The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-01
POLICE JOTTINCS.
Automobile Drivers Are Called
Upon the Carpet.
Failure to Closely Observe Pro-
visions Of Law Alleged.
ONE is LOCKED UP.
Harold Newman Was Not Meek
and LOWly.
Warming Issued About Location
of Tail Lights.

Today was automobile day. Yester-
day made fair bid for the distinction
for last night a policeman named Per-
ney stood at the junction of Kansas
avenue and Central avenue in North
Topeka and stopped at least a score
of machines for sundry reasons. But
today is the big day, for all who were
told to report, have been coming be-
fore the judge and the officers are
looking for violators.
Harold Newman is gathering a
thorny bunch of charges and is the
star offender of the lot. Newman is
the Young American" driver for
Dave August who yesterday confessed
that he had lied a. few years to get
his pilots license consequently for
feiting it, Not daunted however, by
so trivial a matter as that, the lad was
driving Mr.. August and a woman
about last night with proper chauf-
fer 1nsolence and passed the cop sta
toned in North Topeka. The rear
light was not showing the number of
the machine and he was to report at
the station as soon as he could get
there without fracturing the limit. He
was booked to appear this morning
and drove away. Then he had the mis-
fortune to pass Chief Eaton who ar
rested him for driving without a Ii
cenSe and again he was taken to the
station where he proceeded to give
the chief and others a few sugges-
t1ons. These were not taken kindly
and he was accordingly pushed in be-
hind the bars with the Indians and
negroes. Later he was baiIed out by
August but as he came out of the
door was stopped again and booked
for exceeding the speed limit last Sun
day which makes three charges
against the boy Shower
DR.. L. H. Mum was halted driving
% miles an hour on Kansas avenue
just north OF the MeIan bridge by the
motor police and told to report this
morning. The doctor admitted that
he was hurrying to meet patient
and desired to pay a fine of IS, but
Judge Urmy could not see any less
than $40. After a few moments de-
liberation about appealing the case,
the doctor concluded, well life is too
short" and the deal was closed.
More than half dozen witnesses
are being summoned to appear in the
case against E. H. drummer, a ma
chinist for the Smith Auto company
who according to Hutton, the motor
cop, was giving a new car a speed test
of some fifty miles on East Eighth
street. 1t was near. dusk he says
when the machine went down the
street just barely noticeable in the
cloud of dust. SKA
Most of the arrests last night were
for failure to have the tail lights light
up the number so as to be readable.
L F. Clearinghouse, Roy Starr, F. w.
Durein, G. B. Merriam, Harold New
man, S. Borman, A. Brumbaugh. P. J.
CIevenger, c. Hu1tberg and T. E. Sa-
bin is a list of those who have report
ed at the station while others are to
come in later. None of these were fined
as that section of the ordinance has
not yet been seriously enforced but
their arrest is expected rather to be a
warning for the future.
Today the policemen are keeping a
close watch for auto drivers who
have not" taken out their license to
operate a machine. About half of the
drivers have not yet secured their d.
T1Iomas from the board and all cops
have been supplied with names of
graduates who are immune from ar
rest on that count.