Show 1461 Autos OS Sol Stolen n iri in s 2 F Fewer ewer Than in in In 1919 S. S Mo Oct 29 Thirty thou- thou d Six fortY six ty-six automobiles were n 11 90 in twenty-eight twenty index th countr counts and ard of them t i the tho annual com com- of ho he National Automobile Deal- Deal oc DC a aiton lon n with headquarters in ine The e number stolen was n a the number stolen in 1919 but 1 IThe more than the number stolen In 1918 cars were en of f the number stolen in 1913 re 6 6 per pel cent and nd in 1920 29 I 0 o took ok the lead from New York Yorke e number stolen although a alerc of cars remained und un un- d n New York New York had haden en en eny Chicago recovered reco Day- Day y V. 2717 of her stolen cars while recovered DaY Dayton Ohio had the unusual record of having recovered ered erect more cars than she had stol stolen n. n r COAST CITI CITIES ES ALERT The Pacific coast cities kept up their good work of recovery There were cars cars stol stolen stole h in Los Angeles San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco Oakl Oakland nd Portland and Seattle and recovered The red cars were 16 4 per cent of the total stolen or approximately 50 per cent of the average for the countr country The figures compiled from official sources for the twenty-eight twenty cities for foi- which the National Automobile Dealers' Dealers association has year three-year statistics are as follows U NR ED 1918 57 oJo 2 21 per cent of number stolen 1919 19 26 per cent of number stolen 1920 1920 29 per cent of number stolen As is is' shown by this compilation the number of thefts in these cities decreased 1920 1918 about 10 per cent while the tho general increase in the number of automobiles automobiles au au- au- au throughout the country was wa about 20 per cent during the same period The decrease in the number of thefts therefore is materially greater than would be indicated by the percentages A considerable part of this decrease is attributed by the N N. A. A D D. A A. to the deterring effect of the national motor motoi- I vehicle theft law the Dyer law which was put through congress at the instance of ot the N. N A. A D D. A. A and by more stringent I laws in the states states' for the punishment of motorcar POLICE FORCE BUSY I However a good part of the better showing is due also to vigorous activity of the peace authorities such as in I falo where Chief of Police Higgins i known ov S a stoe youngest police chief in In the United States is making a determined determined deter deter- mined drive against the automobile thieves and in St. St Louis where the offIce office of- of fIce of y the circuit attorney cooperating with the police department has virtually put th the professional automobile thieves in the state penitentiary most of them here received long terms and it is expected that thefts in SU Louis Wh nm show a a. steady decrease from now on The subject of theft is being watched vigorously by the N N. N A A. A D D. A A. because of the theft insurance rates now having beas become become be- be come so high as to prove a aT big factor iI in the resistance ot of sales of automobiles T It is t realized that until thefts are iW mft me checked little progress can be made in the matter of Ot insurance I 1919 New York Chicago 2611 96 Detroit I 2633 2639 Cleveland r 2076 Los Angeles t. t 1629 I Kansas City i 1144 Portland Or Ore 1088 1008 Denver San Francisco Francisco 1123 St St. Louis 2241 Seattle 1451 I Indianapolis 90 Boston V. V Salt SaIt Lake City Oakland Cal Omaha Neb 1039 Columbus Ohio CincInnati Cincinnati Ohio Oklahoma City Albany N. N Y 41 Buffalo N N. Y r 1263 Newport R R. L 4 York Pa tl j Grand Rapids Mich Richmond Va SI 84 Dayton Ohio 20 O Lowell LoweD Mass 26 Evansville Ind lad 50 so Totals STOLEN RECOVERED 1919 1920 1918 1915 1918 1920 1919 2578 2573 2 2717 1 1954 1934 2529 2563 2649 1816 1788 1783 1 1765 76 1688 1654 1365 1152 1661 SOl 1528 1378 1440 1187 1354 1186 1082 1032 1304 1156 1241 1354 1422 1008 1376 1398 1393 1031 1152 1002 1000 55 l' l j 60 52 91 2 m 70 87 29 70 Soo 9 12 12 4 9 12 10 8 6 9 8 62 93 25 18 16 17 7 72 43 49 68 40 64 2 |