Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-13
A Tragedy and a Warning

TUESDAYS deplorabe tragedy at I.om
paroy Street and Grove Avenue, resulting
III the death OF two persons, accentuates the
apparently increasing contempt with which
many Richmond drivers of automobiles re-
gard trafic regulations.
The reckless manner in which ro,o
Venlcles are operated on well-payed streets
Is SO notorious that it is little short of
miraculous that every day does not record
'iaseuies from like causes. Not a few but
many drivers seem to throw off all restraint
ana boldly defy speed regulations the moment
they pass beyond the business district and
enter the residential sections of the civ
Durlns tate afternoons this menace to life
ana limb of pedestrians particularly he
comes absolutely startling in the risks nm
aVoloaoly assumed by the latter at street
crossings, their rights being recklessy dis
regarded by drivers who make no nretense y,
siackenlng their speed at such CROSSINGS II
s;I,! eseions from this source of the peril
riskeu daily we're sought, the oyerwheIminp
testimony would be of a character that ou,ht
10 arouse the whole power of municinaI ar
tnorltS 10 drastic action to enforce resnect
io' us lrdHc laws. That the Mayor and Chief
OIL Police have become aroused to the neces-
Sly LOT action and are planning to increase
the automobile squad to run down those wbo
ioia'e me speed laws offers some ENCOURAGE
ment of lettering existing conditions d.
70 make the plan effective there must he
suhcleht number OF these officers IN
thoroughly patrol the residence sectiona
"here defiance OF speed regulations is most
nasrant. and when offenders are brought into
eoui. ana thelr guilt established, the extreme
penalty OF the law should be iInnosed Yi,h
out favoritsm VIII
Furthermore, no IRRESPONSIBLE nar
shouid De licensed to run an automobiIa
neiore granting license to any person bie
character and personal antecedents should
DC thoroughly investigated and every Dorsnn
VINO runs car should be kept under the eve
nc eidmc authorities. The cost of such
euperEislon' whatever It may amount 80
should be no bar to the enforcement, -, 80
w. Inc life Of one citizen NAV ho -,
io'e 'aiue 10 community than what NAV
o expended IN q whole year to protect tho
'N"' AGAINST the menace of reckless driving.
Heroert Hoover urges the people to
make more general use OF cornmeaI for
oleau' DIS very important step in the con-
serVatlon OF the limited supply OF wheat
products. AT present prices he points out.
mere Is twice as much nutritive value in
collars worth OF cornmeal as in a dollar.
worth or wheat bread. Moreover this year's
crop or corn is TO be record one, amounting
10 "'25oo00,0OO bushels. according to the
,a'est government estimate. 1t Is 10 be-
hoped that Mr.. Hoover Will he able IN I'm :
or larger human consumption of this com
pala.iVeiy cheap and very wholesome and
nutritious rood The South is the only sec
| ton OF the country that has shown any ron
siderable appreciation of cornmcal az a VAL
uao'e portion OF It's diet, and it's use here is
not SO general az In the past when f. con-
stltnted an essential part OF the daily menu
| on the tables OF the rich and poor alike For
| some reason never satisfactorily explained in
| sound dietetics. the people Of the North and
/ west have seemed prejudced agains, TIA uso
| 10 such an extent that small effort has been
| MADE TO learn tho different methods OF nre
pairing 1t so az to tempt the appetite. ye,
| there are moro than one hundred different,
ways IN which cornmeal may be prepared for
the table. In which It's pa latable and nutrition.
| quai1tles present themselves as incomparabIv
superior to food prepared from wheat mod
ucts. Let Mr.. Hoover keep up the good
Work OF trying to educate the people to cat
| more cornmeal, in the interest OF both food
and health conservation.
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| women are said to be excellent muni,ion
| workers. Thew aIwava -oro raaa