Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-26
FIFTY AUTOISTS
BREAK DINNER
LAWS; PINCRED
Police Judge Madden Among
the Victims Fined by the
County Judge; Golden
Rule Summons.

Nearly fifty motorists, who were
running their cars without headlight
DINNERS. were arrested on county
roads Friday night by special deputies
appointed by Sheriff Clark and served
with golden rule summons.
Several of them appeared in county
court and were fined $3.50 and costs
each, amounting to $3.50, by Judge
Crawford. About ten asked for a
hearing and their cases were set for
next Friday in county court.
Sheriff Clark said that those who do
not answer the golden rule summons
will be arrested
1t was the first big batch of arrests
since the anti-glaring headlight or
dinance went into effect.
Motorists have been fooling the
police within the city limits by oper-
ating their machines with special DIM
mer lights turned on" declared Sher--
if Clark "When they got out on
county roads, on went the glaring
headlights and we nabbed them"
Among those stopped on county
roads was a man who gave his name
as u. F. Quinn, 1862 Woolworth ave-
nue.. He was none other than Po-
lice Magistrate Madden.
Mrs. Walter Jardine, wife Of City
Commissioner Jardine, was another
served with a golden rule summons.
All Look Alike.
sThey all look alike to our men"
said Sheriff Clark. ..
"If the governor OF the state, the
chief of police, the mayor, myself. or
anyone else, operate car with glar-
ing headlights in Douglas county, he
will be dealt with just the same.
"The giaring headlight law is in ef-
feet and we are determined to enforce
il outside the city limits, no matter
how anyone gets by" in Omaha
proper"
-Four business men are on the
vigilance committee" ramed by
Sheriff Clark to back up the DINNER
law. They are Arthur {. Storz, R. z.
Davis, Z. A. Pegeau and Waiter
Duda.
Business houses and automobile
men are backing up the sheriff in his
campaign to wipe out the glaring
headlight evil.
Sheriff Clark said the secopd Of
fense will mean stiff fines. First Of
tenders will be assessed $3.50 and
costs.
Among the Victims.
Among those picked up Friday
night were the following:
c. o. Jones, 207 South Sixteenth
street; William Elsasser. 270o South
Nineteenth street; John Stohl, APO
South Eighteenth street; II. V. Ad-
kins, South Side; Z. +. Novak, Ais
South Twenty-sixth street, A.
Abeiem, 1909 z street; Jim Vodehna,
5000 South Twenty-hrst street; Fred
Parks, 4624 South Twenty-fourth
street; DR.. A. Smith, South Side;
John Vavra, Cedar Rapids. Ia; 6, O.
Rauh, 2432 Camden street; w. w.
Williams, 1872 South Thifty-second
street: Miss J. B. Watkins. South
Side; G. r. Frat, sos North Twenty
fourth street; r. w. Lindhsrg, ALL
California street; c. Jensen, 53S
South Twcnty-sixth street; Frank
Beeches, 1880 South Seventeenth
street; Charles Drapalik, l427 South
Twelfth street; ]. r. Carroll, Wood
ward, Ia; c. S Buchanan, Unadilia,
Eeb.; 7. L, Murphy, 70l South Thir-
teenth street; Earl Harris, Hearst,
ILL.,; William Gleeman, 1911 Chicago
street; A. Veilk, sos lizard street;
S. Pleth, 35ls Dodge street.
Thirty-hve automobilists we're sum-
moned to police court this morning
TO answer to charges of operating ma
chimes without lights, open cut-outs
and for speeding. Judge James NJ.
Fitzgerald resumed the chair this
morning, which the offenders OBJ
..asuad s..s4h rirrh af ralief