | the offices of the league, had ren- dered ite first deciaton. Representatives of 12 nations were heated at Geneva, working out agree- ments to be submitted to the meet ing of the council which wns soheduled for = week later in Lon- don. At this session it was an- nounced that the Rockefeller Fouh- dation had indorsed the health work of the league and had offered the sum of $30,000 a year for five years to belp In the collection and distribu- tion of epidemiological intelligence. The further amount of $60,000 a year was assigned for three years for the development of a system whereby the officials of the various public services of the world might be given general tnstruction tn world health matters. At the same vor | chal | time, the American Red Cross éo- nated $52,000 to assist the league tn ite anti-typhus work In Poland, | The council finally dimposed of the A apd B mandates, by which the future government of Palestine, | Syria, and a large part of Central Afrion was definitely written into international law, ‘This has been a very delicate question because Pal jestine und Syria are among the world’s most tender nerve centers, We found two boundary matters | pot finally disposed of at the peace | conference of two comminaions which adjusted differences between Austria and | Hungary and Italy and Austria, In the health sections, reports were coming from many parts of Russia prevalence of disease jon the condition of food and the POLITICAL DISPUTES OVER WITHOUT ARMIES No organization tn the werld ex. cept this one ts receiving informa- | tion from offictn) sources with re spect to the prevalence of cholera and typhus and relapsing fever, Upon the advices in hand, the estt- mate was made that there were two million cases, ‘Thro the political section, where disputes between nations clear, one te Amazed at the volume of work that te going on. In many instances, | these Involve affairs of relative -w recetving the attention | MILLION FOR OIL TERMINAL A $1,000,000 terminal and distrib uting station ts to be bullt soon tn Be attle by the Associated Oil Co, This became known when it was learned that the Aanoctated Ot) Co. has purchased a seven-acre tract on East waterway, sideration of $500,000, Plans for the new terminal here were verified by A. C. McLaughlin, vice president of the compan The reported purchase lies along Railroad ave., between the Standard On Co, etation and the Albers Bros. Milling Co, plant Local distribution of the Ansooiat @4 Of} Co, products has been made thru the General Petroleum Co, ata tions for a reported con mark the predtetion, league of nations.” Human found quite indispensable organisa tions such as the chamber of commeros, the interna tional postal union and other agen cles, If these contacts are essen’ to the business of the world, then it is fair to assume that under the compelling forces of enterprise and progress the affairs of governments wii] automatically adjust themacives to modern methoda, (Copyright, 1922, by NIA Bervice, will be the The effect of the pence treaty pro vision on European countries Is ex Gov. Cox's subject In his next articte. New type of fan shuts off the flow of cold alr when the engine temper ature is low. genius has devised and | international | Automobile BY FRANK J, TAYLOR WASHINGTON, Oct. 21- Automobilist, please don’t pick our passengers. We need the nick ela to run our etreet c This almost pathetic appeal T “Mr up le ap-| Arizona, It advertises to the city | st that the stret car company is up against tt hard. Street car companies tn practica jin every American city could oc |this unique atunt and not exagger {ate the truth, says the National As sociation of Street Rallways, which ts seeking a way to keep street o: all over the country running in |face of almost general financial dit. foulties. The present generation may yet Ilive to wee the electric street car an hi p extinct as the old hérse-car of grand }father’s day, according to ra experts who bi mostly the nut mobile, Not only workers are riding to work in their own cars, but the are traveling more and more in ganc line driven buses. | Within the National Asoctation , of Street Railways there are two schools on this automobile question. Many executives way the only way |, out is for the atreet car companies to operate auto bus lines to feed! oir main electric ines, In many cities this ts done, Other executives | say this fs not thelr business and | jthey want laws prohibiting motor | bus and jitney competition. The strect railway claim the nickel fare is also to blame. ™ |m | importance, but wars in Europe have | / | grown from small beginnings. Obser | vation was made in the room of the director that conditions were tran quill tn the Aaland islands, In Upper Silesia, Lithuanta and Albania, where dlequieting controversies had settied. Pointing to a map, the ir exprensed grave fears over developments tn the Turkish region. Hoe sald, “A year or two ago, crit- | lon of the league in the United States nenate were insisting thag not lens than 20 ware were going on. They will now complain probably, if the brief season. There will be cause for considerable anxiety in Southeastern Europe, but I hazard the gucas that fires will be put out before confia- gration involves many frontiers. There are so many agencies for peace quietly operating in Europe that any waritke asptrations will not get very far. When the Turkish matter le adjusted, it will be upon basic guarantees and the trustecs, GASSAWAY MILES HEY! IM A FORTUNE TEL. BY STAN 4ER, YoU DRAW THESE CARDS- DN THEM YouLl THREE MEN FIND THE NAMES OF YOU ARE GOING NEED BEFORE You WALK TWo BLOCKS — TWE DOCTOR. THE FLORIST AND UNDERTAKER." GASSAWAY GROWS SARCASTIC. WHEN HE NEARLY BUMPS A SLEEP WALKER? single conflict is not dixposed of tn | IMMEDIATE DELIVERY ON ALL MODELS ROADSTER $466.01 Fully Equipped, including Gas and Oil $99.00 Down $19.15 Per Month COUPE $638.55 Fully Equipped, including Gas and OU $135.00 Down $25.85 Per Month MONTHS TO PAY fot considered, and intin to be more pears In large letters painted per-|m manently on street cars of Phoentx.| cent fare and both are financtally fiths the arraignment calendar to Judge s Forcing. Street Cars to Barn hey claim the cost of operation 6 it But Detroi has ken over the largest muntel ned system in the country ang 6 fare ts still § conte In San Francisco, private an@ unteipal lines compete with a & uccersful Beattie, which operates tts ow_ ts, but eritios aver, Seattle paid) much for the property. me traffic experts believe the salvation of street ratiways Hes ta cheaper fares still, rather than in 7 : igher fares, and so encouraging the | ublic to “grab a street car” rather than walk even 4 short distance, Griffiths Switches Arraignment Cases In compliance with the state reme court ruling that a judge ust not question the motives @f [reasons prompting the filing of aff Gs avits of prejudice against him, Pre g Superior Judge Austin EB, Grit. Friday afternoon transferred T. Ronald. Prosecuting Attorney Malcolm Dougiaa has filed affidavits of preju- dice against Judge Griffiths in 65 state proceedings. Loose spokes of wire wheels can executives |be detected by striking with some netallic object. 0 —) THINK OF IT! 2 YEARS TO PAY TOURING $496.17 Fuliy Equipped, including Gas and Oil $105.00 Down $20.30 Per Month SEDAN $706.25 Fully Equipped, including Gas and Oil $150.00 Down $28.55 Per Month Payments Include All Charges and Interest, Insurance, Gas and Oil (up aco) ~\ AUTHORIZE! BROADWAY AT PIKE ~DEALERS) PHONE EAST 0320 lines, han had to boont the fare to 165 | i] Zo PERGLEEEOS LARPs