Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-04
ADVISES MORE CARE
|NEMP[OY|NG HELP
Capt. Thomas Judge Ad-
dresses Sixteenth Street
Highlands Citizens.

! Thomas Judge. police captain of the
tenth precinct, addressed the meeting
of the Sixteenth Street Highlands Cit
zens' Association last night at the Sixth
! Presbyterian Church, Kennedy neal
| 9Th street. and warned the members
! that in order to put an end to the re-
| cent robberies the residents of that Sec
i ton must exercise more care in protect
| ing their homes.
Capt. Judge stated that the police
were ready to cooperate in every pos
| sible way, but, because of the extent OF
the tenth precinct and the scarcity Of
men on his force, it was necessary that
the citizens do their share, too. He said
they could do this by being more care
| full as to what kind of servants they enl-
ployed and by requiring proper ere
dentialS from persons who seek admit
lance to fix the phone or radiator. He
said many criminals posed as such
agents in efforts to get into private
homes. Capt. Judge also cautioned the
members of the association against leav-
ing their windows and doors unlocked
Discusses Post Office Proposal.
Plans for securing post Office at
18th and Longfellow streets were dis
crssed by both the chairman of the
post Office and postal facilities commit
tee and the president of the association.
They felt confident that suitable place
would be erected in the near future Dr.
Battle, president, declared that he had
seen Representative Claude kitchin
honorary member of the association
and had found the North Carolina rep
resentative fully in sympathy with the
idea
The acknowledgements proposed
sixteen new members. and these
were unanimously elected by the or
ganization. The chairman on educa-
ton spoke of the growing need of
having a school built in the neigh
borhoed.
DIR. Battle then spoke on the sub
jet of joining the Federation of Citi-
zens' Associations. A motion was
made and carried that a committee be
appointed to investigate the advan-
tages of joining and what obligations
there would be.
Relates Street Car Incidents.
The chairman Of the committee on
transportation gave an amusing ac-
count. as he said, illustrating the
present service on the Capital Trac-
ton line. He said that recently he
w 90 w oAtiii6 lOf d 1tth ana SOl-
orado avenue car. A car bearing that
inscription doomed up. but kept on
going. Finally a 18th and Decatur
car came along and stopped. The
speaker said he caught up to the car
he had missed, while it was waiting
a few minutes at Decatur street. He
climbed aboard and asked the con-
ductor why he had not stopped at
Park road. The conductor stated en-
phdtically that the car had stopped
there. whereupon the passenger. see
ing the futility of arguing. passed on
up the aisle to the motorman. lie
asked the motorman why he had net
stopped the car at Park road. who inn
nediately said: WHY, the inspector
told me to keep on" The chairman on
transportation then remarked: That
was a time when both ends of the car
didn't stop"
Jesse G. Suter of the Petworth Citi-
zens' Association spoke on plans for
the membership drive and then urged
the Sixteenth Street Highlands Citi-
zens' Association to join the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations, saying
that the need of it was emphasized in
the old saying, In union there is
strength" He said the goal of the
membership drive from November 90
to December / would be 25,0O0 But
tens would be made for the waging
of the campaign, he declared blue
buttons with a red circle, with the fol-
, lowing letters inscribed, ID. c. Or
ganiZed Citizenship. 1872