oc-plain-dealer 1923-09-15

HERE'S NEW LAW ON CAR'S LUGGAGE Altho summer auto camping season is drawing to a close, much discussion has risen since Sept. which the new Motor Vehicle Act went into effect, as to the carrying of baggage on passenger vehicles and the width of loads on trucks. In order to settle this matter, in the way of an explanation, the Auto Club of So. Calif. has issued the following advice to automakers covering this important detail of highway law. How wide can loads on motor trucks actually be? How can you load your baggage on the running boards of your autos for trips this fall? Answer—No load nor vehicle shall exceed ninety-six inches—or eight feet in width. This is a general basis of the ruling. But there are some important exceptions to this. For instance, it shall not apply to farming implements nor to loads of loosely piled material such as hay or alfalfa, which may be ten feet in width. These "loosely-piled" loads, which do not include crated, baled, boxed or sacked material, must not exceed 120 inches, or ten feet. However, vehicles which were owned and in operation at the time of the passage of the new act may continue to operate if they are wider than ninety-six inches, but do not exceed a width of 102 inches, if used upon roads which are more than fifteen feet wide. Practically all main roads in California are wider than fifteen feet. You cannot carry loads on your passenger cars which extend beyond the line of the hub caps of the machine on the left hand side. The load cannot extend more than six inches beyond the line of the hub caps on the right-hand side. This means anything extending beyond the hub caps of the car, such as crates, suitcases, tents, trunks or fishing poles. AUTOS ARE INDEX TO STATE WEALTH Scores Investigate New Oakland Models "The new Oakland is a sensation," says Harry L. Turton, Anaheim Oakland dealer, "and our showrooms have been thronged with interested people every day. People who have heretofore considered the Oakland an outsider have come to realize that here is a car that offers something far ahead of its time. The adoption of four-wheel brakes is one of the greatest advancements since the day of the self starter introduction and the use of electric lights instead of lamps. "Far deeper than this, however, is the design of the chassis of the new Oakland. The motor is the last word in engineering practice. It represents the ultimate in the tendency towards smaller motors. Today it is the smallest six cylinder motor on the market, capable of great economy and yet will propel the car at tremendous speed and provide more than ample power for every occasion. The chassis is sturdily built, low hung and replete with new ideas that have been thoroughly tested out for two years. The disc clutch and new type transmission which permits the shifting of gears from high to second at any speed is a big step forward." Super-Service This, To Franklin Buyers Here fans, is a brand new way of having your cake and eating it, too, in buying an auto. M.B. Davidson, Yorba Linda rancher, purchased a Franklin sedan of The Bob White Co. on a demonstration to Big Bear Lake. Last Saturday he left for Syracuse, N.Y., to get his car. Arriving there he will take the sedan from the factory, tour the cast for a month and then return it, to be shipped to Anaheim in a carload for the local distributors. Very convenient, nicht wahr? He will telegraph to the local concern the number of the car's motor (Continued on a result of an enquiry Feiners). This place by one of the Nyers in Dundee, Scotland companying the n as follows: "The Crossley number plate car involved in an ambulance Dublin, by tenant Farrell and the M.C. were lled The number plate was pierced in the lets fired by Sinn of them were killed With the aid of a ver we captured was later hanged in April." Added as a post: "The Sinn Fein put the engine on Kelly obtained by sending letters Consuls requesting from those souls stance the desire could not be obta chasing an automobile plate was attached that of Melbourne vice-consul wrote when a car leaves attached at the rear plate whereon they in black letters ground when they. There is nothing the plate; in fact shown than the ber does not char from year to year sold to another c this case re-rere necessary and would be painted The registration year, a receipt b any change in th Another difficult tempting to obtain from Mexico. T he ownership o one outside of M You cannot carry loads on your passenger cars which extend beyond the line of the hub caps of the machine on the left hand side. The load cannot extend more than six inches beyond the line of the hub caps on the right-hand side. This means anything extending beyond the hub caps of the car, such as crates, suitcases, tents, trunks or fishing poles. AUTOS ARE INDEX TO STATE WEALTH (Continued From Page One) tions and income compare. It will be also noted that those states which hold a higher place in the registration than in the income order, are western states. The western states in other words would seem to most appreciate the wealth increasing powers and the economic advantages of the automobile. California is most conspicuous in this realization ranking second in registraibus, while only sixth in wealth. Ohio, Michigan, Texas, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin and Minnesota also all show automobile ownership in greater relative proportion than income. Washington is seventeenth in registraibons and eighteenth in income; Very convenient, nicht wahr? He will telegraph to the local concern the number of the car's motor and the Bob White Co., will insure the car with the Auto Club of So. Calif. The sedan will be here when Davidson arrives. SAFETY DRIVE TO START TONIGHT (Continued on Page Two) the respective county captains before the drive is started. Automobile clubs and individual motorists are urged to assist in this movement to the end that night driving may be made safe. and Oregon twenty-seventh in registraibons and thirty-second in income. Reconditioned Used Cars FORD, COUPES AND SEDANS Wick Says: "Don't wait till the rainy season starts. Buy your enclosed car today and save Money." Two 1921 Ford Coupes, Hasslers and speedometer, only each ... $400 Two 1921 Ford Sedans, cord tires; like new; $350 and ... $425 Ford Roadster, ready to go, only ... 100 1921 Ford light delivery ... 275 1919 Hupmobile Touring ... 300 Franklin Touring, new cords on rear ... 300 Ford Tourings from $35.00 up to ... 165 SERVICE THAT SATISFIES Not something for nothing, but doing what you want done intelligently, economically and promptly. WICKERSHEIM IMPLEMENT CO. Lincoln——Ford——Fordson FULLERTON Used Car D Ended, De After roundingager C. P. Ham County Certified here is convinced "large sales and used car business" Hamm isn't saethe other market Graw, Mann orto sales of 54 ca Pullerton duringthe success of it "You can do 000 per month a declares. "The dealer is 21 that's true all States." Hamm a This is in splam Hamm, that the mission is around cont. Another fact taet ket, which it hied according to standardizing mo AUTOMA An automatic spring has been Africa for doing rock drills that hand. FOR RESULTS Want ad. SERVICE THAT SATISFIES Not something for nothing, but doing what you want done intelligently, economically and promptly. WICKERSHEIM IMPLEMENT CO. Lincoln——Ford——Fordson FULLERTON Now You Can Own an Eight at the price of a six $150 Here's the kind of car you've been looking for—the only one of America. The Oldsmobile Eight gives you a big handsome, roomy by one of the oldest manufacturers in the industry, selling at a price equalled in the eight-cylinder field. OLDSMOBILE The 60 horse power, V-type, eight-cylinder engine insures the quiet, velvety power is the height of motoring luxury. Go up and down Automobile Row in any city and you won't find an automobile which combines eight cylinders, quality coach rich equipment for $1595. Investigate this car by comparing it with everything the market affords at a similar will then be convinced through your own observation that the Oldsmobile Eight is petitor in its class. ANAHEIM OLDSMOBILE 241 North Los Angeles Street THIS MAN COLLECTS AUTO PLATES (Continued on Page Two) a result of an encounter with Sinn Feiners. This plate was forwarded by one of the Nye company's agents in Dundee, Scotland. His letter accompanying the number plate reads as follows: "The Crossley tender that this number plate came from was involved in an ambush in Brunswick street, Dublin, by Sinn Feiners, Lieutenant Farrell and Captain Heard, of the M.C., were killed in the fray. The number plate, as you will see, was pierced in three places by bullets fired by Sinn Feiners. Several of them were killed and wounded. With the aid of an automatic revolver we captured one of them. He was later hanged at Mountjoy Prison in April." Added as a postscript is written: "The Sinn Feiners were trying to put the engine out of commission." Kelly obtained most of the plates by sending letters to the American Consuls requesting number plates from those countries. In one instance the desired number plate could not be obtained without purchasing an automobile to which the plate was attached. This plate was that of Melbourne, Australia. The vice-consul wrote that in Australia when a car leaves the factory it has attached at the rear a square metal plate whereon the number is painted in black letters on a white background when the car is registered. There is nothing distinctive about the plate; in fact nothing more is shown than the figures. This number does not change but is retained from year to year unless the car is sold to another county or state. In this case re-registration would be necessary and a fresh number would be painted over the old one. The registration fee is paid each year, a receipt being given without any change in the plate or number. Another difficulty arises in attempting to obtain a number plate from Mexico. The cost involved by the ownership of the plate by someone outside of Mexico was prohibi- Used Car Deficits Are Ended, Declares Hamm After rounding the half year Manager C. P. Hamm of the Orange County Certified Motor Car Market here is convinced that the end of "large sales and a deficit" in the used car business is ended. Hamm isn't saying anything about the other markets, whether the MeGraw, Mann or Taggart, but points to sales of 54 cars in Anaheim and Pullerton during August as proof of the success of the enterprise. Tow can do a business of $30,000 per month and lose money," he declares. "The average not profit to the dealer is 2 1/2 to 4 per cent and that's true all over the United States." Hamm avers. This is in spite of the fact, says Hamm, that the average gross commission is around 20 or 22 1-2 per cent. Another fact claimed for the market, which it has abundantly justified, according to Hamm, is that of standardizing motor car values. AUTOMATIC FEED An automatic feed, operated by a spring has been developed in South Africa for doing the same work with rock drills that usually is done by hand. FOR RESULTS—Try a Plain Dealer Want-ad. CHURCH BOX THIEF GETS PRISON TERM PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13. — Scoring James Dunn, 44, as "the meanest thief" Judge James Gay Gordon, Jr., of Quarter Seasons Court here, recently sentenced Dunn to ten years in the county prison for robbing the poor box of a church. Dunn's long police record gave him no chance of judicial mercy. The capture of Dunn was due to a bit of clever amateur detective work on the part of William Koenig, a caretaker of St. Ludwig's Roman Catholic church. Koenig heard someone enter the church and went upstairs. There he saw Dunn, apparently kneeling in prayer in one of the pews. As Koenig was about to leave he saw the supposedly praying man watching him closely between interiors and fingers and decided to be on guard. Slamming the door at the back of the church to make the kneeling man think he had departed, Koenig stealthily crept up to the gallery and peered over. For a moment all was silence—nothing but the light streaming down from the stained glass windows. Then suddenly Dunn arrose, glanced hastily about, and made a cat-like rush for the poor box, prying frantically at its lid. Koenig leaped down-stairs and was upon him in an instant, subduing him after a brief struggle. SCANDINAVIANS AS BEAUTY PARLOR HELP A Norwegian-American liner recently brought to this port several hundred young and pretty female Swedes and Norwegians. Announcement of the influx perked up employment agencies which since the war have battled valiantly against the dearth of servant girls. But the feeling of lation didn't last long. From their temporary residence on Ellis Island the girls sent out word that they weren't going to soil their pretty hands working as household "help." No, indeed, they said. They preferred to find work in beauty parlors, as manicures or hairdressers. BATTLEFIELDS BACK TO PRE-WAR LOOKS LONDON, Sept. 15. — The battle fields of Northern France are returning to their pre-war appearance, and green fields are now taking the place of the battle-scarred and the DOROTHY DALTON PLAYS HARD ROLE Dorothy Dalton recently accomplished the hardest task a motion picture director ever set for her. She had to be unconscious for half an hour. "It wouldn't have been so bad to play dead to the world," laughed Miss Dalton afterward. "If I had been allowed an easy chair or couch and peace and quiet to do it in. But I was playing the role of the heroine in 'On the High Seas' and the lady is supposed to suffocate in the smoke from a fire on shipboard. She remains blissfully unconscious while the flames are crackling close to her head, charred wood and sparks are flying around, the ship is sinking, and she is swept up by a couple of rough stokers and swung into a lifeboat." "I imagine keeping one's eyes closed and remaining perfectly quiet through all that hullabaloo. Not to speak of the shouting director and the squealing extran. I think it was the hardest thing I ever did in pictures." "On the High Seas," the picture in which Miss Dalton accomplished her herculean task is coming to the United Theatre for a three day run, starting Sunday. It is a love-melodrama of the sea, written by Edward Shieldon, the famous playwright. Jack Holt is co-starred with Miss Dalton, and Mitchell Lewis heads the supporting cast. Mr. Fred Siegel and his popular company of players will present for your approval, on these three days, that great American comedy, "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath." A piece which has made an instantaneous hit where ever played and which is known the country over as a "sure cure for the blues." SLIDE RULE A slide rule has been specially designed for heating and ventilation problems. Plain Dealer Want-ads bring results. Another fact claimed for the market, which it has abundantly justified, according to Hamm, is that of standardizing motor car values. AUTOMATIC FEED An automatic feed, operated by a spring has been developed in South Africa for doing the same work with rock drills that usually is done by hand. FOR RESULTS—Try a Plain Dealer Want-ad. $1595 Delivered in Anaheim the only one of its kind in big handsome, roomy car, built by, selling at a price never be- MOBILE the quiet, velvety performance which mobile Row in any city in the country linders, quality coach work, and such market affords at a similar price. You the Oldsmobile Eight is without a com- MOBILE CO. Phone 1099 From their temporary residence on Ellis Island the girls sent out word that they weren't going to soil their pretty hands working as household "help." No, indeed, they said. They preferred to find work in beauty parlors, as manicures or hairdressers. BATTLEFIELDS BACK TO PRE-WAR LOOKS LONDON, Sept. 15. — The battle fields of Northern France are returning to their pre-war appearance, and green fields are now taking the place of the battle-scarred and the trench-furrowed countryside, according to Fred N. Pickett, who has organized the breaking up of the huge dumps of ammunition and war material in France and Belgium. The whole of Northern France has been cleaned up, says Pickett. Poison gas has been dissapated, and some 250,000 tons of materials have been returned to commercial uses. Each month for the past three years, 5,000 men have dealt with 1,000,000 shells half million grenades, and three-quarters of a million fuses representing the breaking up of 20,000 tons monthly. FINE STOCK TO BE EXHIBITED Practically all of the champions of the different breeds of live stock at the recent State Fair will come into competition with the best Southern California has to offer at the Los Angeles county fair to be held in Pomona on October 16-20. A number of these animals belong in Southern California herds but many others are coming from the north. Practically every breeder who exhibited at Pomona last year will be back this fall and every one is bish in his praise of the Los Angeles county show. The dairy cattle, hog, sheep and goat shows will be even larger than last year and the display of beef cattle and horses will far surpass it. ORANGE COUNTY Business College Fall Term New Going Day School Enter any Day or Night POSITION FOR ALL GRADUATES Ask for Free Catalogue SLIDE RULE A slide rule has been specially designed for heating and ventilation problems. Plain Dealer Want-ads bring results. HUDSON Prices Speecker $1375 7-Pass Phaseton 1925 Coach 1450 Sedan 1999 Freight and Test Entry ESSEX Eure Calle HUDSO On the More than R. W 226 S. Los Angeles St PRICES OF RUBBER ONLY NORMAL NOW The financial difficulties of 1920 hit the rubber industry harder perhaps than any other. This was due to the fact that raw materials had to be contracted for in large volume and long ahead of actual use, says the Goodyear Co. of Calif. With the changed business conditions manufacturers found themselves with large inventories of finished rubber goods and raw materials. Dealers had large supplies of tires on their shelves and in their stockrooms. There were great stocks of crude rubber in warehouses in New York, in London, and in Singapore. And the public had stopped buying every article it could avoid buying. If look this country about a year and a half to absorb the supply of crude rubber and finished rubber products on hand in the fall of 1920. During that period crude rubber was literally a drug on the market. Nobody wanted it. You could hardly give it away. The price dropped from 55 cents a pound to as low as 9 and 10 cents a pound. As late as last fall it was still selling below 20 cents. The cost of production is about 30 cents. That meant that the producers of wild rubber were selling at a heavy loss during those two years. When you realize that there is something like $400,000,000 invested in the rubber plantations in the Far East you can get some measure of the extent of that loss. It was a very serious period for the owners of rubber plantations. But it was a more serious period, if we had known it, for all buyers of tires and all users of rubber goods. No set of producers can continue for any length of time, no matter how well financed they are, to sell goods at less than cost. SUPER STEAM AUTO CLEANERS HERE NOW DALTON HARD ROLE recently accomplished task a motion picture set for her. She unconscious for half an hour been so bad to world," laughed Miss. "If I had been alshair or couch and to do it in. But I role of the heroine Seas' and the lady affocate in the smoke shipboard. She re-unconscious while rackling close to herood and sparks is sinking, up by a couple of swung into a life-ing one's eyes closed perfectly quiet thruoo. Not to speak of sector and the squeal-link it was the hard-did in pictures." Seas," the picture Dalton accomplished task is coming to the for a three day run. It is a love-melo-written by Edward famous playwright-o-starred with Miss Shell Lewis heads the gel and his popular vers will present for on three days, American comedy, "Parand Bath." A piece an instantaneous hit red and which is entry over an "sure sees." RULE has been specially stating and ventilation ant-ads bring results. SAYS PROSPERITY WILL BE CONTINUED With oil alone bringing in $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 per month to So. Calif., there is no likelihood of a decrease in the pace of the Southland's prosperity during the next two or three years. Henry M. Robinson, president of the First National Bank and Pacific Southwest Bank of Los Angeles told the members of the Orange County Bankers' Ass'n., at the monthly meeting in Huntington Beach. Substantial prosperity in the United States as a whole during the next 10 years is anticipated by the Los Angeles banker. DRUMM IS OFFERED MANTLE OF JUDGE Reconsidering his decision not to be a candidate for the appointment of Superior Court Judge, Frank C. Drumm of Orange has been offered the position by Governor Richardson and has accepted it provisionally. The chief condition which he attaches is that he be given time to close up his law practice. E. J. Marks of Fullerton and James L. Allen of Santa Ana were the other candidates. BEAUTIFUL FRENCH WOMAN ACQUITTED LONDON, Sept. 15.—Madame Margurite Fahmy, beautiful French woman, today was acquitted in Old Bailey Court of the murder of her husband, Prince All Kamel Fahmy, a young Egyptian millionaire. Mme. Fahmy claimed she shot her husband because she feared he was going to kill her, as he had threatened to do several times. AT THE ANTLER'S HOTEL J. H. Robinson, M. Murray, C. Murphy and Ethel Adams, Los Angeles; Ethel Lunt, Glendale; Mrs. R. E. Larson, A. Cohen, Ethel Forrest, Olive Brackerman and Omer Littlepage, San Diego; M. Conway, Glendale; F. V. Myers, Eagle Rock; W. H. Kalfen, Oxnard, John Haggery, Francis Stone and Mrs. Stone and daughter Tracey. SUPER STEAM AUTO CLEANERS HERE NOW Installing the only super steam auto cleaner south of Los Angeles or north of San Diego, H. J. Wilson of 125 Elm street is prepared to render unusual service to patrons. Wilson can wash anything in this way of a motor vehicle. With him is associated Gordon Trask, who is well known here. Motors and chassis are cleaned, running gears painted and motors vacuum cleaned. HUNTERS MAY STALK BUCK DEER SUNDAY Anheimers were all prepared today to stalk their buck at dawn tomorrow morning, when the deer season opens. Penalties for violations are heavy. A special warning has been issued because of reports that the season opens today. Two bucks for each hunter during the season is the limit. The season closes half an hour after sunset on Oct. 15. STEAL $20,000 GEMS CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 15.—Gems and jewelry valued at more than $20,000 were procured by two armed bandits, who entered the store of the Fraiberg Jewelry Company this morning, held up the proprietor and clerks, looted the safe and escaped. U. S. GETS $160,000 WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Uncle Sam's share of the gate receipts at Dempsey-Firpo fight will be proximately $160,000 in admission taxes alone, the internal revenue bureau announced today. BROKERS BANKRUPT NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—Another financial district trash was recorded today when involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in federal court against Atlas Kuffler and Co., stock brokers. R. E. Larson, A. Cohen, Ethel Forrest; Olive Brackerman and Omer Littlepage, San Diego; M. Conway, Glendale; F. V. Myers, Eagle Rock; W. H. Kalfen, Oxnard, John Haggerty, Francis Stone and Mrs. Stone and daughter Tracey. HUDSON SEDAN $1995 Preight and Tax Extra Aluminum Body by a Famous Builder—Custom-Built Quality at a Quantity Price We believe a careful comparison will show there is no correspondingly fine enclosed car within several hundred dollars of this price. You cannot afford to buy any car without seeing these outstanding Hudson and Essen vehicles. ESSEX COACH $1145 European and American Experts Call its Chassis the Finest of its Size HUDSON COACH $1450 On the Finest Super-Six Chassis Ever Built More than 65,000 Coaches in Service R. W. TOWNSEND, Inc. Los Angeles St Anaheim—Phone 775 506-8 N. Broadway, Santa Ana