Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-08-27

having happened in either city with
in the past fortnight. affords posi-
t.v" and striking cvidcnc" Of the
dancer that j always attending tins
form of vehicle Even under The
best conditions. with level and i'm
proved roadWayS, the percentage Ot
accident is large, and when an adj
dltlonal element Of danger exists in
hillside roadways and trcStle-cross
ing~ over extended indcntation<
along tn" waterfront. the danger is
augmented in fearful ratio.
On Thursday night, of last week,
Mrs Atkinson and daughter were
severely injured by the overturning
Of an auto. which had ran into a
sandbank, and Supt Burrows, of the
Fannie Paddock hospital, was like
wise injured while acting rs chauf-
fcur. On preceding Saturday night,
five women were hurt in another
auto 5 cap>ize, on Tacoma hillside,
but strange to note, none seriously.
although the vehicle crash involved
also Street-car collision. Last
Sat urday night, about | O. clock, an
auto was precipitated from the curve
on the trcstle of Dead Mans gulch,
, wherein four women were drowned
and Parry, the chauffeur, was
killed, doubtless 10y the fall as his
neck was broken. The four women
were visitors from British Columbia.
Much blame attaches to the city
authorities, for this last accident, as
the curve on Dead Mems gulch is APP
propriately named, having been the
scene of several accidents, and one a
number of years ago of especial note,
involving loss of many lives. Rcla-
tives from across the straits are in
Tacoma, caring for the dead. So
fragrant is the evidence of neglect
and utter want of safeguards, that it
is quite probable that suits for dam
age will be at once instituted, as a
safeguard imperatively demanded for
the general public. This neglect of
public officials, is of such frequent
occurrence that it, is an imperative
duty to impose a penalty that will
make these horrible happenings such
an cnormity as to preclude neglect.
The percentage of accidents from
autos, by late statement of Great
er Chicago, is five per cent. of the
whole from all causes. 1t stands for
the past seven months of this year,
at 81 deaths and 1,0l9 accidents,
and these figures do not include
casualties in the suburbs. 1t will
be seen that the average deaths per
month is 7.2S and of injuries 145. 4.
There were 1,507 deaths in the city
from all causes during the twelve
months of 1908.
A dispatch of last Saturday gives
an account of four autoists hurled to
death, consisting of Chicago mer-
chant, George A. Mclean, his wife
and son and q guest. The machine
when at its greatest speed struck a
telegraph pole in the city suburbs.
Two other occupants and the chauffeur
escaped with slight injuries.
Bio FEDERAL Prison In THIS STATE.
1t may not be generally known that
the U. S. government is planning
to systematic the Federal prison
service so as to afford absolute secur-
ity by the most economical methods.
Congress has provided for the cree
ton of three large prisons, one at
Atlanta, Ga. another at Leaven-
worth, KS, and the other probably
on McNeil's Island, Puget Sound, if
the recommendation of r. V. Dow,
Superintendent of Prisons, and Incl
dentally representative of the De-
partment of Justice of the American
Prison Association Congress, is effec-
tive, as no doubt it will be. 1t is ex-
pected that the cost of these big
buildings will run into the hundreds
OF thousands of dollars, and the trend
OF court business in the Northwest
suggests retention of the present To-
cation for Federal prison on US CEN
trail point as McNeil's Island.
IT is noted that a man in Colorado
who had just given the Eugene Bible
University $50, 900 endowment fund
was run over by an automobile and af-
ter successfully lodging a possibly
fatal result, ripped out" one of the
most horrible and ear-splitting
strings of oaths that ever assailed
Christian ears. IL was SO lurid
in its intensity that a policeman
placed him under arrest. This seems
to carry a striking moral against a