Show MOTOR CAR THIEVES YES The recovery by Chicago detectives of ot autos valued at 5 OO and the location of other stolen cars worth 13 19 s much more in a Michigan l town ought to be sufficient to m ike ke any owner of an auto sit up and take no no- tice Uce It gives however but a faint Idea of the extent to which automobile automobile automo automo- bile thievery has developed in n Amer Amer- ica lea Automobile manufacture of co course rae Is la colossal business and everything connected with it on a corresponding scale of magnitude Yet the apparent apparent apparent ent growth of automobile stealing Into in into into In- In to an organized industry of or vast proportions proportions proportions pro pro- portions is calculated to excite astonIshment aston aston- For thefts of ot horses representing representing representing re re- re- re presenting a far smaller property loss than that suffered by Chicago motor motorcar car owners alone vigilance committees committees committees commit commit- tees were once organized and men hanged And if It automobile larceny can attain these dimensions in one locality what is the possible sum to total total to to- tal of it for the whole country So far the depredations of ot motor motorcar motorcar motorcar car thieves have been viewed as a local police pollee problem But the status of the automobile as a vehicle of Interstate interstate interstate in In- transit and the peculiar facilities facilities fa taM dUties it affords the thieves to dispose dispose dis dis- pose of a stolen car in a city far tar distant distant distant dis dis- tant from the scene of the theft theft makes the question of or the detection I and punishment of automobile thieves i national one No doubt it is incumbent incumbent bent on every owner to be his own vigilance committee But certainly the extraordinary growth of the criminal industry justifies extraordinary extraordinary nary measures and drastic penalties to curb it Auto Insurance against theft collision collision collision col col- or fire may be obtained thru any fire insurance agen agent t |