Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-31

OF educating the public in the lnatterpi
the traffic regulations, he said. which re
Of more importance than many persfs
Imagine. There was a time when ne
question Of using the roadways was lot
OF 90 much Importance as 1t now Isl the
traffic head suggested, but with so nlny
thousand motor and horse drawn vehties
on the streets at all times the condipns
arc different.
Streets Dangerous for Play1
i; Motorists find the use of the street as
Fairgrounds annoying to them and pan
gerous to the youngsters who occupyFhem
for such purposes. Lieut.. Headley yrees
with the statement of motorists thatnore
Fairgrounds should be provided ff the
children.
MANY persons will sit in frqt of
; their houses and pay no attenpn 10
little ones playing on the street, said
q motorist last night, land the hinute
an accident happens. whether upyo1d-
able or otherwise. the parentS think
the chauffeur or driver, as Up case
may be. should be. summarilt dealt
According to the police reasding it
is just another way of "t9ing q
chance"
Danger at Street Intersections.
lieut. Headrey is deeply iterested
franc ACCIDENTS at street intel elections.
He feels reasonably. certain tat such
accidents can be reduced to minimum.
II not entirely stopped. he tod Star
and suffering prevented.
( only two things are necessary to
stop them" be said. "One for the
psdestrian net to take a cAnce. and
the other is for the persons III charge Of
vehicles moving eAst and wet to give
those maving north and sout1 the right
.aThs law gives them that light" he
added. andf why can't OVERS and
drivers Of automobiles give tito them?
Such aocidents invariably reult from
an attempt. to beat the othf fellow.
/. aud there usually is very littl, il any
I. thing. gained by such beating.
! Illuminate the desire to beat he other
FELLOW and prevent accidents.
mt ~ Truck Leaving stsst Car.
l old, 1887 4th street northeast, vas bad
" hurtsabout the body and egs .es-.
tsTday afternoon as a resultbf icing
I Knocked down by a coal trek On T
street not far from her hon1 Police
accident and reported that b. Ness
J Vas knocked down just aftf she had
l 2laghted from street car.
Charles Crown. colored. Sfh WASH
tngton. Va. who Is alleged have OPP
ehArge,xFwith assault HesAs locked
mp et the eighth precinct ptce station
It 10 stated that he drovAWay after
the accident happened xnaas arrested
latsr In the day. Mrs. NJ was taken
hoepitaL
leg broken Whom BY Auto.
x1.<tfss yarour .lco,..lerisitor from,
Baltimore. was knocke<pwn by an au-
tomobileAat New York fenue and 18th
street Yesterday al and her left
leg broken The 81 q woman. who
street was taken ID Emergency Hos
pital by Jesse Greena0e Florida ave.
niue, who was oper5ng the govern
mont automobile .th,lhjured her.
James johnson. Cord, ten years old,
ssss Sfsss It sssn r p ..
Afternoon and sligfy cut about the
ear. He was takenone and attended
BY his family physitn-
Arthur r. Brow colored. 7a1 Sd
street southwest. fsterday afternoon
fall from his bicy4 near Sd and B
streets southwest. q was run over by
o motor delivery wan belonging to r.
II Kramer, Good He road, Anacostia
He received an infy to one Of his
Ambulance an Auto Collide.
Alexander G. Mchna. president of
Chemical ProductSsompany, residing
at 621 Alabama ave- Apseostia, four
other members of5 family and Miss
Chara .,Schott. q 5atfye, last night
about o'clock 10 occupants OF an
automobile that &ded with an am
bulance from fCShlty. Hospital at
sous a ssrsaib f The party ar were Wsrs
injured. The. aEn} tncs was IN charge
s ssr.ss 6s Be- fSon sas 8.
csasp. member efhes hospital star.
Ihs5t. but both hicfes were badly
49, me sssmasu,.ne1 y sssDenains to an
iemergency cali t5&ived from an adj
tdrsss In South hington. whore Il
ives stated a wen was critically III.
evenue and sthFest ii came In con-
tact with the atnp6ile.
Members of thefcKenna family In
ciudsd husband. and two children:
Of the family, annie cousin. Mr. Nc
!Kenna received slight injury over
fhis eye, while hfvife. Mre. Elizabeth
NcKenna. also rsved an injury over
Fourteen, and Odd. ten years old, re-
shock. but PHI McKenna and Miss
tc1pants Of thedomobile were taken
He Casuaity Rpttal. whore the In
HIRED ones wd given Arst aid They
4Wars ahls to leaJthe hospital after re-
essvhg trsatme
othsAccidsut2
Hnocksd dowJy an ssutonobfle and
S.cuf over the ~ was the experiences
Eof j. ii Frabl(orty-three years old,
Eat 9Th and r let's yesterday after