Catoctin clarion., 1917-08-30
He's Getting Your Money.
Hundreds of Dollars Weekly
Gathered From Reckless
Auto Drivers.

Gathered From Reckless
Auto Drivers.
To get there quickly seems the thought
uppermost in the mind of the man who
sits behind the wheel in many automo-
biles- speed law or no speed law.
1t would seem that after so many
arrests have been made and heavy fines
imposed for speeding, drivers would keep
one eye on his speedometer to see that
the tape passed not the 35 mile mark.
but going at 40 miles gets you there just
a little sooner, and the getting there
quick often results in holdup by road
officer and the necessity of paying over
to Justice of the Peace the sum of $25
or more.
The arm of the law seems always
pointing at the owner of an automobile.
Recently it became necessary for them
to change lenses in their headlights and
have same adjusted according to law,
and now Commissioner Baughman is
after the fellow who does not carry a
tail light according to law. Some carry
none at sll.
The laws are known by the big majori
ty of autosts but failure to keep same
brings grief to many. Last Sunday l3
arrests We're made for speeding in the
vicinity of Frederick.
The fastest man caught on the road
during the day was Lindsay Armistead,
of Portsmouth, Va, driving Stutz. He
plead guilty to going sixty miles an hour
and failing to reduce speed on curves,
and paid fine of SIS.
Deputy Franklin arrested the operator
of the auto of Justice Harlan of the U.
S. Supreme Court on a charge of speed
ing. The chauffeur was convicted and
fined $25, and an appeal taken.
J. Ross Smith, Walkersville, speeding,
plead guilty, fined $25.
Chas. W. Jackson, chauffeur for Hen
ry Castleburg, Baltimore, speeding, not
guilty.
W. S. Stephenson, Washington, pass
ing auto on crest of hill, fined SIS.
D. P, Beamer, Uniontown, Pa, speed
ing, plead guilty, fined S25.
G. Irving Poehlman, Baltimore, speed
ing, $25.
W. M. Scott, Washington, speeding
and passing auto on crest of hill, $45.
Ray Forney, reckless driving, $25.
George E. Schaetfer, Baltimore, speed
ing in city, S25.
DR.. Hiram Fried, Baltimore, speeding,
fined $25.
George E. Lanz, speeding, S25.
Luke E. Thompson, speeding, $25.
d. T. Sipe, speeding, $25.
A. G. Trundle, improper tail light and
no operators license, $ll.
Sunday evening the song service at
Braddock Heights attracted thousands
of persons, many of them going in their
automobile. 1t also attIacted numerous
road officers. 1t is stated that the dep
uties made stand at point where the
boulevard from the Heights intersects
the Frederick -Middletown road and in
spected the tail light on nearly every
machine coming down the road. The
following persons were obliged to go to
court in Frederick and pay the sum of
$l.00 for defective tail lights;
C. E. Krantz, New Market; Maurice |
Miller, Claude Cutler, c. M. Zimmerman,
Claude N. Clary c. B. Sttely, Harry j.
Kefauver, John Stull, Walter Duvall,
DR.. A. X. Leon Floyd Zimmerman all of
Frederick city; Carroll l.. Smith, Woods
boro; w. c. LeGore, LeGore; Clarke 0.
Routzahn, Burkittsvlle; c. r. Wolfe,
Hagerstown Harry J. Elder, Baltimore;
Egin Hemp, jefferson; George Roop,
Middletown; Daniel c. Grove, jefferson
John Waggaman. Emmitsburg; Royal o.
Wallace, Hagerstown; c. M. Root and
M. j. Albaugh Jr., Thurmont; c. Brown,
Ira j. Brandenburg and A. Frank Miller,
Mt. Airy; K. A. Boone, Union Bridge;
Harry Hahn and G. W. Taylor, Bruins
wick; Dorsey Martin, Hagerstown.
Commissioner Baughman made public
the list of persons arrested and fined
during the week for violating the auto
mobile laws. On the list were the names
of lS persons who paid $25 and costs for
speeding. One individual was fined $50
for the same otfense.
John T. Remsburg, Mt. Pleasant, lost
his license for operating under influence
of liquor.