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Show PLAIN HINTS TO FOIL GAR THIEF Cleveland Auto Distributor Gives Some Practical Suggestions Sugges-tions to Owners. REMOVE DISTRIBUTOR ROM Unique and Effective Scheme Is ftc. Have Blind Switch In Ignition Syetem Other Method to Discourage Robbers. Rome Ingenious yet simple ways tc foil the autntnobltn thief, who oftes UiikIh at locksmiths when he beglna Unkt-rlni; with uiotorciirs, are sug-gexti'd sug-gexti'd by Kmll C. HertK, n Cleveland autmnolillf lUxtrllmtiir. Mr. Hertz's flrt stigKestlon Is to reuiiivu the (llrtlrlhutor ml or. Without this nitur then1 run he nn Htark, ho ays, mid without the spark no gaso-Uue gaso-Uue motor will run. The rotor U tine of the easiest things to get at, so Its remnvnl by the car owner when ho leaves his vehicle parked In som street Is nil the entiler. As there are kuveral different kinds of rotors. It Is all the more difficult for the thief, since he would have to carry almost every type to have th correct one available when needed. Bven though half of nil the automobile tiilcre were equipped with complete eels ot rotors, the car stealing hazard would be reduced 50 per cenl. Unique and Effective Scheme. I'crhapn the moit unique and effective effec-tive scheme to protect a car, continued Mr. Hertz, Is to have a blind switch In some concealed part of tho main Ignition system. Probably nine out of ten thieves would be utterly bullied If the elrcult were brokeu In this wny because It Is n device they would least expect, They would naturally look for the commoner methods of disabling cars hut there Is n stnndnrd way ernllablo to (he thief for locating the trouble caused by a blind switch. Another slipple, though lew effectual way to bailie the nmateurlsh thief Is to disconnect the wire nt, the coll, In connection with the g'eherntor. In Bony "makes of cars there Is only one wire exposed mi the qoll nnd It may b detached at either end with little trouble. There Is still nnother way to discourage discour-age the motor car thief and that Is to rroiM the spark plug wires to say the fourth and "fifth or tho fifth and sixth cylinders of a "six." This cross-Ins cross-Ins of the wires causes back firing and resultant heavy artillery when thn, engine Is started will often cause tho less hardened thief to fleo In dismay, asserts Mr. Hertz. Some car owners however, would not approve of this method of thwarting thwart-ing the thief because of the danger of blowing off the muffler of the car" mechanism. Keep Record of Numbers. Finally, be sure thnt you record the numbers'" of your motor and tires In a memorandum book nnd keep the book where you can always lay your hands upon It, advises Mr. Hertz, who cites an Instance of a car which was stolen In lloston, Mass., and recovered and Identified four months later by one of the orlglnnl tires. |