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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-11
AUTO INDUSTRY IS
ENJOYING REVIVAL,
STATISTICS SHOW
Increase Noted in Production
of Cars and Trucks During
Last Year.

Statistics while making dry read
Ing when encountered casually. now
and then have a habit OF proving i'm
portant truths and pointing valuable
morals. says an editor In Motor Life.
Thus the latest figures compiled by
the National Automobile Chamber OF
Commerce set forth facts that are Of
particular interest In these days when
the man in the street vaguely wond-
ers whether the short period OF de-
preston following in the wake OF
postwar business adjustment hasn't,
maybe. left the motor car industry
somewhat shaky and unsteady, or
shorn the car itself OF some of the
vogue that had kept IL In the fore
ground OF the country's industrial de-
velopment during the, last fifteen
years.
Anyway, during the year 1920 the
automobile industry produced ,SS3, =
JOS passenger cars and &c, 03s trucks
AN Increase of - per cent over the
output OF 1919. Viewing passenger
cars separately the increase is even
greater. namely. II per cent. An
other interesting point 10 the state
ment that of this 1920 total, IT per
cent, or 320,136 were closed jobs, thus
illustrating the growing fondness of
the American for this type of body.
But the figures tell another import
ant story, which gives a full-f1edged
answer to the old question What be-
comes OF all the old and WORKOUT
automobiles. From January, 1899. to
December 1920, the Industry built a
total of 1888. 4S3 cars. At the end
OF 1O2o, 9.211 Pos cars were registered.
Deducting from the grand total Of
11,S3s.4S3 cars 617.SS7, which were
exported during the years e11-le20,
we ind that the cars that went to
the junk pile in twenty-five years
number 100000. II required all that
time to scrap one car in every six
produced!
Even the habituaI crosker will
stand somewhat spelIbound before
such proof OF the American cars
stamina and longevity. For long
after the passenger automobile has
lost It's modern appearance and it's
shiny coat of varnish or the snap and
ginger that once made IL the pride
and show piece of the Jones family.
IL Is found in the more humble but
nevertheless important job of haul
ing your lumber or your ice cream or
the famiiy's clean linen. A new part
here. new bearing there. often be-
comes the monkey gland that imbues
the old car with new vigor, and since
the operation may be performd time
and again, IL is safe to say that the
average car is never so old and de-
creptt as to have lost its usefulness
entirely.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-11
DEATH VALLEY JUDGED
SAFE FOR MOTORISTS

Death Valley. the terror of the
desert and the country many be-
lieve that God not only forgot. but
never heard OF. has been tanned and
made safe for motorists as a scenic
spot which seriously rivals yellow
stone National Park for bcautyI
Death Valley, scintillsting like the
eve OF snake in the sun. will lure
motorists of today as II iured weary
prospectors of old but its sting has
been removed. says a writer In Mo-
tor No longer will the parched
traveller seek In vain for the water
hole he cannot find. or for the trail
he has lost in the mesquite.
A message which turns upside
down the popular and nation wide
opinion held OF this tabled valley
which incubated the fame OF ''Bo-
rax" Smith and Death Valley
scotty is being sent to the world
by the touring bureau OF Americas
largest motoring organisation. the
Automobile Club OF Southern Cali
fornis for the purpose OF removing
the curse OF the malignant rumors
which II says are unfounded.
Already the first steps have been
taken. The Southern California Au-
tomobile Club has erected t.220
metal road signs TO make Death
Valley fool-proof to the motoring
visitor. This is the largest num-
Der of road signs ever erected for
a similar purpose.
Contrary to what might be expect
ed, this does not remove the romance
OF the desert. put the story brought
out of Death Valley by members OF
the crew who erected the sien-posts
puts an available romsnce into the
spot which car he piumbed by every
automobile owner In the United
Statea-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-11

Practically all motor trucks In use
In England are equipped with solid
tires
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-11
Service Is Foundation OF
Auto Business
By j. H. YEOMANS.

The average automobile visualizes service as a
man In overals, armed with wrench To men who have
studied the automotve industry from the factory rough
stock room to the very hour when to be- service
the rock foundation upon which automobile business
must be built to foundation composed OF
courtesy one part efficiency and part fair dealing
foundation lacking any one of these will crumbe and
throw automobile business decidedly out of plumb if not
completely out of the running.
Courtesy is becoming more and more associated with
servlce has been proven that it pays to have an ample
stock OF 1T along with the tools and parts; 1T has been
that the customer has right to expect courtesy in
the service station, and he does
1t has been proven that it pays to look beyond the
service station door and study the of other lines of
business where courtesy has been fixture since business
began.
The who trades his dollars for service to his
is entitled to smile, whether that smile be with him or
at him. r
Efficiency is fixed quantity-any lack of efficiency
in the service station will spell bad for and
in the end spell failure for distributor.
Efficiency in the service station depends upon workmen
equipment and sockuness all three supports holding
up their ends efficiency be efficiency and the
service to be service
Fair dealing is essentially part of any business that is
to thrive. Too often there doubt the fairness of
service charges principally because the of motor
does not know what he wants and when
he gets what he really needs in the way of service he
doesn't realize what has been done for him. When
study the working parts of their and when
managers arrange service charges before the job is begun
then, and only then, will controversies service bills be
things of the past
Service is coming from behind under whip and spur
Associations have been formed and individuals working
hard to study service betement and make this end of the
automobile business all that it should be.
The representative has his troubles in that he
furnishing mechanical merchandise to many of many
minds and few of these minds contain suspicion
of mechanical knowledge When John Dealer puts many
of his in the hands of many drivers who drive accord
ing to their various ideas of how to handle car he does
well when he keeps them all up and going matter how
good his may be- Unless his service is right it cannot
DONE and when it cannot be done John Dealer gets
and his gets bad name and bad brngeth
not big business
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-11
INGENIOUS REFLECTOR
FOR AUTO Is EVOLVED

An idea explained by reader In
June Motor is substitute for .
portable light where one is not avail
able to light up the under part of
the car.
II 10 made as follows
Take an ordinary mirror about 10
inches by IA inches and place IL on
the ground near the car and turn the
spotlight so that II reflects In the
mirror. Then block the mirror up on
the outside until the light Eliminates
the desired object
With few adjustments of the mir
ror and spotlight. an excellent light
will be obtained.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-11
NEW TROUBLE DETEcToR ,
FIRST AID TO MOTORISTS

Knocks are very often somewhat
difficult TO locate in an automobile
engine. Various devices have been
used to locate the trouble, but as
good one as is to be had can be
made in a few minutes from an old
horn and a rod All the horn but
the bell and diaphragm should be
removed. A screw should be
placed through the diaphragm and
screwed into the end of the rod.
When the other end OF the rod is
placed against the engine the
knock can be heard very plainly in
the bell BY moving the rod 20 diff
ferent points on the cylinder block or
crsnkcase the exact location of the
trouble can be discovered.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-11
STANDARD STEEL IS
NEW OWNER Of VIM
MOTOR COMPANY
Greater Production Assured by
Entrance of Pittsburgh Con-
Germ Into Truck Industry.

Automotive as we'll as business cir
efes generally will evince keen in
terest in the announcement that
standard Steel Car Company Of Pitts
bnrsh. Pa, has taken over the Vim
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-11

the normal vision" and q per cent
of normal hearing"
In France. the majority of the
automobile manufacturers do not
produce the bodies themselves, but
turn over the chassis to firms spec
ialising In the construction of bodies
A prominent manufacturer of cleo
trio trolley cars in Philadelphia Is
now building gasoline propelled pas
senger coaches and trailers for use
on steam and electric railroads,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-11
Swiss Bar Autos.

Despite the enormous tourist trade
through the beautiful playground of
Switzerland. the native population Of
Eugadine has sts&dfastfy refused to
allow the roads to be opened to auto
mobiles and bicycles
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-11
THREE PERSONS KILLED
DAILY At r. r. CROSSINGS

In the four-year period from 1917
to 1870, Inclusive, on all railroads of
the United States. 1900 persons were
killed at grade crossings in automo-
bile accidents. and l2,75o persons were
injured. This Is an average of three
persons killed every day and eight In
jured every day of this period.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-11

One hundred warrants wers re-
Gently issued In Philadelphia against
motorists who rush through the
streets at night with the cut-outs
open and freely sounding the horna
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-06-24
MARSHALL DAM
NOT YET DECLARED
SAFE BY ENGINEERS

United Press.
MARSHALL, Colo, June %.
Engineers directing work on the
Marshall dam, which has threatened
to go out for two days, refused to
state this morning whether danger
of the break had passed. The set
thing of the huge dixie was not so
rapid today. One section is IS feet
below the rest of the dam.
Most of the Inhabitants have taken
refuge on higher ground.
The S00-acre lake was being
drained through the outlet to the
capacity of the latter, while work.
men with teams continued their
fight to strengthen the dam.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-06-24
ABERDEEN NEXT CONVENTION
CITY DEPARTMENT. Of WASHINGTON
Colonel j. H. Cofman Of ster Post Of Tacoma Elected
Commander, and Mrs. Kate Wilmington, Of Seat
tie, President Of Relief Corp.

The report Of the year read yestsr-i
day shows that there are 80 active
circles and 1871 active members and
l.441 honorary members, which con-
sist Of veterans. sons and grandsonx
Of veterans.
Yesterday afternoon each order %.
pointed its visiting committees, Who
went from one convention to the other
paying their respects. -.
Four ballots were taken yesterday
by the Woman's Relief Corps, meee-
ing in the Methodist church, before
the election was decided Id favor oe
Mrs. Kate Whittington Of Seattle, .
member OF Miller Corps. Other can.
didates for election were Mrs. Els0an
of Tacoma and Mrs. Mildred Love.
Mrs. Elsom made strong hight for
the place and many thought sho
would carry away the position.
Two local members OF the W. -
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-06-24
SEARCH FOR TWENTIETH CENTURY
PIRATE PRODUCES NO RESULTS
Eugene 7. Chamberlain. Commissioners Of Navigation Ad
init. That Fate Of Vanishing Ships Threaten to Be-
come Unexplained Mystery Of the Sea
BY RUSSELL BROWNING


BY RUSSELL BROWNING
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. D. G., June 23.-
The fate Of the vanishing ships" to-
day threatened to 60 down in history
as one Of the unexplained mysteries
of the sea.
Officials of the department OF COM
merce admittd that the search for a
twentieth century pirate. undertaken
after all other theories to explain the
disappearance of half dozen boats
OF Cape Hatteras failed, so far had
produced no results.
Hear Many Tall Yarns
1--WE heard many tall yarns Of ths
sea-" said Eugene T. Chamberlain,
commissioner of navigation. "But
In this case the facts are there. The
! Carroll A. Deering and the Hewitt
met some strange fate beyond that Of
ordinary vessels come to grief"
The Deering was the schooner that
sailed on the soals, abandoned appar-
emily in calm seas and with the ship
and cargo in good condition. The
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-06-24
STATE BOARD
REv|SES HIGH
SCHOOL COURSES
Reduces Mathematics Re-
quirements for Secondary
Students
ANCIENT HISTORY
IS MADE OPTIONAL
Adopts Standards of Northwestern
Association Of Secondary and
Higher Schools

Attention, students! No more
struggling over those hated histories
into the late hours of the night,
striving to fill your poor brains with
tales Of how ancient warriors fought
IN faraway lands or of some siren
queen who ruled Egyptian lands.
The state board of education at
the meeting held in the Offices of
Superintendent of Schools Josephine
Corliss Preston yesterday indicated
that too much time is lost in the
teaching of ancient history and urges
where only two years Of history are
required that European or general
history should form a better back
ground for the study Of American
history.
Too Many Choppy Courses.
More care upon the part of par
ents In assisting their children to
outline individual courses of study
in high schools upon completion of
the eighth grade is urged by the
board. A large amount of the chop
piness of school courses Is laid to this
fact, that parents do not take enough
interest in assisting their children
to select studies. Practically the en-
tire lifetime of the child is moulded
in his four years of high school life,
where he receives the training that
will equip him for further study and
for entrance into the world. The
board of education severely criticises
the loosely organized courses Of
study handled by many pupils and
urge that two majors and two minors
be Required for graduation from any
course. Fewer subjects we'll learned
and of distinct benefit, rather than
many Of lesser importance merely
skinned over Is the remedy sug-
gested by the state board.
Discussing the subject Of economics
and sociology the board declares that
these subjects are not required, but
urge that where they can be properly
taught. such courses be offered. The
argument made against these sub
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-06-24
LEGION DAY PARADE
WILL FORM SHAM YT
AT SEVEN O'eloc
Veterans Of Three Wars VIII March
Under Leadership Of E. q. \
" Kilbourns

The parade to be given this even-
ing In which veterans Of three wars
will march Is to be the largest ana
best given in the city, according to
all reportae Much time and prepara-
tion has been spent ON this event Of
Legion Day and It is hoped BY the
committee In charge that every ex-
service man or veteran Of eithsr the
Civil or Spanish-American war Will
be out in uniform to march ON this
occasion.
The parade will form this evening
sharply at o'clock in front Of Vet
erans' hall. with its head at Fifth
and Washington streets. The parade
will be comprised of four sections.
the first being the G. A. R.. led bv
their ffeNand drum corps and the de-.
partmental standards and colors. e.
C. Kilbourhe. officer Of the day, will
have charge Of the G. A. r. section.
The G. A. R. veterans will be escort.
ed by the Sons of Veterans.
Have -Four sections
Spanish-American war veterans
will comprise the second section,
commanded by Captain e. A. Nc
CLARITY. In the third section will
march the veterans of the World war.
led by the crack seth Infantry band
Of Camp Lewis. This section will bo
commanded by Commander w. w.
Rogers, of the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars. The fourth section will bc
made up OF Boy Scouts and the boys
who are being entertained by the Big
Brother committee of the Elks' lodge.
led by the Elks band.
In the reviewing stand there will
be Governor Hart, Lieutenant Cover
nor w. ]. Coyle, Commander Thomas
N. Swale of the State American LIE.
gion, state officials. national and de-
partmental officers of the patriotic
orders.
Secretary H. B. Fultz, Of the Cham
ber Of Commerce, has received word
from Camp Lewis that three army
airplanes would fly over Olympia dur
ing the parade and exercises this evs-
ming.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-06-24

Hewitt and her crew dropped COM
pletely, out Of sight about the same
time.
Suspects Pirates
"Of course we don't say fatty that
these ships were victims Of piracy.
but we are investigating that angle"
Chamberlain said.
Meanwhile, coast guard vessels
were slipping in and out of coves and
inlets near the cape in hope Of pick
Ing up some clue-a bit Of wreckage
or a note which might have been lef,
by some of the crews of the vanished
vessels.
II pirates raided the ships and mur-
dered or captured the crews, as some
officials believe, they must have left
some trace along the shore. The dis
appearances extend over several
months and a raiding vessel would
have to have some base for operations
along the shore.
A list of 20 vessels which have dis
appeared in the last few months has
been made up at the commerce de-
partment.
Go Down Near Hatteras
Five of the vessels. or possibly six,
were near Cape Hatteras when they
went down. While the number of
vessels which have vanished is not
unusual. the fact that no trace has
been found Of them and that 80 many
were last heard from near the same
spot is unusual. II they had blown
up. ran aground or even capsized,
some bit of wreckage would floa:
ashore which would explain thei:
fate.
The sand-stranded schooner Car
roll A. Deering. which beached on
Hatteras with sails full set, was gone
over again by government investi-
gators.
1--WE might as well have searched
q painted ship upon painted ocean
for sight of vanished crew." said one
of the men In his report.
Mystery Ship Is Filled With Sand
The mystery ship Is filled with
sand. Sea gulls are using the beams
that supported the great ship clock
as roosting place, he reported. Not
an oar, not bit of driftwood from
Tho othor vessels which have jOine.i
the phantom squadron Of the deep
was discovered.
These ships are the Russian barv
Albyn, that sailed out Of the NorfolS
capes into oblivion; the Spanish
steamer Yute. that wirelessed for
help while north Of Cape Hatteras
and when nearby vessels rushed to
the locality they found nothing; the
American steamer Hewitt. that van
ished on the cape about the same
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-06-24
STAGE LINE FIGHT
PROMISES To Be
LIVELY AFFAIR
Claimants to Route Between
Olympia and Tacoma Get
Hearing June 80
CAMP LEWIS LINES
CLAIM PRIOR RIGHT
Law Requires Certificate Of Neces.
.sity Be Granted to the Lines
Operating January 10

What promises to be a lively fight
in the near future made its appear.
ance today with the announcement.
by the department of public works
that a hearing will be held on June
80 at the State Capitol before Direc.
or E. v. Kuykendall and his two as
sistant directors at which time al
claimants operating automobile stages
on the road between Olympia and
Tacoma will be heard.
According to information filed with
the department by bus companies op.
Grating between Camp Lewis and Ia.
coma 1t is charged that the Thompson
Smith bus line, operating between
Olympia and Tacoma, were not oper.
ating in good faith on January Is.
Allege Lack Of Good Faith
! The new state law, passed at the
recent session of the legislature. pro
vides that a certificate of necessity
shall be granted to all lines that were
operating in good faith on January
Is, 1921. For this reason the com
planning companies allege the Thomp
son-Smith people were not running In
good faith.
The Thompson-Smith people en-
tered the Olympia Tacoma run prac
tically a year ago, putting on excel
lent an commodious stages between
the two cities, which have proved 8
boon to travellers to Olympia. Thei1
service has at all times handled the
trade between the two cities and thei'
line came as huge improvement
over the service formerly rendered
by the stage lines. trains and boats.
A big fight is expected over this
issue.
Will Hear Seattle-Everett Case
July the department will alsc
hold a similar hearing regarding bus
lines operating between Seattle ant
Everett, where a similar case ha:
arisen.
June 23 the department will meet
in Tacoma and at Sumner; June "a 81
Seattle; June 25 at Seattle; June q
at Olympia for a hearing on loggint
rates; June 20 in Tacoma for hear
ing on coal rates; July 6 at We
natchee; July 8 at Port Angeles; Jul,
12 at Bellingham, on gas rates; Jul!
l13 at Naches; July IA at Yakima, or
water rates; July 22 at Seattle, and
July 20 at Portland, to determine the
status of the Eastern Railway & LuDi
ber company as common carrier.
Joint hearing with the interstate COM
merce commission.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-06-24
NEXT STATE BAR
CONVENTION COMES
TO OLYMPIA IN JULY
Thurston and Mason County Asso-
citation viii Entertain
Visitors July 28

w. j. Millard, state law librarian,
and secretary OF the Washington Bar
Association, has announced that the
state association has selected Olym-
pia as its convention city this year.
The convention will start Thursday,
July 81, and continue for three days.
The attorneys will convene in the
House chamber and the prosecuting
attorneys will hold their meetings
in the Senate chamber.
President Otto B. Rupp, Of Seattle,
nkill deliver the opening address un-
isss q demurrer is sustained against
him, and Lindley Crease, of Victorio.
B. c., will render q page from the
history of the British Columbia bar,
which Is guaranteed not to be dry.
Charles E. Shepard, of Seattle, is
scheduled for speech on practical
reforms in procedure, which It ia
hoped somebody will listen to.
On Friday, Attorney General l.. L.
Thompson will let down vocal bar
rage ON state sovereignty and the
treaty making power, wherein he Will
dispose of the alien law question
Judge w. X. Huncke, Of Spokane,
will explain the court OF tomorrow
to which some OF the lawyers Will
likely listen. since they practice be-
fore him. Justice Charles A. Johns
of the supreme court Of Oregon, u
on this program for review OF nia
81 years at the bar, in the course OF
which he is expected to reveal con-
siderable of the past career OF
Stephen J. Chadwick, who was re-
moved by a superior mandate from
the supreme bench of the state OF
Washington.
Saturday. the last day Of the con-
venrfon will be devoted to the enter
tainment of the visitors by the Thurs
ton and Mason County Bar Associa'
tion. The local organization, which
has 80 members, Is calling upon the
Awyers of Mason and Thurston
Dcounties to help in the entertainment
Of the visitors.