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The Washington times., 1920-09-25
FRANKLIN Tells
OF CAR PRICE CUT
Readjustments Must Be Made
From Top Down, Says
President.

Following the announcement last
Thursday Of reduction In prices of
Franklin cars. IL. II. Franklin. presi-
dent OF the Franklin Company. made
this statement:
The way TO readjust 10 to readJust
Lower prices have to come and the
way TO get them Is to inaugurate
them at once. Reductions can come
only from the top down. The manu-
faeturer has to make the 1rst move
and as the result of tho fabricator
and producer OF raw materials Will
fall In line.
Necessarily the Franklin Company
Will take a temporary loss on mater
ials on hand which were purchased
at figures out OF line with tho new
price scheduled for the company's
automobiles. We shall endeavor to
obtain readjustment of existing con-
tracts with vendors TO meet the new
and to place new contracts
at ngures below what we have been
paying.
AT the present time our orders
amount to about one month's pro-
duction. Business done by the COM
pany for the year ending August 81.
1920. amounted to &3i,100, 6e6.25. This
exceeds the total during the yearly
period ended August 3i.1910. by &l4.'
56I .0349 and represents an increase
of 80 per cent. Foreign sales showed
an increase, of 166 per cent over the
previous year. -,
Wages at the Franklin plant will
not be affected by the lowering OF
prices, but will remain at their pre-
sent level. Our action also has in
mind the responsibility of manufac-
turers to keep labor employed and
the only way 1t can be done 10 to
get prices on the basis that will re-
lieve congestion in trade channels re-
gardless of any temporary sacrince
Of profits
The Washington times., 1920-09-25

During the inspection | would man
age to copy the numbers or j might
even ask for them to make sure that
the car was the model claimed, or so
/ would tell the owner. Naturally j
had the owners name and address,
and armed with this information
would come back to New York.
CHANGED LICENSE PLATE.
next / would write to Albany, Civ
ing \the name and address of the
owner in Philadelphia. and stating
that / was moving to New York and
wanted to transfer the plates and us
ing the actual numbers of the Phila-
delphia car. In due course i would
receive the plates and licenses from
Albany. made out in the name of the
owner and for the numbers of the
car in Philadelphia.
with this material In hand we
would next steal the car and take 1t
across the river into a quiet section
of Jersey after we had stopped on
some. secluded street in the big city
and changed the original plates for
those we had gotten from Albany,
Over in Jersey we rented a bungalow
with a fairly capacious garage. This
place was in a secluded location, on
the main highway and not far from
a small town. Once we got the car
here, our expert mechanic would
start work with his acetylene torch
and change the numbers on engine
and chassis to correspond with those
Of the Philadelphia car. which re-
member were also on the licenses
that we had obtained from Albany.
"You get the point. When our
mechanic had finished, we had car
with bona ffde numbers and regis
tered in the name of a real man. That
there was a duplicate in Philadelphia
didn't bother us at all. When the
Albany office received our request for
a transfer of plates and a now license,
it simply sent a formal inquiry to
Philadelphia, asking IL car with such
and such numbers was registered in
the name OF So-and-so. A clerk In
the latter office looked up the records,
found name and numbers correct and
sent a formal verincation to the AL
bahy office. In this way you see we
The Washington times., 1920-09-25

sA1y man who owns q motor car
eea make IL practically thi~f-proof
~ the use OF n really efficient lock.
You hear great tales of automobile
thieves who can pick any lock that
ever was made, and probably q lot of
them can. but none OF them in his
senses II going TO bother = ,ear that
10 locked when right around the cor
ner he can md one without the sign
Of = lock on IT. Thieves aren't look
tag for extra work any more than
honest men are. Put a good lock
on your car and tho chances are
ninety nine out OF hundred that IL
will never be tempered with, unless
you insist on giving the thieves such
an opening that their self-respect
won't allow them to neglect It,"
Thus spake \ man less thsn'a month
out of one OF our most inclusive
States prisons, where he served
term of three years for appropristing
- his own uses q motor-car belonging
TO another member OF the community,
writes Alexander Johnston In Motor.
NEVER AGAIN. HIS RESOLVE.
From his lengthy sojourn in the
OF oss barred shadow OF the States
hospitality this engaging young per
son brought away an interesting
point or View with. regard to life
ana living In general and the desira-
biiity of honesty In particular, Three
years In jail scared into his very
soul one frm determination. to wit:
Never again" His one desire on
breathing the free air again was TO
md an honest means OF earning his
living, and fortunately the opportun7
tty arrived. This ex-automob ile-t thief
IL now earning a comfortable, IL not
luxurious living in such a way that
be need never start IL he is tapped on
the shoulder by frolicsome ac-
auaintance.
Now the interest in this conversion,
from one point OF view. lies in the
fact that being firmly convinced of
tho futility of theft as a profession
and being utterly determined never
TO go back to Ii. our ex-thief has been
willing to talk freely Of his achieve
ments and to indicate certain ways
by which the authorities and indi-
vldual car owners can pretty nearly
end thefts of this nature. His first
point formed the opening paragraph
az this story and the motor car owner
will be well advised to take 1t to
heart. .
But We shall permit the young
The Washington times., 1920-09-25
Put Lock on Auto, Is
Aduice of Thief Just
Released. From Cell

gentleman to tell his story In his own
way Just recoliect" he said. set
Ting back comfortably In his chair.
-th1 have been cut OF the game
since 1877. Methods may have chAns
ed somewhat. but think the basic
principles will be the same. Auto
mobile thieves usually work In gangs,
but not In the large numbers that
most people seem TO think. Three
is the usual number and that was the
makeup OF my crew. One was an
expert mechanic, who could 30 the
most diffcuit work and put any car
in net class running condition. MS
also was the task or dealing WIN
changes OF numbers on engine anu
chassis. The mechanic never look
part In the actual stealing. Then
there was my spotter, who signsied
out cars TO be lifted. found out all
about the owners habits and when
would be the easiest time to get
operating head, so to speak. the cap
tain. during the time when we were
getting away with the car
METHODS OF OPERATION.
"Our method OF operation included
anywhere from three days to week
OF watching. During that time we
learned WDere the car was ''Ne'S "
be at any given hour ana whether IL
was watched and by whom. We knew
whether there was a lock, beyond the
ordinary Ignition switch lock. which
we were able TO handle very easily by
means of a master key. for the par
ticular make involved.
my gang confined its operations 20
Bucks and Hudsons. Practically all
automobile thieves are specialists In
this way, stealing one or two makes
usually those that are ready sellers.
.'Uur method OF working would be
about as follows: Ny spotter would
find. say 1917 Buick which could be
easily stolen. He would set himself
to watch the car and the owner, so as
to make the actual theft matter oil
almost scientific accuracy. In the
meantime ] would so to, let us say,
though 1t might just as
well be Newark, N. j., or Boston, or
any other city not too far. away. l
would run through the sales section
of one of the papers and find car
of the same make and model as the
one we purposed stealing. would
get in touch with the owner and pose
as possible buyer. Naturally
would be in order and
] would want to see under the hood.
The Washington times., 1920-09-25
,ck Your CarWhenever You Leave 1t

to work a out. All you need TO do 10
Use a little care and there 10 nothing
TO be afraid OF; you can't set caught.
until you get careless. But OF
course We all set careless after we
have had . long run Of good luck
and that's just what 1 aid and that's
why i landed high and dry in states
prison. 1 stole . car and used IL
without taking the trouble to change
the numbers. along came . cop who
happened TO have = better memory
than most of them and--blooie. Ana
believe me. brother. I'm through and
don't forget that lock for your car.
The Washington times., 1920-09-25

CHARLES NJ R. CHIDAKEL president and general
the Dixie Tire Coponeers in the tire Enthusiastically
frsts- tread
The Washington times., 1920-09-25

absorb direct wear. Different kinds
Of service have their individual ef-
fects. Scuning, skidding. spinning.
tearing effects of rough roads-aI
these have q tendency to promote
rapid wear.
When . tread II torn or badly worn,
II should be taken to . competent
tire surgeon. He will tell whether
II 10 worth a repair.
Hawaii has sufficient molasses
available to produce 1000. 900 gallons
OF motor alcohol-enough for all
automobiles on the Island.
The Washington times., 1920-09-25
AUTOMOTTVE
SECTION


for Catholic University, weighing three tons 80
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-04-27

NOTICE. will buy poles in mixed
lots, any sizes from 80 to As feet. Not
necessary to get out carloads of one
size. Write l.. d. Mcfarland, Sand
point, Idaho. Jan. &c.
ENGRAVED CALLING CARDS, and
wedding announcements and invita-
tons, embossed stationery, etc. All
the latest samples at the Herald office.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-04-27

WANTED-Party with small mill
to saw two million feet of tamarack
located two and one-half miles from
Bonners Ferry. L. ID. Mcfarland,
Standpoint, Idaho. April27.6 ct
Mems fine hose, all colors Includ-
ing black, tan, gray, palm beach,
navy blue and white. In cotton, silk
Isle and silk. At Walden Bros. adv
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-20

that the amendment Interference with the police
power Of the state and in violation Of the Fifth amendment
70 the constitution This is Of course the first time pre-
cisey such position has been taken IN court Of law in
this country and 1t may be doubted that there is any pre-
eedent for IN any country with written constitution
However the records of England probably will furnish
good fishing for the lawyers on both side.
The most interesting phase of the matter, the one that
will attract the greatest of attention upon the paT.
Of the public will be what might be called the practical
side Rhode Island did not rafy the Eighteenth amend
ment and therefore in position to bring such suit as
its legal officers contemplate There are only two or
three other states in the whole country that are in the same
position. Now what going happen if these few states
succeed in getting the Eighteenth amendment stopped at
their borders2 Can state be in the union for all other
purposes and not of far as the liquor traffic con-
cemed2
More important STILL if Rhode Island makes its conter-
ion that the Fifth amendment bars the Eighteenth stick
viii that throw the Eighteenth for the whole country
in spite of the fact that all but few of the states have
ratified the Eighteenth
There few other points that might be raised, and
certain to be raised if some way is not found to limit
The scope of the Rhode Island action Anyhow if the
presidential campaign and the baseball season just ahead
of US do not prove interesting they are expected
be this suit of state against the United States will be
good thing to fall back upon.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-20

the less likely your better resolves are
10 stick. Beautiful characters are
peaceful and sane always-saylng
very little but living very big. l once
knew two women very well both of
whom were converted at the same
revival meeting. One of them arose to
her feet land came staggering down
the aisle to the front in tears, scarce
ly able to control Sher loud sobs. She
was a pitable figure. The other said
not a word though there were tears
in her eyes, tears Of repentance and
resolve. The first woman led chang
ed life for few months but gradu-
ally went back to her former mode
OF living. The second woman never
went back to her former manner of
believing or existing. There are
many like this. Revivals are good
things only when they convince per
sons permanently through sane un.
emotional argument that a new life is
necessary. But when they are things
or torment-hours of distracting pain
they are harmful both to nerves ana
souls.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-20
ROYALTIES IN TROUBLE.

HERE is perturbation among the kings and the
princes and royalties and near royalties of lesser
degree now resident Switzerland over the unvarnished
way in which the representatives. of the Supreme council
the moral and legal responsibility of the ekaser for
every foul crime that committed by the German armies
during the great war.
Old Ludwig, who used to rule over the Bayarans is
reported to have broken out in terrible rage when he
heard the news and condemned the act as impairment in
the last degree. 1t sounds funny at FIRST but when one
considers his age and his life long point of view it any
thing but that The kings certainly have fallen upon evil
days and ii will not sweeen the case for them to reflect
that they hurried themselves into all their troubles.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-20
RUFF STUFF

Nick Bostio has been arrested
again. in Chicago.
But he had to do another job OF
lrilling to manage it.
Emma Goldman says she returned
to Russia with feeling of awe.
Maybe, but II what Emma's attor-
ney said while she was trying to
dodge the trip was anywhere near
true fear would be better word.
According to press cables the flu is
epidemic in Havana.
II there is anything in the theory
that red likker is death to nu well
soon hear OF the routing of this cpl
demic.
There is no place in the world
in Havana.
in Hanava.
over in New York the prohibition
take down the whiskey and beer
oi5uSs
But interested parties have man
aged to- do nourishing business in
this state for the past five years with
cut any signs.
And with n. no regular places of bust
They'll know a lot more about the
booze traffic in recently wet districts
s year from now.
This weather is hard on folks who
resolved ON the first OF the year to
keep their tempers.
It is mighty hard to sit down sud-
denly and yet keep sweet about It.
But think what a horse must think
when Il gets i beating and a cursing
after II has fallen down becansA ne
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-20
REMADE MEN.

HOUGH American benehcent purposes in the war
have not all been realized fully. there is no doubt
that incident to the war. the course of many lives
have been changed for the better
In the United States 1920 former soldiers sailors and
marines in training for trades. commercial employment
and professions which. before the war; many of them
probably had never dreamed of undertaking. according
The latest bulletin of this Federal Board for Vocational
Education.
Many had been square pegs in round holes. Their
education had prepared them for nothing in particular
They just loose parts rafting in the industrial ma
chine Left to themselves considerable portion of them
would have remained in the too large class known as un-
skilled labor
Returning from the war; disabled they found awaiting
them opportunity to learn ganful trades and professions
al the of the government Each man was directed
10 the road best suited his incnations and talents
If seemed to have in him the makings of
plumber. he was advised to learn plumbing and was not
sent to law school to Learn to be lawyer Nor were
potential auto mechanics spoiled by being sent to medical
schools to become fourth doctors On the other hand
352 were found equipped to study law and these
attending law schools. while Us are studying medicine
III its various branches.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-20
RHODE ISLANDS SUIT.

T was NOT expected that the Supreme court would do
other than grant the petition of the State of Rhode
Island suit that court for the purpose of testing
the new Eighteenth amendment the federal constitution
The constitution provides specifically that states may sue
states in the Supreme court and it has been held that the
government can sue state there, so there probably was
not much doubt in the minds of the justices about the right
of state to sue the government.
And now that the suit is to be brought it is pretty safe
to assume that constitutional questions that no advocate
Of nationwide prohibition by constitutional mandate ever
dreamed of will project themselves upon the attention moi
only Of the members of the legal profession but upon that
OF the average citizen as we'll
One of the complaints of the state of Rhode Island is
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-20
It's Time to Be Converted.

It's Time to Be Converted.
in the city and many people are go
ing to feel q mighty desire to cast
eff the old life and take on a new.
Periodical preaching or especially
fervent nature undoubtfully does
much good. Don't mistake great
stirring of your emotions under d
powerful speakers personal magne-
tism for change of heart though. Too
often one feels the floodgates OF the
heart breaking down and mistakes 1t
for change of nature. Under strain
OF emotion one cannot judge accur-
ately about anything. should say
conversion often comes quietly like
a wonderful sunrise after dark
night but never in storm of weak
ness. And sometimes one does not
understand that a steady ply 90
words beating insistently on the emo
tions, running the scale up and down
will literally unfit one for clear think
ng. rhat's why people have to be
converted regularly every year. After
the response to suggestion ones tenn
pestous mood dies away ana a re-
lapse to regular living occurs.
Be Sane About It.
I'm not disappearing Of reyivals.
Go TO them II you like. But don't al
low mere emotion to receive you. 1t
you can quietly feel that your life is
being lived in error, go as quietly
and live It differently. It isn't nee
essary that yen make a loud demon
stration about It. In fact the more
denomination you make about It,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-20
Evening Chat
January Mlseries.

This is the time of the year when
you wish you had different diSoo-
sition. You seem so cross at life, so
diseontended and so hard to please in
the smallest way. Haven't you MOTTO
ed It? The Deacon" in his poem yes
terday put 1t Just right. This is the
time of the year when everything
seems to be wrong. It's icy and wet
at alternate intervals so that ones
eye and mind are in constant up
heayal. One literally crawls through
tasks and over the ground we start
out i'll the morning on a perfectly
good winter day, before night 1t has
turned to slushy, miserable spring
and we have no rubbers. With wet
feet we plod through the melting
snow '.slosh, slosh'' just like that.
When we get homt the fires are out
and the house is dreary and full of a
gassy odor, the remnants of last
nights fire. We sit around wonder
We're thrown back upon ourselves
and We find miserable company. The
out of-doors remains dull and gray.
One never knows what to expect
from day to day in January so that
monotony in the weather line cannot
be complained of. 1t rains. it SHOWS,
it melts, it slushes-all IN delightful
changeableness.. Then it freezes and
OH top of that it rains and after that
it thaws and then it freezes again
making walks and roads one lovely
glare of icei 1t requires character to
live in the winter time in Fairmont
through the moods and vagaries OF
January. And because we complain
either by word or mouth or by gen.
eral crankiness and grouciiness, we
get to believing after awhile that we
need converting and off we go to
prayer meetings. Plenty OF us do
need converting but preachers would
have hard time of it did they try
TO convert us at any other time OF
the year. The winter days, so long
and dull and filled with forebodings
are the days for quiet reflection and
repentance. Do you remember the
words which run like this: and in
the spring my winter garment Of re-
pentance flingr' In the &pring-time
we'll feel vastly different. Life won't
be so serious.
When the. spring days come again
we'll welcome them so gladly-just
as we welcome the cool days of 'au-
tumn time and later the SHOWS We
Complain about when they grow too
sdyenturesome. When you grow sui
en and blue; grow philosophical al
so and remember every season has
it's drawbacks and that the dull days
cold and dlsagreeable are responsible
for your restlessness. Don't blame ii
on your disposition. Neither should
you go to other extremes to relieve
the inertia which taxes possession OF
you.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-20
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
EDGEMoNT NOT IN RUNNING.

FAIRMoNT, Jan. 1s.-[Editor
The West Virginianl-Piease allow
me space in your paper to correct a
statement made by some person and
published in your paper on Saturday
in regard to the meeting of Fairmont
school district held at Barrackille Fri
day night. Jan. 16, in regard to a
bond issue. Now thu question was
put before the house for a tax levy
or a bond issue and the latter was the
one chosen by the majority present,
but this bond issue was to build n
school house at Barrackyille and also
one at cayenne. Now see the first
of the meeting in your paper has IL
wrong. 1t has II this way: "To build
a new up to date school house at Bar
'rackville and Edgemont or cayenne. {"
Now wish to say that school house
at Edgemont was never put before
the meeting, therefore wish to cor
rect the statement made through
your paper on Saturday, January II,
M. s. MILLER.
,0ne Of the Committee.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-20

The Radicals who were shipped away on the transpor.
Buford within the lines of Soviet Russia but ac-
cordng to Associated Press dispatch most of them
got there through huke. After they were admitted
telegram received at the frontier ordering that
all but three not given, were to be detained
This fact may have effect upon the future plans
Of the American government with regard to the Reds
Il is to be hoped, however, that doubt about what will
be done with them ultimately will not serve to make
the government abate in any particular its program
of roofing out all aliens who entertain hostile designs
against the American government.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-20

Influenza in a forr, less virulent than that which
prevailed year ago last fall is epidemic in both Chicago
and New York 1t will not be long before it is spread
ing throughout the country wise people will prepare
for it by taking the best possible their general
health. Those who normal or near normal phys-
cally have little to fear from this malady Be method
ical in living, avoid excuses and get plenty of
sleep and the flu will not bother you.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-20

So much has been said about the navy that the country
now ought to insist thoroughgoing investigation
II is essential for the peace of mind of the American
people that they have entire faith in the navy If the
navy right not all that it should be- the estab
lishment should be torn apart and remade from the
civilian control right down to the recruiting service
There never was better time devote the whole ener
giles Of the service to housekeeping as far as our
navy is concerned the whole world is quiet.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-20

Mr.. and Mrs. j. R. Miller of Nor
wood were here visiting with their
parents over Sunday.
okey Watson was calling on friends
in Clarksburg Sunday.
Miss Atha Watson was visiting her
sister in Fairmont yesterday.
Miss Allie Jones was shopping in
Fairmont yesterday.
Mrs. Howard Meredith and Mrs
Howard Fleming attended a banquet
at the Royal neighbor Lodge in Fair
mont last night.