Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-28
NET For MOTORISTS
HyattsviIIe Enforces Twelve
Mile-an-Hour Regulation.
CAUGHT FISH IN PUNCHES
Officers Well Rewarded for Easter
Sunday Activity.
BIG SUM IS COLLECTED
Washingtonians Required to Part
With Ten and Five Dol
lars Each.
CAUGHT FISH IN PUNCHES
IG SUM IS COLLECTED
speci.l Correspondence of The star.

HYATTSVILLE, Md, March %, 1910.
Easter Sunday meditations here were
disturbed yesterday when a large num-
Der Of citizens congregated on the Wash
ington and Baltimore boulevard to wit
ness wholesale arrests of Washingtonians
and others accused of exceeding the speed
limit set by the mayor and common coun-
Gil for automobiles and motor cycles.
Ever since completion of the fine ma
cadam roadway through the town, 1t is
declared, there has been a noticeable dis
regard on the part Of drivers of motor
vehicles of the law fixing the speed limit
at twelve miles per hour through the cor
poration. The town authorities have been
energetic in passing ordinances concern
ing the matter, but have not heretofore
enforced their edicts. The result has beer
that, encouraged by the apparent indif-
ference Of the officials to enforce the law
the boulevard had become a sort OF
mecca for drivers who enjoyed a speedy
gait.
Measured a Quarter Mile.
Early yesterday morning Deputy Sheriff
Thomas H. Mohler, Constable Wallace c.
Raybold and Town Bailiff William C
Soules got busy. Their first move was
to fix a zone of one-quarter of mile be
tween Thompsons Hill near the Bladens-
burg bridge and the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad crossing near the drug store.
The deputy sheriff and Constable Ray
bold stationed themselves at the rail-
road. while Bailiff Soules observed the
speedy machines as they passed Thomp-
sons hill. As the drivers passed this
point the bailiff dropped red flag. and
stop watches were used by the officers al
the other end.
The first victims were J. r. HOuck, W.
NJ. Farrow. jr.: NJ. II. Hopwood and F.
G. Ehlers of Washington, all riding mo-
tor cycles. As they passed Bailiff Soules
he gave the signal. and when the rail-
road tracks were reached the motorists
were halted and placed in arrest. They
accompanied the officers to Constable
Raybold's office. on Maryland avenue
They gave their names and each deposit
ed collateral of S. for appearance before
Justice of the Peace Alexander Sakers
this evening at o'clock.
More Victims in Net.
The officers had hardly got to their
posts again when they received another
signal from the bailiff. This time the
victim proved to be Charles f. Dessez, a
Washington business man. He was ac-
companied by two ladies and his chauf-
he maintained that his speedometer show
ed less than twelve miles an hour. The
officers informed him that this was a
question of proof for consideration at the
hearing tomorrow evening. Mr.. Dessez
had Justice Sakers summon a number OF
witnesses who, he says. will testify that
he was not exceeding the limit. He left
So for his appearance.
William F. Landgrann of Washington
was the next automoblist to fall into
for his appearance. Mr.. Landgrann had
hardly left the police station when Regi-
maid Austin and e. C. Crockett appeared
on motor cycles. By this time large
crowd had assembled, and when the riders
saw there was some excitement they
slowed down. but not soon enough. ac-
cording to the officers, to get within the
time allowed for the quarter of a mile.
They. too, left S. each.
Claim Warning Was Given.
According to the officers, persons who
were criticising them for making arrests
got the wires busy, and a warning was
sent down the line. After several auto
mobiles and motorcycles had passed them
at the legal speed limit. the officers
switched the scene of action to a point
on the boulevard between Steubener's
roadhouse and the west Bladensburg
pecting an attack from this quarter, and
the result was that four more arrests
were made under the state law, which
regulates the speed to- twelve miles per
hour Fred B. Albert E. NJ. Bird, Felix
Garziglia and DR.. P. w. Kettler were
taken before Justice of the Peace A. H
Dahler in Bladensburg. The justice re-
qred deposit OF $40 from each of these
alleged Offenders, with the exception of
Garziglia. Of whom he exacted So. The
justice had difficulty in pronouncing the
latters name, and probably sized him UP
as perhaps the representative of a for
eign country.
At o'clock. an hour when the boule-
ward is usually crowded with rapidly NOV
ing machines, the thoroughfare took on a
tranquil air. and the few machines OBJ
served were practically creeping along.
Fines in Two Cases.
Garziglia and Bird appeared before JUS
tice of the Peace Dahler in Bladensburg
this morning. Mr.. Bird, who was accom-
panied on his ride by Alexander Mellow
Ell. clerk of the House of Representatives
pleaded guilty and was fined So and costs
amounting in all to $s.s6.
Mr.. Garziglia entered a plea of not
guilty, and stated that when he observed
the officers in the road with a red flag
waving him to stop he thought there
was udHkST u running into SUCK Ol
dynamite. He frankly admitted that he
would not have stopped had he known
the purpose for which he was being helc
up. Judge Dahler imposed a fine of 5:
and costs on Mr.. Garziglia. He wa.
driving his own machine. DR.. p. w. ket
tier and Frederick w. Albert, who were
also arrested for alleged speeding on tn,
turnpike, did not appear and forfeited
their collateral Of $40 each.
Failed to Display Tags.
Out Of twenty-five automobiles held uI
yesterday by Sheriff William e. Welt and
Deputies Ramay and Wise at Chew,
Chase, eight were cited to appear today
before Justice of the Peace Edmonstor
at Rockhill on a charge Of failing to dis
play the Maryland license tag as re
quired by law. Two of them appeared
this morning They were r. NJ Heath