Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-07
Demand for Separate Residential
Districts Adopted by
Association.
Selection of E. L. Thurston as SUI
perintendent of Schools Commended.
Judge Bundy Complimented.

committee under the craftsmanship of
W. G. Hinton, after having considered
the matter since the December meeting.
proposed that a committee be appointed
TO wait on the District committees in
Congress to urge the passage of a law
for the purpose similar to the segrega-
ton ordinance recently adopted by the
baltimore city council This law pro-
Sides. in effect. that no negro shall be
permitted to move into any block en-
tirely inhabited by white persons. and
that no white person shall be permitted
TO take up his abode in any block en-
tireiy occupied by negroes. The sub
committee further recommended that
copies of the resolution be furnished
TO the other citizens associations of the
District.
Issue Generally Discussed.
Following a statement of the sentiment
Of the subcommittee that the colored peo-
pie seemed to have an irresistible impulse
to encroach on white localities and that
the whites, instead of resisting, have a
tendency to move farther toward the out
skirts of the city; also that neither party
seemed to have a proper realization of
the harm thus done, the gathering re-
solved itself into what might be termed
an experience meeting The sentiment
expressed was that measures to check
such entertainments were not only justi-
fled on behalf of the white race, but jus
tilted on behalf of the colored people as
we'll: that segregation would in reality
tend to benefit the latter as much as the
former
J. Clinton Hiatt introduced resolution
Expressing qualification over the selection
of former Asst. Supt. of Schools Ernest
L. Thurston to fill the office of superin-
tendent of schools. extending to him the
CONGRATULATIONS and best wishes of the
association. The resolution was unani-
mously adopted. A committee of three
was appointed to present the expression
of commendation to Mr.. Thurston, con-
sisting of A. Z. Shreve, c. C. Lancaster
and Mr.. Hiatt.
a further resolution on the same sub
ject strongly commencing Mr.. Thurston's
selection as an Endorsement of the Amer
lean doctrine of home rule and repudia-
ton of the false theory that the District
does not contain people competent to adj
minister its local affairs was proposed
by c. c. Lancaster and adopted.
Boost for Judge Bandl-.
Endorsement of the candidacy TO sue
coed himself, of Judge Charles S. Bundy
of the Municipal Court, member of the
association for score of years, and Of
the retention in Office of SO efficient a
public servant, formed the basis of a
resolution introduced by William B. Todd.
This measure was unanimously passed
and Judge Bundy in brief speech ex-
pressed his thanks for the expressions
Vt esteem.
| William f. Peabody. president Of the
Street Safety Association, addressed the
|lneeting on the subject of THE Safety
OF Our Streets
THE object of our association is the
elimination of street accidents in two
|ways-through education and through the
proper enforcement of the laws" Mr..
Peabody said. Our object is to main
tain the proper balance between the We
hiclist and the pedestrian for the pro-
lection of life
THE pedestrian is the one who usually
suffers most and has to give up the
most. But the fact should not be lost
sight of that he has also gained many
things with the introduction of motor
driven vehicles. The pedestrians have
had their warning and their punishment,
as the thirty-two killed and the 1.246 in
jured In 1913 will testify, so that now we
are turning our attention more to the
vehiclists.
Asks for Law Enforcement.
London, with its twenty-one killed
against New York with 302, shows the
proper rate of accidents for a large city,
and Washington, I regret to say, in pro-
portion to it's population, has a higher
rate of accidents and. deaths than New
York. more stringent enforcement of
the traffic laws through the presence of
plain-cl0thes squad seems, therefore.
highly desirable
When Washington has as many third
oNense cases in a year as it has had of
deaths from motor accidents, it can stand
on a level with London as a safe city. The
energetic safety movement of the Penn
syivania railroad has procured it the en-
riable distinction Of going one whole
Year without killing a single passenger,
ard see no reason why similar move
Inent in Washington should not ultimate
y produce the same record