Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 103, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 September 1921 — Page 7

AUTO TRADE IN STEADY GAIN, REPORTS SHOW Large Plants Have Increased Sales During Month of August. FALL OUTLOOK IS GOOD DETROIT, Sept. 9—Some of the more lmpor,e.nt automobile manufacturing plants in this State are steadily increasing their activities, while others are still awaiting the opportunity to do so. When the Industry is taken as a whole there is no doubt there is an improvement, which, in a number of cases, is very material. Take, for instance, the Packard Motor Car Company. Official data shows during the first half of August its truck sales gained 59 per cent over those for the first half of July. That is decidedly a good Indication as ti) business picking up. because the truck purchasers would not be spending money now were It not that their business has been and continues to be better. DEALERS REPORT BETTER BUSINESS. Passenger car sales of the company Ehow an increase of 7S per cent over July, first half, on. one model and 60 per cent increase on the other model, or a total general average of nearly 66 per cent on all Packard sales. Production of one of the two passenger car models was one month behind ten days ago. Generally speaking, the 325 Packard dealers and distributors in the country all reported better business for the first half of the month. In Pontiac, the production at the Oakland Motorcar Company and at the General Motors Truck Company has been increasing and sales are reported to be much tetter. The Oakland is planning to make about 325 cars a day of one of their models within a short time. The truck company Is averaging fifteen to twenty trucks a day now. From Lansing comes the report that by the end of September the Olds Motor Works expect to be operating at SO per cent of capacity. At present the basis Is 60 per cent cf capacity. HAKE F ACTERF.RS srrcH busier. Business with the Motor Wheel Corporation. also Larsing, could hardly be much better, said an official, for the reason that the operations are at about 90 per cent of capacity. “All things considered,” he said, “a good many manufacturing concerns are much nearer normal now than they expected to be. The average man thinks a little too much of the peak days of the last year, but if he were to think more of the conditions which prevailed during the non-peak but more normal days, he would realize that the industry is in a very fair position and that the comeback has been a very satisfactory one.” The labor situation in Detroit for the week ended Aug. 23, is another fgood barometer that business here is In very satisfactory stage. The Employers' Association cf Detroit reports that 1,633 men were added to the forces of

GREATEST SALE -OFTires That This City Has Ever Had Will Close Saturday Night at 9 o’clock c still say that we have no competition when you compare onr prices and values. We feel sure that the motoring public of this vicinity realizes this also and wish to thank them for their patronage during this sale. You will have to hurry if you want to get in on the balance of this sale, FORD SIZES

14— 30x3 FABRIC $7.50

NONSKID FABRIC 3 32x3% $11.65 6—32x4 $14.50 4 33x4 $15.00 3—34x4 $15.50

e want your patronage and will strive, to hold it. We are here to stay. You can not purchase quality tires at these prices elsewhere. Our steady increase in volume has enabled us through our chain of over Fifty stores fuelling Eclipse Tires and Tubes to offer you prices that startle our competitors. ECLIPSE TIRE and RUBBER CO. 126 East New York Street. \ W. T. Kincaid, Gen. Mgr. ° p “ "HS*;. SfV p ' "• • Circle 8146.

Japanese Officers Quit Commissions to Become Bandits; Aim to Expand

Special to Indiana Dally Tlmea and Philadelphia Public Ledger. By FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. WASHINGTON, sept. B—Remarkable and authenticated stories have just reached Washington, telling of plans of high Japanese army officers to promote Japanese expansion on the main land of Asia by becoming bandit ehifetalns. Their avowed purpose, according to their own statements, is to carry on a more aggressive “continental” policy on behalf of Japan, i. e., in China—.than the Japanese government is ready to promote and sponsor. The Information which has come to the United States sets forth that in the early days of last month Lieut. Col. lichi Inouye. a member cf one of the most aristocratic militarist and diplomatic families In Japan, applied to be placed on the retired list of the army. His declared object was to assume the leadership of a band of modunted bandits in Manchuria. He caused it be known that he was to be supported in his romantic enterpr.se by a number of younger Japanese officers. After being retired, Colonel Inouye paid his respects to General Yamanashi, the Minister of War, and General Uohara. chief of the general staff, and then left Toklo for the mainland. He is understood to have teen accompanied by a member of the Japanese parliament nanjed Eitaro Otashl, and two other friends. The Inouye “bandit” scheme, its instigators allowed their friends in Japanese official life to understand, is conceived frankly as a free-lancing enterprise designed to advance Japanase interests on the continental mainland, as the Nipponese militarists conceive them It Is notorious that the Japanese army contains a considerable element, especially among the ycung officers, who thinks the Tokio government', policy lacks the proper aggressiveness in and toward

the seventy-nine members of its association and that the total employed was 117,420. LABOR SITUATION SHOWS IMPROYgMENT. The preceding week showed a decrease of 3,922 on the payrolls of the same concerns, and it was generally believed that it was the beginning of a steady decrease And It is the reverse that happened, for most of the men taken back were recalled by plants who had laid off some of their force the previous week. About the only unfavorable feature of the employment record is the rather ,arge increase In the number of men working only part time. The number was 18,025, or 6,315 more than during thr week of Aug. 16. They were distributed among thirty plants, or* five more than the previous week. Nor is the labor situation any too bad in some of the smaller cities. The Chamber of Commerce of Benton Harbor recently Issued the following bulletin on that subject: OPERATING AT CAPACITY. “With comparatively few shut-downs and wages pretty close to the old standard, we will go through the summer In fine shape. Pittsburg. Pa., reported the first of the week that common labor was

11— 30x3^2 FABRIC $8.75

China and other Asiatic countries. Dissatisfaction on that score is driving many youthful Hotspurs of commlssionea rank Into “Jameson raid” enterprises, s leh as that now projected by Colonel Inouye. The latter is an eminent soldier. He commanded a detachment of Japanese troops sent to the ChlneseKorean border last fall to carry out stern punitive measures In retaliation for the massacre of Japanese subjects In the Chlen-Tao district. Colonel Inouye Is said to have made the acquaintance of a famous bandit leader on that occasion and to have become so enamored of the possibilities of exceptional service for Japan by the practice of banditry that he decided to leave the army and become a free lance. The Toklo newspaper Nichi Tichi, which was the first to reveal Colonel Inouye's plans, states that he was to have an Interview with General Oba, commanding the Japanese garrison before entering upon his career as a bandit chief. The impression would seem thus to be created that the Japanese militarists are passively favorable to the Colonel's amazing scheme. In the same connection It Is stated the military cadets’ training school recently launched an organizat'on called the “Continental Society,” which has the support of several radical army leaders. The society was suppressed by the government. There was another futile attempt of the same sore. Instigated by a Major Katsujl Y'asul, who undertook to become manager of a sugar factory In the Philippines, the employes of wh*ch were all to be Japanese ex-servlee me Major Yasul openly advertised for “employes" and many noncommissioned officers offered their services, much to the chagrin of the war office, which is suffering from a shortage of noncommmisslcned men. The army authorities are said promptly to have cheekmated Major Yasui’s Philippine enterprise.—Copyright, 1921, by Public Ledger Cos.

down to twenty cents with plenty of applications. “Benton Harbor will not reach that basis for some time, but labor must look for a general reduction from time to time, if industry succeeds in keeping its wheels turning. It Is up to every man to give an honest day’s work if we are to succeed in pulling through until spring without a setback.” At the county fair In lonia officials claim there were 2.500 automobiles parked on one day of the week. And there were some 20.000 visitors at the fair that day. These officials agreed “It couldn’t be done” if business conditions in general had not been Improving. The Hugh Lyons Company, Lansing, is operating at 100 per cent capacity. “The demand for window and showcase fixtures is keeping up to very good.” said an official. PARTS MAKER GETS ORDERS. The Ireland & Matthews Manufacturing Company, Detroit, which makes automobile parts, plumbers' supplies, stove' trimmings, nuts, bolts, etc., reports Increased activities among its customers. Wyandotte, near Detroit, secured a truck and a body-making plant recently, and is reported to be negotiating with

s-30x31/ 2 CORD $12.95

NONSKID CORD 3—32x314 $16.75 2 $20.50 5—33x4 $21.00 3 r $21.50 7—32x41/ 2 $27.00 4 2 $28.25 2 2 $28.75 3 2 $30.00 2—35x5 $35.00

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,1921.

several other concerns to make their home It the town. The Nash-Lansing Sales Company of Lansing, which distributes the Nash passengerr cars and tracks, says through its sales manager: “The demand for automobiles at this time of the year is unusual. We look for even greater sales during September.” The Equitable Life Insurance Com-

/ that were bent by A SHOE with all the smartness of the boulcYards—and all the comfort of a moccasin— Straight Bones that’s why the Modified Educator appeals to ‘J?, a Modified 1 ‘ Educator Shoe smartly dressed women. Dcs'gncd to give your foot smart distinctive lines, yet it embodies all the orthopedic principles of the famous Rice & Hutchins Educator —the shoe that "lets the feet grow as they should". Come in and try on a pair today. It will be a revelation of foot comfort, Shoes at Sf\Dß Floors endorsed by a Shoe eOattUkidLUH 1 of THE Shop Shoes Y.W. C. A.

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-FOR - Vlft MW 1 irwr Better get busy at once, they are going like hot cakes. You save $51.00 by taking advantage of this great sale. Convenient terms arranged if desired. One year to pay. Above sacrifice price of $109.00 is for cash. 12 months time payment price, $119.00.

Every Eden in the sale is a brand new 1921 model fully guaranteed for one year

Never since pre-war days has so much Eden value been priced so low. In 1917 the Old Style EDEN was $125. Today it is $lO9.

$5.00 Down $9.50 Per Month

pany of New York has just opened a home-purchase department in Kalamazoo. Anew industry for the city is reported to be the Brlndle Fuel Equipment Company, in which Chicago people are especially interested.* The National Portland Cement Company is reported to have arranged for the construction of a cement plant at Coldwater Lake, about twenty miles

mr *Tha /J&uso Btecteio * Maryland and Meridian Streets.

from Mt. Pleasant.—Copyright, 1921, by Public Dedger Company. SPOONING DRIVERS BANNED. LONDON, Sept. 9.—The police have been ordered to arrest any motorist seen driving with one arm around a girl. This step has been taken In an effort to reduce motoring accidents.

Special for Saturday ■“■■Hj | Three Piece Cane Baok, Velour, I LIVING ROOM $f #*7.50 S-U-l-T-E at

Phones: Main 0123 Auto. 23-123

Save — for a purpose Make possible that ambition. Never lose sight of the possibility of a small start. Remember in this glad game of Getting Ahead it is the service of our Savings Department to help—by paying 4}/2% on Savings OPEN SATURDAYS UNTIL 8 P. M. ' T ptiflld &Co.,StateßanJ 123*125 EMavkeisl

—truly a rare value In Living Room Furniture. A threepiece suite—davenport, rocker and chair —the frames are imitation mahogany and the backs are a good grade of cane. All three pieces have loose spring-filled cushion seats, upholstered In a heavy grade of velour in mulberry or blue. This low price also Includes two extra pillows to match in sunburst or square style, s pecial Saturday at $147.50. SOLD CASH OR EASY PAYMENTS.

Two Specials for Saturday Shoppers 5 Qt. Aluminum Preserving KETTLE /O 79c —Offering a 5-quart size “ Viko ’ ’ Aluminum Preserving | Kettle with heavy tinned steel wire bail, with good ebonized handle, a high grade kettle, Saturday only at 79c each.

Aluminum Pudding Pans, 29c —Saturday—one day only—we of- — 1 fer 1 size “Viko” Aluminum Pudding Pans, high grade quality —good deep pans, special V at the National at 29c each. Store Open Saturday Until 6 P. Af.

National Furniture Cos. Out of the High Rent District 335-343 W. Wash. St.

You Still Have Time Today and Tomorrow to get your share of the thousands of dollars we will pay October Ist, to our Savings Depositors, because— All deposits made on or before SEPTEMBER 10th, will receive interest from September Ist. If you don’t have an account, start one. If you have an account, make a deposit. MEYER-KISER BANK 136 East Washington Street. Open all day Saturday, 8 A. M. to 8 P. M.

PENNSYLVANIA SYSTEM EXCURSION TO LOUISVILLE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 $3.00 Round Trip (Including War Tax) Special train leaves Indianapolis 7:30 a. m., C. T. Returning, leaves Louisville, Main St. Station, 6:30 p. m., C. T. (7:30 p. m. Louisville Time).

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