Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1919 — UNITED STATES TO PURSUE AUTO THIEF. [ARTICLE]

UNITED STATES TO PURSUE AUTO THIEF.

A determined effort to check the |; prevalence of automobile thefts has ; resulted in the introduction of a hill < in the house of representatives that ' imposes a fine of $5,000, five years! in jail or both upon conviction of ! stealing an automobile. The meas-1! ure was introduced by Represents- j tive Igoe, of Missouri, to protect the! 6,500,000 owners of cars valued at; $7,800,000,000. As another means j of checking the widespread theft of motor vehicles, a movement is j under way to have the component parts of a car ‘ numbered instead i of the engine only, as is now the case. Secret marks of identification on each machine also will prove of great assistance in detecting au- i tomobile thieves.