South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-08-08
ELKHART TO ENFORCE
DINNER ORDINANCE
Arrests Will Follow Unless
Law is Lived Up to, Says
Chief of Police.
.cns- TImes snecfaI servlce:

News Times special Service:
ELKHART. Ind Aug S.-While
no arrests we're made Saturday or
sunday night for violation of the
antti-gIaring headlight ordinance
and no report was made BY the
uiaht officers Of any violations,
Chief Riblet. from his own Observd-
lions. says ne noticed "A tendency on
the part OF drivers of automobiles
20 De- less careful in obeying the or
oinance.
lon sunday night I noticed sew
eral cars coming toward Main st. ON
Harrison st that had bright lights
burning until about the time they
reached Second ST.. when they dim
med them" said the chief Monday.
1T looks as if il were going TO be
necessary to station officers on the
outlying streets TO arrest a few Of
these yiolators. 1t is not the inten-
ton Of he department 20 relax Wig
lance IL IL becomes apparent that
the ordinance is being wilfully dis
regarded
a resident Of Marion ST. who had
observed that on Thursday and Fri
day nights nearly all cars that pass
ed along the street bad the lights
dimmed noticed that on Saturday
nlght. and more especially on sun
day night the ordinance was being
violated. To seemed that not more
than half the drivers dimmed their
lights.
The ordinance should be enforc-
ed. declared City Attorney L. d.
Hall Monday. "and tie legal de-
partment VIII assist with all it's
power the police department in
bringing about proper observance
Of the law. I shall prosecute every
case with vigor whenever the adj
vice Of the chief is that there are
no eXtenuaung circumstances.
THE fact that two cases were
dismissed BY me should not be in
terpreted as an indication that this
department is not in earnest or that
IL viii not give the police depart
ment IFS complete support"
Temporary arrangement over a
love affair is believed 10 have caus-
ed Nathan Fristo. 6 year Old son
% Mrs. ]. Briggs Of Nappanee. to
attempt suicide by shooting himself
Sunday evening.
he and Theima Metzler. a IA year
old daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas
Metzler. also of Nappanee. had
driven several miles south of that
town. when. il is averred, Fristo
sbat himself with a - caliber re-
volver. The bullet pierced the left
lung passing through his body, en-
bedded itself in the back cushion of
the buggy.
The girl with the unconscious boy
al her side. drove back TO the office
of Nappanee physician. where
Fristo's condition was found to be
DrecariOus. Death was expected
momentarily al a late hour this aft
ernoon.
Mrs. Robert Canady Of vandaHa,
Mich who was injured Saturday
when a busy ln which she and her
husband and ten-month old child
were driving j.st 81 OF Elkhart
was run down by am automobile
driven les Frank Afford of Goshen
was much more severely hurt than
was supposed on Saturday.
Her husband and his father L.
VI. Canady OF Jouesvile who were
here Monday afternoon, said Airs
Canady is under the care of two
physicians. who announced that she
is suffering from coucussiou of the
brain. which threatens paralysis.
ST times one of her arms is helpless
and at other times her body below
the waist IS parayzed Her head is
beins Kept packed u ice.
Leola. ased nine daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Henry Booth 1s5 Paci-
DE ST. received a painful bruise 90
her head and sash across the
back OF her leu hand n 20 FAN from
the r. & vs. railroad bridge at the
southeast side of the island onto
rocks fifteen feet below. saturday
evening.
Retail food prices in the united
kinE1om are about 23 percent high
en- than a year ago.