The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-24
BOOZE AND CARS
 DON'T MIX, SAYS
 STATE SECRETARY
Says Excuses Offered By Negligent Are Ridiculous
 and He'll Stop it.
Especial to The Fsarmer.)

Hartford. Nov. 242Drinking by drivers of autonebiles was scored yesterday by Secretary of State Burnes after suspending several IT. censes. Three Bridgeport men were arraigned and the licenses of two of them were inva1idated.
 Samuel Rosenthal of Bridgeport was arraigned, charged with reckless dr1v- ing Oct. 21. His ear struck and killed George Lindley. RoseRthal was asked if he had been arrested before He said he hadn't but that he has a twin brother who looks like him, and he might have been arrested. Because he had been fined in court for reckless driving, his 1icenes was suspended for 10 days Waiter Lanson of Bridgeport was charged with reckless driving on Oct. 20 while on his way from Westport. Lanson struck a. motorcycle when he was on the left side of the road. He told Secretary Burnes that he turned to the wrong side of the road to avoid an accident, as he thought the motor cycle was going to hit his machine. He was allowed to retain his license.
 Frank Milo of Bridgeport was charged with speeding, damaging property and operating a. motor -ve- hicle while intoxicated on Oct 22. Mlo's mar turned turtle during the accident Secretary Burnes suspended 
 "This driving by persons who have been drinking is. a menace to the safe ty of the state highways, @said Secre- tary Burnes yesterday afternoon and I am trying as hard as possible to put and end to the. practice As soon as a. chauffeur gets several drinks in him. his first inclination is invariably to open the throttle as wide as possible and let his car go for all it is worth. There are two things that can do to stop this practice, suspend the drivers IicenseS sor~refuse to grant a license to a man who.i in my opinion, is in the habit of taking a few drinks before he goes out for drive.
 eIt is amazing thA Edefences that many of the persons charged with op- erating motor vehicles while under the influence of liquor put up when they eVade a penalty for their reckIessness. If the accounts that some of the driI- CTS are to be believed, a single glass of beer or a lone cocktail has. the queerest effects imaginable on per- son. chauffeur before me charged with intoxication while driving his ear uusually has been drinking to .an ex- tent or just a little bit before lunch, and cannot to save his live explain why he could have lost control of his car from having taken such a limited amount of Iiquor.4n f
  drivers and any Of them who appear before me on this charge will be dealt with as severely as think justif1able. wouldn't give my own brother the right to drive a car if I thought that he was .rummys in this respect 9 T--. Ernesto Brunette of %Ridgefe1d was charged with reckless driving and failing to stop when a trolley ear was dischargfng passengers in Danbury on Nov 10- Secretary Burnes warned him and allowed him to go.
 Henry w. Chidsey of Stamford was charged with reckless. driving in Greenwich on Nov. 6. Chidsey was driving down Greenwich avenue at the rate of g miles. am hour while demonstrating an automobile to a prospective purchaser. He< was warned by Secretary. Burnes and allowed to go.
 Frank Mecha1ey of Stamford was charged with violation of the traffic law and operating motor vehicle without license, in that city on Nov. 4. Meohalen told Secretary Burnes that he had been driving an auterne-s bile for IA years. It developed that