Evening star., 1917-11-01
SALOONS CLOSING MAY
DECREASE ACCIDENTS
Police Believe Traffic Conditions
Here Will Be Bettered by
Sheppard Law.

Police officials and members OF the
traffic squad think the closing OF
saloons will be the means Of decreas-
dents on the streets. realizing, how
ever. that there is likely to be moro
or less danger from such source on the
roads leading from Baltimore.
THE law against operating vehicles
while under the Influence of liquor is
a severe one and 1t may act as a de-
terrent and be the means Of keeping
operators from overindulging in in
toxicants," said a member Of the force
today.
Lieut.. Albert J. Headley. head of the
traffic squad. says there has been an
appreciate improvement in the hand
ling of motor vehicles since the cam
Chauffeurs operating heavy. motor
trucks. he stated. are displaying evi-
dences OF being more careful since the
| association Of owners Of such vehicles
days ago.
Two accidents. resulting from trolley
poles being in the center OF Bladens-
| burg road near 2sth street. were re-
Anthony J. Lenthner and George R.
Hagan. 142 A street northeast. were
occupants Of the car Of Mr.. Trigger.
resident of Alexandria. that hit one OF
the trolley poles shortly before mid
night.
Automobile Turned Turtle.
The automobile turned turtle. throw
ing its occupants to the roadway and
injuring them. Hagan received a se-
we're cut on his left leg. while Lenth-
ner's left hand was cut. They were
taken to Casualty Hospital.
Early this morning the automobile
Of BENJAMIN Van Ness. At H street
| struck a trolley pole and was badly
damaged Florence Tyler. Capitol
| Heights, Md. and Van Ness were cut
and bruised. They were taken to
Casualty Hospital.
An unidentified woman was knocked
down by the automobile of Mrs. S. b
Pole, 216 sth street northeast. at 7th
street and Mount Vernon place yes
| terday afternoon and slightly injured.
She was taken home in a passing auto
Miss Ethel Pierce. Takoma Park,
| last night was cut about the face while
a passenger on street car at 9Th
and o streets. A colored man smashed
a window OF the car. according to the
police and fragments of the glass cut
Miss Pierce. She refused to go to a
hospital.
Struck by Street Car.
| Mrs L. w. Bonner. Rochambeau
apartment, yesterday afternoon was
struck by a street car while crossing
at 18th and F streets and injured. She
was taken home.
| An automobile operated by Charles
Nicholson. 1870 Wyoming avenue, was
struck by a street car at Connecticut
avenue and NJ street yesterday after
| noon and damaged. Nicholson was
| not hurt.
Downlinson Truehart. colored. 1921
Vermont avenue. last night was in
| jured as a result of a collision be-
tween his bicycle and an automobile
| at Vermont avenue and v street. The
automobile carried a Virginia license
number.
| A collision between a horse-drawn
| express wagon and q street car oc-
Cured at Pennsylvania avenue and Sd
street last night. Both vehicles were
damaged, but their occupants escaped
injury.
Representative George White Of Ohio
and members of his family were in an
accident at l4th and G streets yester--
day afternoon. His automobile had
stopped, in compliance with the traffic
signal. 1t is stated. and was run into by
an automobile owned and operated by
w. L. Mantz. IL u street. child OF
Representative White was shaken up
and bruised about the head and the
automobile was damaged.
! George G. Smith. 719 9Th street north
east, this morning was knocked down
by an automobile owned and operated
by William J. Cousins. Brentwood. on
H street between 7th and 8th streets
northeast. He was only slightly hurt.