The Washington herald., 1917-10-21
WOULD forbid
"CUTS ACROSS"
CITY STREETS
Jury Urges Commissioners
to Make Law Govern
ing P !!estrians.

Aroused by the big jump that has
been recorded in the number of street
accidents IN Washington for the last
two days and the killing by an auto
mobile. Friday night, of 75-year-
old civil war veteran, the coroner's
jury which yesterday afternoon In
vestigated the death. submitted a
resolution TO the District Commission
ers last night to make 1t a law that
pedestrians cross streets only at
street intersections and further rec
commended that the law be enforced
to its full measure.
The recommendation reads:
Jury's Recommendation.
I'VE further recommenud that a
regulation requiring pedestrians to
cross streets at proper crossings be
enacted and enforced"
Lieut.. Albert J. Headley and Sergt.
William s. Shelby, who are in charge
Of the traffic squad OF the Metropoli-
tan police force, yesterday afternoon
held another conference with alleged
habitual offenders of the traffic rules.
II Is stated that six alleged offen-
ders were present. These conferences
were ordered a short time ago by
Maj. Pullman, superintendent OF
police, for the purpose of teaching
reckless motorists and other trafiic
offenders the futility and dangerous
consequences Of disobeying the Dis
tricts rules.
The conferences are held every
weekday afternoon az the District
building from 2:30 o'clock to 3:3C
o'clock. Those who are summoned
to appear at the so-calied traffic
, court are those persons who have
been reported to the authorities by
reputable citizens as being constant
violaters of the traffic rules.
Hayes Jackson. colored. Is years
old, who lives in the rear of SIG
Twelfth street northwest. and who
was driving the automobile truck
which Friday night at Seventh and n
streets norwest, ran over and almost
instantly killed John Bernhardt, 70,
an inmate of the Soldiers Home, was
released from the custody of the
police last night after the coroner S
jury returned verdict of unavoida BILE
accident.
S0f.
Rendered unconscious when at us
o'clock last night the wagon he was
driving collided on G street, between
Sixth and Seventh streets northwest,
with a Washington Railway and
Electric street car, Marshall Ready.
so II street northwest. was imme-
diately rushed 10 the Emergency
Hospital.
1t was stated last night by ply
sicians of the institution that al
though Ready was badly hurt about
the head this injury was not con-
sidered to be serious.
Six-year-old Robert Mccormick,
LIS Park place northeast, was hurt
about the knee yesterday afternoon
while he was playing in front of 1l37
C street northeast. The child was
struck by an automobile operated by
Charles Cohen, 1137 c street north
east. 1t is stated by the police that
Mccormick was playing in the rear
of the machine and that Cohen
struck him when backing his car
The boy was removed to the Casual
ty Hospital.
Sustaining bad injuries about the
chest and legs, Russell Smith, IA, 2S
Twelfth street northeast, was rush
ed to the Emergency Hospital yes
terday morning shortly after being
knocked down at New York avenue
and H street northwest. The police
say that the machine which struck
Smith did not stop. They had not
Identified the owner and operator at
an early hour this morning.