TILE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SUNDAY MORNING,,OCTOBEK'12, 1921
America Now, Leads in
; Engineering and Domi
nates World's Markets
By B. F. Everitt, President and General Man-
ager, Rickenbacker Motor Company i
tIt is long: years since Europe could teach us anything
'. , , about automobile engineering and Europe never did
c t know how to manufacture a motor car," says B. F.
- Everitt. ' i . I " i I
pected! moves of the man on foot
Hold Down to SO Miles
This' should be a maximum In
all residential section, except
where there are special boulevard
provisions.
A UO Day t1eB.lp
Clear the streets and highways
for th law abiding walkers and
motorists. Jail sentences, rev
ocation of licenses and taking
away of the car will do it.
Safety education in the schools
be especially emphasized
beginning of the term.
Are the greatest number or ac
cidents occurring near schools,
during-; or after school hours. In
residential streets or in congested
areas? ;
should
at the
"I am getting just a little , bit
tired of all this talk about Euro
ipean supremacy and America's
aeroplanes, land -other things'
aays'B. F. Eteritt President and
general manager of , the Ricken
backer Motor company ; "especial
ly when those who, voice such opi
nions; have so few facts upon
Vhich to base their judgment.
, ""In fact I find that, when ques
' ttoned - closely, the most j. rabid
pro-Europeans are those who have
just 1 made their first! trans-Atlan-lc
$rp and, who ; have as yet,
traveled little in America.
----Itvjother ;j words, ithe first es
sential tp the absorption of Euro
. peaa .propaganda; and waxing en
htisiastlc over things there, is an
almost, total ignorance of your
'own country and lack of under-
stanalag of what and how we do
-. thinks there. I i ! . :1: I i I :
. ;"Just at this time) of year, the
flood .f European supremacy-talk
Is at its height of course. Because
tile tidal wave of jtrans-oceanlc
tourists return with the equinox
tial gales, in September. . i
"Uke all ! tidal waves - It will
thin out as I it spreads and will
$ooa spend its force. After a
few, months at homej with whole
some (American food and hot
Water baths, these good folk will
return to normalcy. ,
"After about three trips to
Europe an American becomes just
as rabidly pro-United States. For.
Once the novelty thef veneer have
worn off. things present an en
tirely; different aspect.
.'"One of the things that I do
know about, and upon which the
opinions of the uninformed there
fore appear most ridiculous. Is the
relative status of Europe and Am
erica in automotive engineering
and fabrication. 1 i
.. . "Those whose sole experience
with! motor cars has been in the
tonaeau or at the steering wheel,
tome back all enthused over
European cars. v ." V
-VTet I .will venture the asser
tion that, if these same persons
hid' to care for, drive and coddle,
: an European car as it must be
caxeji.pr, aiid coddled; if they
ad to tolerate a four orjfive-
1 speed transmission and shift gears
every time . they turned a sharp
corner .or tried to, run over a
sheet of ; paper, they would not
bother with it long.1 j
, "It is ten years at least since
Eqrope had anything; to offers us
in1 the way of engineering knowl
edge. ' i I
! -'And Europe never did know
how to manufactures a real auto-
- mobile.' jj: ' j .'".!"'
:Each iyear in the J past our en
gineers' have gone over to the
Paris "Solon" and the Olympia
Show In London. j
" "When they returned, they had
bales of blue prints : other bale3
of . descriptive data;,' and trunks
fall of photographs showing novel
body types and trick! mechanisms.
VAfter we had mulled ; it all
over, we found we had again
learned let of thing not to do!
And we who have been in -this
industry since it started learned i
not to do those same things about
twenty years ago. j
"Europe's calendar is simply
two decades out of date, that is
all. The most advanced shop
practice in Europe in 1924 was
shop practice here in 1904.
33 Apply fok x. v. city bus
franchises i
LOCKING CAP
PREVENT
THEFT
"Few motorists realize j the
true advantage of a locking ra
diator cap until their motometer
Is stolen and they are obliged 'to
buy another," says W. F. Watson,
local manager of the Western
Auto Supply company. '
Here are some startling statis
tics that prove the need of such
a cap. During a recent year a
big insurance company paid out as
much indemnity for stolen moto
meters as they did for stolen auto
mobiles. ' Unless the motometer
is fitted in a' cap that locks to
the radiator it is a constantly in
viting theft, j !
Beauty and utility are incorpo
rated in what is known as the Nob
by locking radiator cap. Made
of solid brass,' it defies the ham
mer blows of j the thief who at
tempts to remove it by force. The
hinge is concealed and it lis;
machined perfectly in every de-j
tail. j .
Every owner wants his car to
be beautiful and smart in appear
ance, yet he wants protection for
the motometer and cap. All this
is accomplished in the Nobbyi
cap" concluded Mr. Watson.
Thirty-five applications for bus
franchises are before the Board
of Transportation of New ; York
City. These fnclude petitions from
a number of independent opera
tors, and also from four big cor
porations; The Fifth Avenue
Coach .Co., The. Third; Avenue
Railroad Co.. The Brooklyn-Manhattan
Transit Co., and the Serv
ice Bs Corporation. !
The sFifth Avenue company pro
poses operation of 116 miles of
new motor coach 5 lines, over 33
new routes, increasing by about
600 the number of buses it would
have in service, which would then
number well over 1,000. j j
The hlrd Avenue Railwa'y com
pany and the B. H. T. company
both propose to add bus lines as
feeder to their surface and rapid
transit! lines. ;
The (Service Bus Corporation
has been organized to put into
operation the Tilling-Stevens gas
electric bus, about 1.200 of which
are now used In England, mostly
in London. It is asking a j fran
chise to operate over 123 miles
of Nev York City streets. ?
JACK COOMBS IS
RATED AWAY UP
Member of f Connie Mack's
Old Pliiladeljhih Athle
tics Was Big; Help
Tourists Get Souvenirs I I
In Westminster Abbey
GLAXCY APPOINTED
j George II. Hannum. president
and general manager of the Oak
land Motor Car, company, announ
ces the appointment of A. R. Clan
cy as vice president and assist
ant general manager, in direct
charge of production. ( .
Mr. Clancy's appointment Is in
line with General Motors" expan
sion policy for, the Oakland Motor
Car company.. - With other' im
portant appointments already an
nounced. Oakland is adding to its
personnel men who have made
notable achieveinentsTh "sales al
production. - - j
MUST GUARD PEDESTRIAN
LONDON. Oct. ,9. Many of the
fine monuments of Westminster
Abbey, 'are being badly treated by
the tourists who visit London's
ancient edifice. Several of the
monuments are minus fragments,
such as fingers and toes, and from
the walls themselves several bits
have ben broken off to satisfy the
souvenir hunter. A I
The latest loss Is the large spear
head from that instrument car
ried by the figure of Death in the
monument erected to the memory
of a' member of the Nightingale
family The thefts, however, are
gradually diminishing. This is
due to the scarcity of suitable
souvenirs, and the alertness of
several new guards placed in the
abbey.
NEW YORK. Oc. j 9. Jack
Coombs, an outstanding figure In
the ascendency ofj Connie Mack's
old Philadelphia -Athletics, holds
the peak in world's series pitching
performances, f
Christy Mathewijou's three shut
out victories overlthe Athletics in
1905 and Ed Refilbach's one-hit
game in 1906 are among the great
est of all series twirling feats, but
"Colby Jack" Coofnb4 has the dis
tinction of a perfect record in
three series arid in both leagues.
Coombs won fbufi games for the
Mackmen, including three against
the Chicago Cubs n 1910 and one
against the Ulantjk iri'1911: then
five years later, lie turned in ,i
victory for the Brooklyn Nationals
over the Boston died Sox.
Ruelbach's Victory for the Cuun
over the White S&x was; the clos-
cai. iu a iiu-nn game n any series.
"Jiggs" ronohue single spoilel
"Big Ed's" bid foij a perfect game.
Five two-hit gamers are on recorl,
one each to the credit of ,Kd
Walsh. "Three-fingered" UroAvn,
Eddie Plank. Bilf James of the
Boston Brave ''miracle team" and
Waite Hoyt. j
Pour pitchers have won three
games in a singje iseries, j with
Mathewson's tHpfe shut-out tri
umph standing ojit as the best.
Coombs won thrfee Against the
Cubs in 1910, ilabp Adams against
Detroit in 1909 and Stanley Cove
leski against Brooklyn in 1920.
Of the last ihree series, all in
volving the New York Yankees
and Giants. Hdytfwas the star in1
1921. allowing only two runs and
18 hits in three games; Jack Scott,
with a four-hit shfutoiit as the cli
max of his great comeback, shone
in 1922 for the cjants; while last
year Herb Peniiock. southpaw
star of the Yahkdjes, jwas credited
with two of his club's victories.
Details of Cdbms' great record:
October 18. :190 -Pitching for
Athletics against Jlordecai Brown,
Chicago Cubs, woh 9 to 3, allow
ing seven hits, striking out five
men and passing iine.
October 20, 190-;Pitching for
Athletics against Ed Reulbach,
Chicago Cubs, woh 1 2 to 5, allow
ing six hits, striking out eight
men and passing four.
October 23. 19 jO i-PitclIng for
Athletics against Brown, Cubs;
won 7 to 2, allowing , nine hits,
striking out seVen men and pass
ing one. ' :! J I
October 17, i9lPitching for
Athletics against Christy Mathew
son. New York Giants; won 3 to
2, in. eleven "innings, allowing
three lilts, striking out seven men
and passing four.
October 10. 1916-Pitching for
Brooklyn against Carl Mays, Bos
ton Red Sox; Iwon 4 to 3, allow
ing seven hits in six and one-third
innings, striking out one man and
passing one.
Spurious Wine Makers
Arouse Ire in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 9. In a
campaign against manufacture! s
of impure liquors, the Buenos
Aires board of health has closed
down five large plants producing
alleged wines and other beverages.
They are said to have used .methy
lated spirits, or ether combined
with water and coloring matter,
One of the concerns -was a heavy
advertiser of a brand of wine that
never was produced from grapes,
but was widely consumed, much to
the detriment of the drinkers, ac
cording to the authorities. The
names of the concerns, published
in some newspapers, caused a
shock of surprise to many people
who bad ! been consuming their
products. . I
DEEPEST POINT IS
FOUND NEAR JAPAN
Lowest Place Discovered on
Earth's Crust Is South
east of Tokio
TOKIO, Japan. Oct. 9. The
lowest known point on the earth's
crust, the! deepest known trench
in the ocean, lies about 145 miles
southeast of Tokio. This discov
ery, made recently by the Japan
ese naval survey ship Manshu, has
been announced by the -navy au
thorities. '
The new "deep" measures 32,-
636 feet, or more than six miles
It exceeds by 5 48 feet the hitherto
greatest known ocean depth, the
famous f Marianne trench in which
the United States naval ship Nero
in 1899 found 32.088 feet off the
east coast of the island of MIn
danao in the Philippines.
The Manshu's "deep" apparent
ly lies at the bottom of a precipi
tous declivity descending sharply
about 100 miles from! the south
eastern, oast' of the main, island
of Japan. To the Japanese the
first interest in the discovery lic3
in the seismic possibilities of this
trench so near their coasts. The
sharpness with which the oceai
bed plunges a , few miles from
Japan is held by scientists to k
a contributing factor to the severe
earthquakes which Visit this part
of the country.
Motorists are .at fault . C per
cent of the time. ' ",
Analysis of I the September tig-
urea as submitted by the news
papers lays CO percent of the. dis
asters to the fault of the motorist,
39 percent to carelessness of the
pedestrian,. 11 percent to fault in
the highway or other conditions.
The National Automobile Cham
ber of Commerce points out, how
ever, that carelessness of the ped
estrian does not relieve the motor
ist from responsibility. Two-thirds
of the fatalities, as far as shown
by detailed records, were persons
struck by automobiles, and not
occupants of machines. ' The
prevalence ofj this type of acci
dent, the automobile chamber
points out, means that the motor
ist . must be prepared for unex-
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MGV7cn-CfievroIet Co.
Corner Chcmcketa and High.
Phone 1000
Mindanao Now Prepared
jTo Enter Rubber Market
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MANILA Oct. 11. (AP). Ac
tual quantity production of crude
rubber for the market will start
in jCotobato province. Island - of
Mindanao, within a month, it was
announced today. A shipment of
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machinery for a rubber plant was
made recently ..from; Zamboanga
to Cotabato, consigned to the Rio
brande Rubber Estate at Kaba
can, Cotabato, and it Is expected
the installation, will be made f by
the end':iof August. The company
has a large number of trees Just
maturing and it expects to add
further acreage. It already has
a. considerable acreage which will
mature within a few years.
While small shipments of crude
rubber have been made from the
Philippines for several years, they
have attracted little attention in
the market.
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New
New Refinement
We haven't changodl this car's wonderful
chassis in any material way. Ref ined.of course. .
But wait until you see the remarkable im
provement its new body lines give the
heightened hood aiid the distinctive new
radiator the cowl UgHts the enduring Duco
Satin finish and all the other refinements!
And it's low-priced-ndue to Oldsmobile's
participation in the tremendous purchasing
facilities of General Motors. It's a. quality
car throughout see it today. j.
Toria - $87 ! 2Pbm. BtuiatM Copa S104S
RwdMW j - - t9 I Coach - ; . 106S
8tort Roaditcr : . ! 98 f Coup '. f 1179
Sport Touring . . 1015 Scdaa . f . 1250
DtlaMSedaa ; 91350 i i
Th O. M. A. C, steaded ptrmntplia mikn fcortec car AH price
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F. W. PETTyjOHN CO.
219 N. Commercial St. '
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This car is now driven by a great
many people who never before owned,
and never intended to own a closed car.
It is driven daily over roads that
heretofore were considered too rough
and too heavy for any thing except the
sturdiest open cars.
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As a matter of fact, the Type-B Sedan
is as sturdy as an open car, and was
built by Dodge Brothers fori the same
identical kind of service.
The price is $1250 fob Detroit $1475 delivered
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After a demonstration in the new
Willys - Knight Sedan equipped
with the Lanchester Balancer,
the famous1 aeroplane builder,
said "lt is f surprising. I drove
the car at all speeds up to SO
miles an hour and found abso
lutely no engine vibration"
Automobile engineers have been
striving for many years to lay the
ghost; of vibration but it has re
mained for the WiDys-Knight to
bring; to the United States the
secret of vibrationless engine
running j
The Lanchester Balancer a great
discovery by a great genius the
invention of Dr. F. W. Lanchester,
F.R.SL, of Great Britain, builder
of one of the world's most expen
' sive motor cars, ' i j
E With' this new ingenuity of engi
neering, Willys-Knight achieves
positive engine smoothness at all
speeds. A smoothness almost
incredible to the thousands and
thousands of automobile owners
who have always thought vibration
in a cat to be a necessary evil
This achievement is all the more
notable for being sponsored by a
car with so many other great
; achievements to its credit. Willys
Knight long since ended the days
of valve-grinding and carbon -cleaning
and the Willys-Knight
sleeve -valve engine is known
aro in ' the world as the engine
that improves tcith use.
Leading engineering authorities,
car owners, the public generally,
- are impressed by Willys-Knight's
. vibrationless performance, A ride
is a new thrill a new experience
a new conception of motoring
pleasure. Take a ride today!
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THE ENGINE IMPROVES WITH USE
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