The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-19
IN JUSTICE TO
The SCHOOL KID.
Police Of the City Are Going g Call
all Automobile Owners to Task
If They Disregard
Laws.
HUMPING TOO FAST
Little Ones Who Cross Main and
Other Streets Are Endangered by
carelessness of Machine
Drivers.
HUMPING TOO +


Police protection has been promised
citizens. especially the parents of
small children, who have been bitter
complainants 80 that the owners or
drivers of automobiles will have to
come to time" strictly in compliance
with the law which exacts reasonable
running speed, or go to Jail and pay
fine.
In substance this was statement
made by the chief Of police today and
from the earnestness of that officials
tones, there will be something doing
for his patrolmen henceforward. The
reckless running of automobiles up
and down Main street and on the side
streets has become an intolerable Of
tense and complaints to the officers
of the police department have been
innumerable.
From a condition of bold disregard
for the law, the police intend to turn
the tide and take things in their
own hands for awhile.
MCUdSluQ W Lie ava A-'iHO.
Among those who have spoken to
the officers on many occasions, are
the fathers and mothers of children
who must cross Main and other more
prominently travelled thoroughfares in
| their course to and from school. No
accident has yet occurred from pell
nell shunting about of automobiles,
| but several catastrophes, 1t Is report
ed, have been narrowly averted, not
because the driver used precaution,
but simply through fate the near-vic-
tim moved hastily out of harms way
After "Smart Alexis"
In speaking of the matter today OF
bringing the owners of cars who rush
about with their machines, into cor
rect obedience with state legislation
Chief of Police Schevers said: There
are lot of fellows who are running
their cars at dangerous clip about
town, and they'd better cut it out
that's all. There are some smart
alexis who are known to the police
that tear up and down the streets
like they owned it, These are the
!, ones we will direct our attention tt
first. They've got to quit this fas
running and observe the ten mile linn
it On Main and twelve on the othe
{ streets.
Some persons who drive automo
biles and others who drive carriage
, or wagons think that the horse draw
: vehicle must get out of the way o
| the auto. That's all wrong. The dri
yer of horse has his right to thu
street, Just so he keeps on the RICH
/ side"
VIII Be No Monkey Business.
In crusading against the machin
owners who manufacture time witt
their cars and dart about with littl
, care in their hurry to get somewher
anywhere, the officers commence
this afternoon with the stop watche
, and it is expected that number vii
be hauled before the court for scorcf
ing.
: NOJ OHCe, DuI d Hall uOZeu lllues
The Gate City has printed excerpt
from the code which are applicabl
Y to the law and punishment of automc
4 bile or motor vehicle speeding, S
r that a repetition of the passages /
g print is uncalled for. Suffice to sa,
/. however, that the fine for the frs
\ offense is from s3.s5 to $50 The Sc
!. ond offense calls for a fine OF nj
a less than s25 or thirty days in th
j. city Jail.
: Still Cutting Out Muffier.
Several weeks ago the departmel
i of public safety made the announc
!. ment through the medium of IL
n press that any owner of an automobi
! who cut out the muffler of a mote
r vehicle Is the same as that of spec
e ing. The offense while not SO muc
. of menace to the public as spec