New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-04-07
PLAN TO END SPEEDING
TAKE LICENSES after
SECOND CONVICTION.
DR.. Loughran Tells Police That His
Car Knocked Dozen NOOndn Boy
-Healier Bail Noe.

Efforts 10 stop automobile speeding in this city
may become successful. said yesterday.
through the putting into effect of suggestion
made the newly formed National Highway
Protective Society by ex-Judge Charles S. Whit
man the society's counsel.
Mr.. Whitman. in talking with his associates IN
the crusade against speeding. said that he be-
neved the temper Of the public was rising 10 the
point which would make the obtaining OF legis-
lative enactment directed at offending owners OF
machines comparatively easy. The custom Of hniI1s
chauffeur s. or $40 or even S. he said. amounted
10 little. II anything, a prohibitive measure
The fines usually paid by the owners, who
able TO support the luxury of $4,000 automobiles
parted with the small for fines without a
Jremor panE
He asserted his belief that the only way put
the brakes the present craze for speed would
he 10 take away from the owner of the machine
his license to operate it upon the second convic-
zion for breaking the law
Filming chauffeurs ii seems 10 me. will cure
the disease continued ex-Judge Whitman AN
owner may employ a dozen different chauffeurs
At different times. and be perfectly willing to pay
the fines imposed on each one for breaking the
law. There are owners in this city who laugh
and Joke about the number of times their chauf-
feurs have been arrested ard the amount I'm fines
s. has cost them. The society IS contempla ting
the feasibility Of attempting TO have Law passed
revoking the license OF the owner 10 operate
machine upon the second conviction
HEAVY BAIL To RULE
The effect Of concerted action was demonstrated
in the Morrissnia police court yesterday morning.
William Hobby. formerly president of the Mount
Vernon Police Commission. was held in 500 bal
by Magistrate Butts charge Of speeding. Be
sides holding him for trial in Special Sessions the
magistrate fined him s. for disorderIy conduct
Floyd H. Wiimot, representing the Highways
Society. and n. ". Niles. representing the Auto
mobile Club Of America, were present to support
the case Of silverbauer, the policeman who made
the arrest
According 10 the policeman. Hobby threatened
70 have him broke" If he persisted IL trying to
stop him. In court Hobby denied the charge say
ing that his automobile running at only ten
miles an hour Magistrate Butts decided to accept
the statement Of the policeman. and added: Here
after vioa1ors or the speed laws may expect to be
held under heavy bail when brought before me. IL
] an satisfied Of their guilt
Or. Frederick ". Joughran. Of No 742 Prospect
avenue. The Bronx. admitted to the police yester-
day that ne the owner Of the machine that
knocked down George Noonan, eleven years old,
Of No, AT East 18th street. Monday evening.
He said that he took the injured boz 10 the Leb
anon Hospital. To the detectives he physician
said that he did know how the of John
son came out. as there was no one by that name
with him
Or L,oughran was arrested his home. and
held in the Morrisania court by Magistrate Butts
81 $500 bail for examination THURSDAY. The
physician was represented in court by Il. Gerald
Chaplin a lawyer. of No. so Wall street Magis
trate Butts assured the physician that he had
doubt the case a accident Bali was fur
nished.
MINISTER HELPS MAKE ARREST.
The Rev. DR.. John B. Calvert of No. 2M West
18th street. formerly assistant pastor Of Calvary
Baptist Church, helped q patToman overtake a
rilna way automobile yesterday Mrs. Calvert, Mr..
and Mrs George Mars and Calvert Holt with
Dr. Calvert in his machine at the time. The
passing ls1st street ana Amsterdam avenue,
when Patronau NcCracken asked the assistance
Of its occupants in catching machine which
then apparently making every effort TO establish
record.
The driver Of Dr. Calverts machine gave chase
a the rate of seventy miles hour McCracken
the captured 70 the police station, and the
minister resumed more lesurely speed.
There were sixty-four cases on the calendar Of
Part . Of the Court Of Special Sessions yesterday
morning, rhiTty-six fewer than were heard the
day before. The majority of the cases were au-
fomobe speeding arrests, and the evidence was
heard by Justice Hoyt. with Justices Mayo and
Harris his associates
The justices Of the Court OF Special Sessions,
through Acting Chief Clerk Fuller. sent letter
yesterday to Commissioner Bingham, requesting
that policemen be specific IN drawing com
plants against prisoners IN automobile cases They
said that when the cases were called the police
men who MADE the arrests were seldom in court,
and many times the complaints did not contain suf-
-fcient detail guide the justices
DR.. Nelson A Craw, twenty-six years old. OF No
90 Alexander avenue, The Bronx was held IN 800
hail bv MAGISTRATE Walsh in the Harlem Police
Court yesterday, charged with speeding his automo-
bile at the rate of twenty-four miles hour The
rhvsician said he didn't think he going that
fast